Hi there. Been digging through the archives. So much stuff. Found this song that was recorded in 2003 that didn't make it on my 3rd album (called LESLIE NUSS). I loved the song but wasn't 100% on my vocal and my (sometimes debilitating) perfectionism got me to leave it off. But you can have a listen. It's sweet! I renamed it, "Is It Love?" rock on. http://www.soundcloud.com/leslienuss
Hi. We are in the middle of recording 5 tracks at Gravity Studios in Chicago. We, include producer Doug McBride, Keyboardist Andrew Bray, Guitarist Nic Byrd, Bassist Scott Pazera and Drummer Kevan Watson. It's going well. We did the basic tracks in 3 days back in January. Now it's going in and adding parts.
This past week I went in and did semi-acoustic with my John Gray custom arch top on 4 tracks and sang on one song, Bell Tolls. Doug and I tried out 3 microphones to get the one that captured my voice…
Read moreWell, I'm back to making records again. Did two songs with my side project, Specx and now doing 10-12 or maybe even more songs in New York with producer Kyle Paas. The Specx songs are crisp and clean and the solo project is ethereal, slow and epic (for the most part.) It's enervating to be doing this again and terribly exciting-I'm up at 5:30 on the west coast because I wake up now with melodies in my head and thoughts about this project. Going on a vacation today to Alaska, brought my baby taylor and…
Read moreHere is a link to a video of Ignore You that was shot by the amazing Dan Turek who just worked on the movie Accidental Love..Dan's so wonderful and I'm still grateful that he shot a bunch of videos for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tFTRVeRlFI
as I recall, he played the song on a boombox while holding the camera so I could lip sync...totally low brow!
You have to scroll down this article, but our new band SPECX got an early mention by Tom Lounges in the NWI Times:
http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/locally-shot-music-video-makes-web-debut/article_1ae613a5-2911-546c-b026-1bd42dc17fb9.html
Here's another youtube video where I'm being interviewed about the need for inclusive playgrounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWHMAvrQbs
I'm a member of the Mayor's Council on Disabilities in Valparaiso and was mentioned in this article due to my fundraising for special needs playground equipment...
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/group-gives-disabled-kids-chance-to-play/article_d8b2d4ed-7c21-52a4-bf2c-fee79a9229ac.html
Here's a link to my fundraising page from when I ran the Chicago Marathon in November. Crossing the finish line was amazing.
https://www.crowdrise.com/leslienuss
We started raising money to provide more playground equipment that children with special needs could use. This link is not active to donate, but here's what I had to say about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69jO4IAFeA
and we even shot a music video with kids who have special needs and their siblings...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj8XOis3NLY
For a long time, I've been involved with a group called Club Wonder that is part support group and part social group for families who have a child with special needs. We've been part of a larger organization called Opportunity Enterprises that wrote an article on us:
http://www.oppent.org/spotlight-on-club-wonder/