Who is Sonic Pompadour? Just a girl from NYC who fell in love with Paris as a teenager and knew she would be back one day as an adult. When I am not at my day job, I frolick in the musical playground that is Paris. I spend an obscene amount of money on concerts. I spent a little over a year singing lead vocals with blues/soul band The Wild Beanz and now I’m working on a new project: a soul/funk trio called Soul Side Up (more on that very soon!). I believe there is only way to listen to music: LOUD. I believe music can have a profound effect on your spirit. My ipod thinks I am schizophrenic because I listen to a lot of random, different stuff. If music were a chocolate eclair, I would eat one everyday and probably get fat. Which is ok, cause life just tastes better with music. A healthy dose of indulgence is a good thing.
I use this blog to chronicle my life as a musician in Paris and to promote gigs and local talent. Music is part of me, and since “birds of a feather…”, I have the unique chance to meet and exchange with different musicians that I think are doing some really cool things. I don’t hold an MFA in creative writing or write for a living but I do love telling stories and capturing moments. I enjoy promoting my friends and other talent I randomly come across. I won’t post about something or someone for the sole sake of producing regular content. It’s simple: if I am inspired, I will write about it. That said, I update my blog about 1-3 times a week. I try my best to take good photos and videos (with my trusty Sony Cybershot), but you will not find any award-winning photography here!
The gigs I showcase are only a mere fraction of all the great live events in the City of Lights. If I had all the time and money in the world, I would most likely be in the front seat of every live show (and blog more as a result). But then who are we kidding, if I had all the money and time in the world, I would not be blogging, I would be travelling around the world in my diamond-incrusted private jet. Until then, I am in Paris slowly going deaf from playing music too loudly.
Am always open to hearing about any cool stuff going on in the music scene in Paris so please shoot me a line at: sonicpompadour@mail.com
“Après nous, le déluge”
- Marquise de Pompadour
“Après moi, le déluge”
- Regina Spektor
Hola.
Pasé un par de noches en Paris, me encantó!! Igual la música me gusta mucho.
Chévere que mantengas este espacio. Un abrazo.
Hola! Como dicimos en argentina “que buena onda”! Yo conozco un poco de Bogota y es una ciudad que me gusto mucho (viajé a Cartagena tambien — que lugar mas precioso!!). La musica colombiana (el vallenato sobre todo) me fascina. Hasta pronto!