November 3, 2009

• This past night was Marie Digby‘s last day for her concert residency at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, CA, so of course I had to be there. I went with a friend this time around, and we left about an hour before she was set to go on stage. We probably should have left maybe a half hour earlier, because this was suppose to be a sold out show, and there was suppose to be some filming for the movie she is doing, so could it be busier than the previous nights? The answer is yes. The main parking for The Hotel Cafe was full when we got there, but just going around the block a bit, we came across a parking lot that only charged $6, and was less than a block away, so score!

  Once we got inside, the first thing I noticed was that there definitely seemed to be a lot more people than last time, and the gears in my head were already grinding, trying to figure out how to get a good shot of the stage. Me and my friend ended up more stage left, which had a vertical beam dead smack in the middle of my angle. I eventually ended up even more farther stage left, but up close to the rear wall, as this helped me use my camera’s vari-angle feature without annoying anybody behind me with it’s LCD light. I didn’t get a great angle due to the people in front of me, but I seemed to have managed well enough, except the piano shots are strictly of Marie’s back because of that (got to finally see her fingers on the piano keys though, so that was cool). I was also closer to one of the main speakers, so I was a little concerned about any noise distortion situations, but I think it managed just fine as well.

  

  When Marie Digby did get on stage, she once again showed her great personality by interacting with the crowd a bit. Everybody noticed the beautiful dress she was wearing, and it became a running gag throughout the show about her being worried that it was going to slip off. As usual, Marie tells a little story about the song she is about to perform, and they are always very enjoyable to listen to. She also at one point asked the crowd if it’s weird that she always says “Thank You” after every song, which I agree with her reasoning in how it’s because it is the polite thing to do after all. Another thing of note of what she said was that she was going to do something special to any men who is actually wearing one of her official t-shirts to one of her shows. Her shirts do have a very feminine design on them, so I can see why she put this incentive out there… I’m kinda considering it… hehe…

  As far as video and photo taking is concerned, they definitely aren’t as good as the previous weeks, but they aren’t horrible I guess. The photos were mostly of her on the standing mic, with hardly any shots of her on the piano since it really would be just a photo of her back. The videos went as well as can be, with me doing as good a job as I can balancing my camera up over my head. I did miss getting three songs on video, which are “Daybreak,” “Stupid For You,” and “Say It Again,” but I did get some new ones for this Hotel Cafe series with “Beauty In Walking Away” and “Dear Friend.”

  Immediately after her set ended, me and my friend went outside in line for her usual meet & greet. We were within the first ten people to meet her, so we didn’t have to wait that long (12 minutes?). This time around she actually remembered me, and thanked me for coming to see her again. I then introduced my friend to her, and she joked a bit about how I must have forced him to come to see her concert, but it was by the way my friend who suggested coming with me, so she was glad to hear that. I then gave her the small Snow White doll I bought for her as a gift, and she told us how when she was dressed as that character, the kids at the Halloween Children Cancer Charity event were in awe of her. We then talked a little bit about Disneyland, and even about Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa. At the end, we took a few photos that also involved the three of us doing the “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” pose.

  I did ask her why she ended up not playing “Symphony;” which she previously said she was going to do for this night, so she told me that it’s because she was suppose to perform that song for her movie, except her video crew was not given permission to film there at the Hotel Cafe for some reason. So that was a no-go. From that note, I was also informed that later today (Nov 3) at approximately around 6:30PM at The Cat Club in West Hollywood, Marie will go ahead and do her movie filming there, and is looking for volunteers to be part of the crowd watching her perform. Free show folks, and you might be seen in a movie, so come on down! I was also told that she will return to perform in Southern California, probably on Dec 16 in Hermosa Beach (details TBA).

  So once again, going to see a Marie Digby concert proves to be a great decision to do. Until next time Snow White.

  * click here for the PHOTOS I took *

  * click here for the VIDEOS I took *

  

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