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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:12:45 GMT -5
BLACKIE STEELE DISCOGRAPHY MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER BLACKIE STEELE 1983-1987 WITCH'S MERCY Age 5 to 18 - PIANO/GUITAR - The Royal Conservatory of Music --A 13 year initial study of classical and religious music, resulting in several Music Degrees and Competition Awards. During my teen years I explored Rock, Jazz, Blues, Pop, Disco, and older generational classic genres of music and began developing my own unique style. First piano was an 1880s Heintzman Upright Concert Grand. Age 15--Began music composition on piano. Became Pianist for family church, choir and Sunday School. Musical instruction included extensive sound and ear training. Was forced to play blind-folded for hours at a time on a regular basis for four years. Playing blind-folded is still something I practice to this day. Age 16--Began learning electric guitar. First guitar was a JG Semi-Acoustic Jazz. Began learning electric, acoustic, hawian and classical guitar. Began teaching my own piano students; Piano Teacher. Learned trumpet and french horn. Received placement with the Philharmonic Orchestra close to my home town. Age 18--Added drums, saxaphone and some traditional flute to musical agenda, and dumped trumpet and french horn, which I hated with a passion! Then dumped the sax and flute because of aumbersure problems. Explored a large variety of acoustic interests with natural instruments. Fell in love with Rock n' Roll, Heavy Metal, and especially with Rock Opera. Entertained my largest audience of over 60,000 people in London, Ontario CANADA, performing Mozart's Christmas Eulogy and my own composition "Wounded Knee" (composed at age 17), as part of a massive choir production participated in yearly by over 800 musicians. Was awarded Music Scholarship for best Student Musician in Ontario in 1982. Was offered my first recording contract for two compositions: The Exercise Song and Wounded Knee (both composed at age 17). My parents refused me this recording contract opportunity in favor for a Christian composition which was recorded without knowledgeable consent for financial charity profits for the local church. Ages 18 to 23--Left home. Temporary sources of employment during this time while seeking to support musical interests; cocktail waitresing, bar-tending, chef, modeling, hair and makeup, photography, secretarial, sale sof all sorts, and live theatre (included 'Mother Courage' produced by Arturo Fresaloni). Created an all female Heavy Metal Grunge Rock Band called Witch's Mercy. Composed all songs and lyrics. Performed underground for personal parties etc. Also volunteered with Animal Rescue Sanctuaries throughout Toronto to maintain connection to nature and animals. Played in many temporary musical dynamics but found myself out of synchronicity with the music scene, due to Rock Opera not really being a main stream popular music choice at the time. Women involved professionally in the Heavy Rock genre was still a relatively new thing, except for the preciously chosen few! Began working in recording studios. Age 22/23--Returned to teaching music, students for piano and guitar. Had been without piano for five years. Rented LeSage and dumped all love partners. Overcame addiction to alcohol and cocaine and prepared for A.R.C.T. music exam. Age 22/27--Worked as part-time Roadie and Light & Sound Technician. Gained experience as a Lounge Pianist. Found new creative outlet in Radio and Television. Worked for Graham Cable 10 Television Toronto, turned down offer from CTV Television for own talk show for reasons of discrimination and sexual harassment. Worked specifically for a talk television show called 'Psychic World' which I maintained for the next five years and eventually became a part of the cast. Owned and ran my own New Age themed gift shop, Crystal Clear Pathways, specializing in providing space for spiritual workshops and meditation environment, sales of local artwork, crystal, artisan jewelry, books, ritual supplies, cards, incense, candles, and anything funky and hippy-like! Brought an end to Witch's Mercy in 1987 due to not being able to find female musicians who could play their instruments any better than they're hair dryer. In today's world, I am primarily a Concert Pianist who really enjoys the hobby of rocking out on the guitar. I do not perform traditional aboriginal music but may add elements of my cultural background to my compositions. Regarding guitar, I am a 'rhythm player' foremost who is expanding into other areas of growth and improvement. I consider myself to be an Intermediate level player who still has a long way to go. ~~BlackieSteele...hugs and kisses...xoxox...~~
KEEP ROCKING EVERYONE!
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:16:51 GMT -5
Witch's Mercy - Band Members« Thread Started on Jun 11, 2010, 5:37am »
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:18:48 GMT -5
Blackie's Icons« Thread Started on Jun 11, 2010, 5:39am »
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:20:17 GMT -5
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:22:19 GMT -5
Blackie's Instruments« Thread Started on Jun 11, 2010, 6:10am » 1961 Gibson SG-LesPaul (Picture taken 1983) Lesage Acoustic Piano (Picture taken 1986
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:23:49 GMT -5
Some Band Pics« Thread Started on Jun 11, 2010, 6:18am » Blackie Steele Jane Lemmy (named after Lemmy of Motorhead, this is a real 8 foot Burmese Python pet snake) Normon Elders Outhouse Secret Blackie Steele Blackie Steele - Hallowe'en Blackie Steele and Jane - Hallowe'en Blackie Steele and Jane Blackie Steele - Hallowe'en Blackie Steele
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:30:22 GMT -5
New Gear For 1982-1987« Thread Started on Nov 26, 2010, 5:17pm » OFFICIAL BLACKIE STEELE New Gear For 1982-1987HaHa! Basically, during those years, I had j-a-c-k-s-q-w-a-t for gear! It was a case of use whatever is around and do the best you could with it. I was a street kid and the only thing I carried was my guitar in a full sized old-style Gibson Case that weighed more than the guitar did. 1961 Gibson SG-Les Paul 1950s JG Semi-Acoustic Jazz Guitar [/img][/center] The Old Spanish Guitar Other instruments I had were: Trumpet, French Horn, Side Flute, Saxophone, a Squeezebox that was about 150 years old, Harmonicas, Juice Harps, and Drums at school. LeSage Apartment Piano & Mozart (Cat!!!) Love and hugs... BlackieSteele...xoxox
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Post by Female Guitar Players on Jun 11, 2012 3:47:59 GMT -5
CAUSE HE'S THE REAL DEVIL Lyrics by Blackie Steele Copyright © BlackieSteele 1983 All Rights Reserved
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THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WITCH'S MERCY LYRICS. ALL BAND/SONG LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY BLACKIE STEELE, BEGINNING IN 1982. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE LYRICS FOR THE SONG "'CAUSE HE'S THE REAL DEVIL" ARE WRITTEN ABOUT THE FALSE GOD/S-GODDESS/S OF THIS WORLD...NOT THE ONE AND ONLY TURE "CREATOR".
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"'CAUSE HE'S THE REAL DEVIL"
YOU KNOW DEAR GOD, I REALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE A CREEP A JEALOUS, ANGRY, HUNGRY, FUCKED-UP POWER FREAK YOU TOOK A NATION FOR YOUR LITTLE PORTION AND ALL THE REST OF US WERE JUST YOUR FIRST ABORTION MASTURBATING YOUR WAR PATH FROM MOUNT SUICIDE I THINK YOU'RE A PSYCHOPATH, THE REAL JECKLE AND HYDE .......................... FROM MOUNT FUCK A RAT I THINK YOU'RE A ..........,
OF THE BIGGEST STORY THAT WAS EVER TOLD DECEIVING ALL OF MANKIND, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD SUB-GENII MOUNTAIN SPIRIT YOU ARE TOO BOLD GET YOUR FANGS FULL OF POISON RIGHT OUT OF MY SOUL
WITH YOUR SWORD OF SALVATION YOU DID NOT BRING PEACE WITH YOUR WORLD DOMINATION, ITS YOU WHO'S THE BEAST I READ THE BIBLE, THE BIG ENLIGHTENMENT TRAP DIVINELY INSPIRED, A BIG LOAD OF FUCKING CRAP INFECTING OUR WORLD WITH YOUR DARKNESS SO GRIM LOOKING FOR VICTIMS TO PUNISH FABRICATED SINS YOU'E NOT MY GOD, MY JUDGE, NOR MY JURY YOU'RE JUST A BABY-FUCK GOD-WANNA-BE, PUNISHING WITH FURY
A PERMANENT TEMPER-TRANTRUM UP IN THE SKY NARCISSISTIC, ATTENTION-GETTER, LIZARD DICK IN MY EYE FEELING SO WEAK THAT YOU HAVE TO ATTACK WHEN I'M SLEEPING YOUR DAGGER YOU STAB IN MY BACK PATSY-ASS MAKER YOU MADE UP THE PRIEST 'CAUSE YOU ARE THE JUDAS, THE FALSE GOD, THE FREAK SEVEN SINS, SEALS, AND THE FLYING SAUCER WHEELS PREACHING FROM THE PULPITS STONED ON BIG FAT MONEY DEALS YOU ARE THE VICES AND MASTER OF TEMPTATION FROM A FUCK-UP LIKE YOU I WON'T FIND TRANSFORMATION YOU MADE US BELIEVE THAT THE DEVIL WAS REAL TO KEEP MAN IN TOE AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEALS INFECTING THE WORLD WITH THE POISON OF FEAR YOUR LAWS AND YOUR RULES TURNED HALF THE MEN QUEER YOU MADE UP THE DEVIL TO ACHIEVE ALL YOUR GOALS THE QOPH OF YOUR HEAD-SPACE IS THE STAR OF YOUR SHOW ALL YOUR ILLUSIONS AND SHADOWS AND FEARS ARE THE CAUSE OF EVERY EARTH WOMAN'S RIVER OF TEARS YOU ARE REPRESSION, RESTRICTION, AND DEATH LACK, LIMITATION, DISEASE AND BAD BREATH YOU ARE THE MAKER OF POVERTY AND PAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU I HOLD IN DISDAIN IMPRISONING FREE WILL, DESIRES AND CHOICE YOU MAKE EACH ONE FALL AND YOU CRIPPLE THE VOICE OF THOSE WHO WOULD STAND IN THE LIGHT FOR THIS WORLD MAKING ALL OF US SLAVES, YOU ARE THE PIG AND THE PEARL SELF-PROCLAIMED MASTER, OPPRESSOR OF LIFE YOU HAUNT THE MAGI, THE HERMIT, THE SEERS, WITH A KNIFE
TWISTING, CONTORTING, YOU DEMON OF RAGE OF HATE, LUST AND SACRIFICE , YOU ARE A FALSE PAIGE YOU FEED OFF OF US LIKE A PARASITE QUEEN YOU ALTER THE LANDSCAPES OF ALL OF OUR DREAMS
LOVING GOD SPITTING HIS SHIT IN MY EYES MAKE LITTLE KIDS LOVE IT WITH CHEAP LULLABYES I USED TO BELIEVE IN THE GODS AND THE STARS UNTIL YOU SENT ME DEATH ON THE WINGS OF AN EASTERN CROWBAR YOU SENT ME TO HELL AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE IN EXCHANGE FOR A LOVE THAT LEFT ME BLIND IN BOTH EYES I'LL CLEANSE MY OWN SOUL, MY SPIRIT AND MIND IN THE TEMPLE OF MY HEART I DON'T WANT YOUR GRIME
I SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF YOUR RIDDLES AND RHYMES I MUST BE A DREAMER, I'VE SEEN THE SIGNS OF THESE TIMES OF EVERY SOUL BORN, YOU'RE THE LEAST QUALIFIED TO DEMAND PAYMENT FOR SIN, FOR YOUR FALSE ALLY-BYE
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR BUT ALL MEN AND WOMEN? JUDGMENT DAY? STICK THAT IN YOUR BONNET WITH A PINK FUCKING RIBBON IMPLANTS AND IMPRINTS, THE BLIND AND THE DEAD YOU CREATED THEM ALL, YOU MASTER FUCK-HEAD
HATING ALL THAT WHICH IS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU ENFORCING SELF-PROPHECY IS NOT SOMETHING NEW I LEARNED TO SEE THROUGH YOUR EVERY DISGUISE I'VE LEARNED TO CREATE THAT WHICH IS YOUR DEMISE WITH ALL THE STRENGTH IN ME I'LL LET MY DESIRES RISE I'LL SPREAD MY WINGS OPEN AND THROUGH MY WORLD I'LL FLY YOU DON'T FUCKING OWN ME, YOU DIRTY HAS-BIN' I OWE YOU NOTHING, NO PENANCE, AND I NEVER DID
I'M NOT YOUR PROPERTY, I WILL NOT SERVE YOU MY SOUL IS MY OWN, I WON'T HELP YOU PERSECUTE STRAIGHT TO THE GARBAGE HEAP IS WHERE YOU BELONG AND FOR ALL I CARE, YOU CAN SIT ON IT WEARING A THONG
PARANOID SOCIOPATH WATCHING ME ALL DAY LONG WORKING OVER TIME TO MAKE ME THINK THAT MY WHOLE LIFE IS WRONG SOMETIMES I WISH THAT TIME WOULD JUST COME AND KILL US ALL SWEET DIASTER IN THE MAKING, THE DEAD WEIGHT OF SATURN'S BALL SOMETIMES I WISH THAT SPACE WOULD JUST COME AND EMPTY US OF ALL THE WOUNDS, THE GUTS AND GALL, RETURN US TO THE DUST SOMETIMES I WISH THAT EVERYTHING WOULD JUST FUCKING COLLAPSE AND BRING AN END TO ALL THE THINGS THAT LEAVE US FUCKING TRAPPED I'M SO TIRED OF BEING STUCK, OF BEING ALONE, OF BEING AFRAID OF BEING LOST INSIDE THE BUBBLE OF THIS WORLD'S FALSE PARADE I STAND BESIDE THE SHADOWS GRIM AND PEEL AWAY THE LAYERS TRAVEL INWARDS, TRAVEL OUTWARDS, DANCING WHILE YOU GLARE AND NOW I UNDERSTAND THE CHOICE I MADE WAS REALLY VERY FAIR STANDING IN THE FUTURE OF MY LIFE, SKIPPING STONES, AND I DARE
I DARE TO FACE YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL, MR. MYSTERIOUS FUCKING GOD OF IT ALL I DARE TO ERASE YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL, MR. HIGH AND MIGHTY SITS ON HIS WALL I DARE TO DEBASE YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL, MR. FALSE SALVATION AND SAVIOR OF THE WORLD I DARE TO DISGRACE YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL, MR. I'M THE DEVIL OF EVERY BOY AND GIRL
AND NOW THAT IT IS SAID AND DONE, I KNOW THAT YOU NEVER HAD A SON HE EVEN SAID YOU WEREN'T HIS DAD, AND IF HE WAS HERE, HE'D GET A GUN
SO JUST LIKE HIM, WHEN I FEEL BAD, ALONE AND WEAK, WHEN I FEEL SMALL, I'LL ASSUME THE GODDESS FORM, AND I'LL STAND TALL, SHE WON'T EVER LET ME FALL
I COMMAND YOU FALSE GODS WITH ALL OF MY HEART, YOU KING OF FAKES AND ARROGANT TARTS I COMMAND YOU FALSE GODS WITH ALL OF MY MIND, GET OUT OF MY LIFE, MY LOVE, AND MY HEART
DEPART FROM ME AND NEVER RETURN, LEAVE MY SPIRIT ALONE WITHOUT YOUR HURT DEPART FROM ME AND NEVER RETURN, LEAVE MY SOUL ALONE WITHOUT YOUR POWER BURN
I FACE WITH MY WHOLENESS TO THE GREAT MOTHER DRAGON OF ALL OF CREATION TO THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS, ALL LOVE, LIGHT, LIFE, JOY, ALL DURATION I REACH ACROSS TIME, SPACE, STARS, INFINITY
AND PRAY FOR ALL, BLESSED BE MY MOTHER AND I ARE ONE, NO ONE COMMETH UNTO THE MOTHER BUT BY ME, BLESSED BE ME
*Note: The lyrics to this song were never finished. It was wwwaaayyyy before it's time. You can't even begin to imagine the arguement that took place over stuff like this! I was very young when writing things like this...only 19 years of age, and very angry at Church, Adoptive Family, and the System in general. Some of the lyrics are good, and some not soo good...hey! I was only 19!
At that time in my life I did try to follow a Wiccan Path. However, after attending a formal Ritual as a guest oberserver, I quickly changed my mind. The thought of spending my life with a bunch of man-hating, mind-controlled, New Age, spaced-out, political-excessive-conservative Lesbians who didn't shave or wear deoderant, was enough to send me packing at full speed! Bye! Bye!
NEEDLESS TO SAY.... THERE WAS NEVER-ENDING ARGUEMENT AND FIGHTING OVER ANY LYRICS I WROTE FOR MY OWN BAND!!! THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY I JUST PLAY INSTRUMENTAL PIECES AND BALLADS NOW AND NEVER BOTHER ANYMORE WITH "W-O-R-D-S" !!!!!!!
COPYRIGHT @ BLACKIE STEELE PROMOTIONS SUNDAY DECEMBER 02ND, 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [/color]
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