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Archive for August 2014

“Lament for the Queen Of Disks:” A Sonic Spell for Melancholy Souls

By jilltracy
Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

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“Lament for the Queen of Disks” was an unexpected work— gorgeously rapturous, mournful, yet determined— inspired by a tarot reading artist Eden Gallanter gave to me during the creation of her Cheimonette Tarot Deck. It was dusk. We sat on my living room rug.

I was going through a turbulent time— extreme heartbreak, confusion, feeling lost, discouraged and unsure of everything in my life. The Queen of Disks kept surfacing. Eden’s depiction of the Queen reminded me of 19th-century voodoo icon Marie Laveau. She seemed exotic and sad too.  I felt a kinship with her. Lost souls always seem to find each other.
Eden told me:

“The Queen of Disks is a powerful woman (like the earth-mother), who has an endless stream of inspiration, ideas, energy and beauty to give (and whose power can never be taken away or undermined.) But she is disappointed in the misuse, misunderstanding— or denial of who she is and what she has to give. A part of the Queen of Disks is not appreciated, understood, or seen— and this is what she desires most of all.”

The Queen of Disks was me.

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I was captivated with Eden’s exquisite colors and imagery. She kindly left the 78 original Tarot paintings in my care. That night I enveloped my studio with them and conjured this piece of music. The only thing I could call it was simply “Lament for the Queen of Disks.”
It became a sonic spell for melancholy souls…

Download and support the work HERE.

I hope it helps you past the sadness and onto your journey…

Jill Tracy xox

 

 

Categories : Depression, Memoir, New Music, Projects, Spirit, Uncategorized, Wellness
Tags : Cheimonette, depression, Eden Gallanter, healing, Jill Tracy, Kickstarter, Marie Laveau, melancholy, music, musical seance, occult, piano, san francisco, sonic spells, tarot, wellness

Behind the scenes VIDEO: How Jill Tracy transformed into a Mannequin for the surreal thriller “Ice Cream Ants.”

By jilltracy
Saturday, August 2nd, 2014

 

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On the set of Ice Cream Ants. Film crew turns Jill Tracy’s face into a mask.

In Jeremy Carr’s surreal thriller Ice Cream Ants, my evil seductress character (Mona) is seducing Lover (Marcus Ashley) and my face suddenly turns into a strange mask—of myself. You’ve ALL been asking about the Jill Tracy MASK!

Molded from my own face (talk about panic-inducing-hard-to-breathe endeavors) by SFX master Jonathan Horton, the mask scene became my favorite memory of the film shoot.

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Making a mold of my face in Jonathan Horton’s SFX studio to create the Mona mask.

Watch this special behind the scenes video memoir of creating the Mona character, and just how we shot this wonderful creepy scene in Ice Cream Ants—plus my best maniacal laugh… 

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Transformation complete! The mask was carefully placed on my face during the scene to appear like I had turned into some sort of eerie erotic mannequin, I couldn’t see a thing.

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Behind the Scenes: Jill Tracy on set with the legendary Tom Noonan (Heat, Last Action Hero, House of the Devil.)

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On the set of Ice Cream Ants: Marcus Ashley and Jill Tracy

Ice Cream Ants went on to win several film festival awards, including the Dewar’s Grand Prize. (Yes, lots of complimentary scotch was delivered.)

The film features my song “Pulling Your Insides Out.” We shot the new music video for the tune— to include with Jeremy Carr’s new director’s cut which is now available for you online! Read about the making of the elegant nightmarish “Pulling Your Insides Out” in the midst of a New York lightning storm in an earlier BLOG!

Here it is: Ice Cream Ants

CAUTION— could be nightmare including…save it for a sweet bedtime tale.

 

Categories : Films, Interviews, Memoir, Photography, Projects, Uncategorized, Video
Tags : dreams, horror, Ice Cream Ants, Jeremy Carr, Jill Tracy, Kickstarter, Marcus Ashley, Mask, music video, New York City, nightmare, SFX, surreal, thriller short film, Tom Noonan

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