
H81R: You have released and produced your own material as well as working with labels and producers. The music is the easy part, so it’s kind of the last step in the process. They write music first and then fill in the blanks with the lyrics, so I don’t think there’s one way to do it.įor me, I am always thinking of a story and a feeling. Vincent when I as in college, and Esperanza Spalding was my bass player in my first band. I don’t think there is one right way to do it. Did you have those sounds in mind while writing?ĮZ: Yeah, I think that’s. H81R: There are a lot of sounds on the album. It’s going to affect all of the instruments and you’ll be better at all of them. I think if you are a lyricist and a melodic person you should play more than one instrument. Except for the fact that I play accordion, I play piano, I play guitar, I play drums in Kishi Bashi’s band. I don’t think that it really matters what you write on. H81R: Was writing on a guitar a big difference for you compared to writing on piano?ĮZ: I think it’s an interesting question and a lot of people are asking me about it. 24, about the new record, her busking experience and why she thinks musicians should think long and hard before saying no to an opportunity.

We recently chatted with Ziman, who plays World Café Live on Friday, Jan. Ziman’s new record – which Paste featured in a pre-release stream – is the latest in a career that has featured tours with the likes of Sarah Bareilles, Greg Laswell and Lenka and singing backup for The Shins. I just wanted to go down there and learn the guitar pretty well – I’m a pretty good guitarist now – and I wrote an album.” In Little India, once in a while someone will bless me. “It’s a really fun way to be in public in an anonymous way. I was singing with an accordion, and she said ‘It’s a choir of angels here.’
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I ended up getting a part in an Anne Hathaway movie as a busker. There’s a stop, the Church Avenue stop (in Brooklyn), where it really sounds like a church. I was really inspired basically by the acoustics. “And some of my friends had been busking in the subway. “I decide to kind of make a change and learn a new instrument and get my chops back together and learn a bajillion covers,” said Ziman, who is primarily a piano player. It’s a fitting opening considering Ziman, after being jettisoned from Universal Records imprint Verve, literally went underground to regroup. Playful songs like "You and Me" are paired with more introspective tracks like "Julian Darling" and "Worn Out Tune.“I’ve been playing on a platform at Church Avenue and nobody,” Elizabeth Ziman sings at the opening of “Happy Pop,” making them the first words on “Like It Never Happened,” Elizabeth & The Catapult’s third full-length, out this week. 25, shifts towards a darker, sassier template. The Other Side of Zero, which came out Oct. From the playful energy of the inner child to the lyrical complexities that define adulthood, the trio struck upon a great blend of song, style and meaning.

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The band's debut, Taller Children, is full of whimsy and clever songwriting. A third Berklee student, Pete Lalish, entered the mix and the three fully materialized upon their graduation by relocating to Brooklyn. Frontwoman Elizabeth Ziman is a trained classical pianist and vocalist who, while attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music, won the 2001 ASCAP Leiber and Stoller award for her song "Like Water is to Sand." After touring with Patti Austin, Ziman began incorporating jazz influences into her personal compositions, which began to materialize after a chance meeting with drummer Dan Molad. The Brooklyn group became an underground sensation back in 2006 after the release of its self-titled debut EP, becoming a popular staple in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Upon the release of its latest album The Other Side of Zero, the whimsical band Elizabeth and The Catapult graced the stage at World Cafe Live for a Live Fridays concert.
