VANESSA AMENT: Working Without a Net

Vanessa Ament

Working Without a Net

© 2004 Lavender Llama Music (634479801327)

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Lush jazz/pop vocals set in new songs and standards with elegant and understated instrumentals.

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1 I Look At Him But I See You
2 The Best Is Yet To Come
3 Two Steps Forward And One Step Back
4 Bicycle Man
5 Not Sharing This With You
6 Working Without A Net
7 Crazy
8 Walkin' Shoes
9 Come Over Here
10 Good For Me
11 I Always Do What I'm Told
12 'round Midnight

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What do you get when you take a small town girl raised by big city parents, send her to college, combine singing and songwriting, add in a cup of theatre, fold in a plethora of film making, season with teaching and bake for more than a decade? You get Vanessa T. Ament.

After studying opera and musical theatre, Vanessa turned to jazz. "I love the technique of classical voice and the story telling of musical theatre. But nothing beats a song that swings or is reinvented", says Vanessa. When one listens to her interpretations of established material, the influences of all three musical forms are obvious.

Vanessa has appeared with Shirley Jones, Randy Sparks and the Backporch Majority, Skiles and Henderson, Skip Stevenson, Burns and Schrieber and Michelle Hendricks. Her influences as a singer/songwriter include Mark Murphy, Kurt Elling, Sonny Wilkinson, Mel Torme, Dave Frishberg and Sting. In addition to The Gardena, Lunaria, The Horn, The Itchy Foot, The Rose, Anaheim Convention Center, and Bob Ralston's Concerts in the Los Angeles area, Vanessa has performed at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Starlight Theatres in Indianapolis and Kansas City, California State Fair, A.M. Los Angeles, Tammy Faye and Jimmy J., and Late Night with David Letterman.

While auditioning for acting and singing jobs, Vanessa trained as a Foley Artist at a small post-production house in Los Angeles, and what started out to be a gig between performing work turned into a lucrative career for over a decade. She went on to learn sound editing and worked on over one-hundred films as a Foley Artist, editor and voice actor.

Vanessa is an avid songwriter and eight of the songs on her first CD are her originals. Her song "Every Other Night" is featured in the independent film FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS and "He Wants Me Back" received airplay on college radio. The novelty tune, "Two Steps Forward and One Step Back" received the songwriting award for best whimsical song in a recent CALL TO ARTS competition.


HERE IS WHAT CRITICS SAY ABOUT VANESSA

"Vanessa Ament has it all and gives it all. A voice as gorgeous as hers ought to be attraction enough. But she is also an alluring performer with a timelessly refined style, who is equally thrilling when singing cabaret and jazz classics, or her own divine originals."

- Richard Scaffidi, former president of Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, former Associate Editor with Drama-Logue and former theatre critic with Los Angeles Free Press and Backstage West

"Vanessa T. Ament's voice rings out as bracingly a bell hung in a church that even atheists would want to attend. Beyond its acoustic juices, her new CD offers lyrical pleasures ranging from the simple poignancy of "Bicycle Man" to the complex irony of "I Always Do What I'm Told" to the tangy eroticism of "Come Over Here." I hope that Ms. Ament continues to eschew the net for decades to come."

-James Morrow, author of City of Truth and Towing Jehovah

"WORKING WITHOUT A NET is a delight. Vanessa Ament's music brings a fresh approach to some old favorites and introduces her own compositions that have the feel of the classic jazz era with a fun, contemporary edge."

- Steve Lee, Hollywood Lost And Found.

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  • Great songs, sexy voice
    author: Jason Flax

    I just got the CD at a show. Great songs. I especially like Bicycle Man and Working Without a Net. Sexy voice.

  • Unique and appealing musician
    author: Jeff Landon

    I was not aware of this artist until a friend played her CD for me. It is a joy to hear such quality and intelligence in music today. Ms. Ament is a unique artist. She writes lovely music and has a very special voice. I look forward to seeing her perform live.

  • Class Act...I'm a Fan
    author: Carla Faye

    I don't know this artist, but heard the CD at a friend's house. It is hard to find singers this good. But to hear someone who sings like this AND writes like this blows me away. My friend, a guy, also think's she is gorgeous.

  • Got Standards?
    author: Todd Conner

    Yes, no doubt, Ms. Ament has the standards, but there is nothing standard about Ms. Ament. She tips her hat to Cy Coleman and Mel Torme and a few other songwriting greats in her latest CD, WORKING WITHOUT A NET, while deftly tip-toeing across the top of those standards to deliver a CD full of her own fun, heart-felt and extraordinary compositions. Her musicianship is second to none, and her voice is a creamy delight from start to finish. Atop the standard she sets, she's able to carry a torch in one hand and a big old plate of luscious cake in the other (ya gotta listen). The musicians she assembled for this disc, too, are nothing less than astonishing. But then again, as you listen, you'll learn always to expect "nothing less" from Vanessa Ament.

  • Comic and Sophisticated - Luscious, Creamy Voice
    author: Bonnie Sunstein

    Ament's humor and sophistication are really refreshing these days. She's been an extraordinary addition to my library. I love the comic seduction of "Come Over Here" and the wonderfully wistful title song, but most of all I enjoy her luscious, creamy voice.

  • author: Norm Thalheimer

    Vanessa has a haunting quality to her voice with the enviable attributes of flawless diction, pitch and breath control. The arrangements on this CD are meticulously rendered and the level of musicianship is superb. The songs range from being atmospheric and smoky to delightfully quirky. Altogether a real treat to listen to.

  • smooth witty vocalist set against fun, elegant pop jazz stylings
    author: Lars Witten

    had so much fun listening to this cd. ms. ament clearly enjoys what shes singing. a wonderful, witty lyrisict with a beautiful multi octave range, this disc is always in my changer on rotation.

  • Gorgeous voice, terrific new songs
    author: Nat Stone

    This artist is a terrific songwriter. BICYCLE MAN is incredible. Her rendition of 'ROUND MIDNIGHT is exceptional...and what a voice. Her melodies are beautiful and her lyrics intelligent, witty and poetic. I ALWAYS DO WHAT I'M TOLD is hysterical...I cannot wait for her next CD.

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