Loved By You Live PA - Sewuese

Yo all... seasons greetings n all that.... I'm excited at having held some band auditions last week, but in the meanwhile, I brave the crowds alone! (which is cool - does wonders for confidence knowing you can hold the crowd) so here's a vid of my performance (with cuts of the TV camera crew...)

New songs SOON!!! Enjoy x

Sewuese on Jools Holland with Sway and Lemar

Mission, accomplished. (Well, semi-accomplished..) I call next.



Check my entry after the show @ www.sewuese.blogspot.com

Sewuese & Sway: Saturday Morning Hustlin'!!

Sway called me in to do some drops for the single I appear on with himself and Lemar, Saturday Night Hustle. That night, I finished off the last of about 60 specials for 60 different DJs and radio stations! Then flew off to Germany at 7am (still wondering how I lost my voice? lol!)



All day, every day? No scheiser.

THE MUTE DIARIES: Entry 1

Ok, the worst has happened. I've finally done it... worn myself so far into the ground that I'm exhausted and have lost my best asset as a result - my voice. It finally decided its not waiting for me to go on holiday anymore, it went without me. I was ordered to rest my busy self and my voice for 3 weeks. I was shocked and devasted, but after some reassurance and the really great support of my friends, (thank you!) I've accepted that for 3 weeks, I'm mute.



That's right, no singing, no talking and barely laughing. I'm naturally a quiet person anyway (took me years to break out of THAT shell) so the not speaking, I dont mind too much - back to my roots! But I've had to cancel some shows, and cancel my whole life basically. Or so I thought... but this is really a much more profound experience than I ever imagined it could be - and to my surprise, in many positive ways.

I'll keep you up to date in my Mute Diaries. We'll call this Entry 1 because already after a few days, I've had some real epiphanies, and moments of fear and comedy.

One being that I honestly feel as though I'm a super-hero who's been stripped of her powers. Sweezy SewperStar is on vacation! I've had to strip my whole being mentally because I can't just be Sewuese the Singer anymore. For real, it's the maddest perspective. Right now, listening to my recordings is like an out-of-body experience. I hear my voice like it doesn't belong to me. Though I always said it was a gift, seeing it from the point of view that I dont have it right now, has made me see how big and great a gift it really is.

It cant be my focus for now so I gotta focus on other things, which is quite refreshing, after being Sewuese the Singer for so many years. So mad and upset as I was to have to stop for a sec, my eyes have opened so wide to other parts of me and who I am, not just what. Guess you could say I'm thankful.

But I want my voice back tho.

LOL.
I mean, LS (laughing silently;)

Heard & Not Seen - Just the Olympics?

Something that I found interesting, was that the press seemed shocked and outraged that someone with no apparent talent was chosen over someone who had obvious and raw talent, purley because she looked the part... hhhmmm, sound familiar? Oh I know... its practically a model of western world tabloid media! (and much of the music industry). So some wanna piss on China for doing the same thing? Why? Cos she's a child? Ok, yeah - its wrong cos she's a child. But its ok to print a playboy bunny on kid's stationary? Moving on...



This poor little girl got pushed aside because apparently, she wasn't a 'pretty enough' image to project to the world. What KILLS me is that her voice seemed to be good enough. Wow.

I know what its like cos I've been through this. I've been rejected more than once... more than twice as an Artist. There have been times when my voice has been good enough, but for some reason, my image or my input as an artist and what I want to represent, is totally disregarded, and discarded. In some cases, it's business, in some cases, I couldnt even explain to you why. But in many cases, it's just wrong. And believe me even as an adult, it's harsh. But imagine the message that's sending out to this angel-voiced child, and the MILLIONS of children across the world.

Even if the child had elephantitis all over her body and face, she should be acknowledged for her talent I reckon. But I mean, look at the lil chick - she's not exactly a minger is she? Even if the case was so, have mercy on the child. She is who and what she is. If she can't be that, then leave her out totally. And you know what? Same goes for me.

Return to Russia, More of Moscow

Turns out I might be going back to Russia (Moscow again) pretty soon (for 3 days this time) still, I did pretty well for myself in an hour the last time. Here are some stills:

Behind this tremendous building lies one of the biggest and worst HATER testimonies I've heard...



Saint Basil's Catherdral, Red Square was designed and built by architect Postnik Yakovlev. Its said that Ivan the Terrible (who the building was commissioned by) ordered Yakovlev to be blinded when the chapel was completed, to prevent him ever from ever building anything of such beauty again. I feel your pain Yakovlev! (well, nearly...)


Some scenes from the hotel lobby






Me outside a very good restaurant and blues bar




Some interesting architecture - a feel of Moscow



A MASSIVE concert stage in the middle of Red Square, just for me! Hee hee ;D




Red Square, the Kremlin and the smiley Anya (top chick!)






Hhhm, what to wear...




Some retro lighting at the airport (aint seen this style in a while)




You know when I got there, there were all these lil flecks of white dust-looking fluff floating around in the air! Turns out it was pollen but there was lots - it looked like snow. Speaking of which, I'm hoping when I get back to Moscow, they'll have winter collections so I can get one of those GIANT furry coats to bring back for when the weather's really cold... you know the kind... they're so warm that you aint gotta wear much underneath? (Er, that was only an example - wash your brain) xxx

Russia

Okay, its been a little while since my last post but I've been doing lotsa travelling, writing, meetings, amongst other things so I aint had a great deal of time on my hands. Plus I'm still waiting for my photos to come through from the day I met the one and only Quincy Jones (yes, QJ the 1st!) one of my heroes. Incidentally at the same time, my camera decided to be a bitch and not work so am waiting for the kind soul who snapped the pics to email them to me. Yes, I did really happen!!! Ask Chris Tucker... he was there too.

Anyway, I'm gonna keep back-tracking cos I've had quite a few adventures! So here's a post of me in Russia a few weeks ago, playing my role as what Eska describes on her mypace blog as a 'tourist attraction'.... yes people, I'm black. No, I'm not Beyonce! I got asked for photos 3 times in 45 minutes. I pretended I was famous already, but I'm getting ahead of myself. That's not gonna happen til May.

A Hello Intro

Wuddup all. Sewuese here. If you dont know, I'm a singer from the UK. I've been doing pretty well touring with other artists... (myspace.com/sewuese, sewuese.com) about to drop my own stuff so just gearing up. Join me for the transition! Until then, gonna share some of my interests and adventures. Come along...

Gonna start with a trip I recently took to Austria (got back yesterday) - there's lots of pics of me... (too many!) but I do see a lot of interesting people, places and things. You'll see!



More soon x