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Happy New Year. It’s the year 2011 and TUSK is officially one year old. Looking back at the last ten issues, I can’t help but to reflect on how much talent has been featured in our pages. If you are new to TUSK, you can always go to tuskdenver.com and check out past issues. I personally guarantee you will find at least one individual that I have interviewed that you will connect with and feel inspired by their story. I have interviewed twenty unique individuals, all with very different careers, passions, and backgrounds. Each one of them has taught me something new, and I appreciate their time and stories.
Today I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for sharing in this project with me. My hope is that you will find a way to become involved with TUSK and help me turn this into a true community project. I was recently contacted by a high school student that wants to be a rock journalist. I love that in my small way, I have the chance to help her achieve her goal. I have given her the opportunity to produce a story for the next issue of TUSK, and my hope is that this is just the beginning of a new direction for TUSK. Another new feature has been our Denver Music Search. Over the last few months local musicians have been featured on the home page. We have had some really great artists send in their music, and I hope to receive many more songs to showcase. Currently, you can listen to a track by Jen Lapinski, featured this month starting on page 4. And next week we will be featuring music by Christopher Guillot, featured in this issue as well. You can read his story starting on page 18.
I look forward to what this year will bring for all of us.
Cheers!
Denise Publisher - TUSK Magazine [email protected]
TUSK MagazinePublisher: Denise FaddisEditor: Denise FaddisCopy Editors: Jenny Luper and Shane FaddisPhotographer: Denise Faddis Creative Director: Denise FaddisGraphic Designer: Denise Faddis
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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TUSK: What instruments do you play and when did you begin playing them?Trumpet - 10 years old, Piano - 10 years old, Guitar - 14 years old, Drums - 28 years old, Ukulele - a week ago, Bass guitar - 14 years old
TUSK: What do you love most about teaching?Passing on my love for music to others TUSK: How long have you been teaching?Six years
TUSK: What musicians have influenced you the most?Tom Waits, Sarah McLachlan, Miles Davis, Beatles, & Nina Simone
TUSK: Out of your own music, do you have a favorite song?I have a song that’s in the works that I love playing on the piano.
TUSK: When you write lyrics how do they form? What place do they usually come from (other people, memo-ries, etc.)?I usually write lyrics as I play a song. I use a recorder to capture the lyrics. I find that if I initially put them to music,
the emotions are stronger. The lyrics can come from every-where. When I first started writing as a teenager, everything was from a place of teenage angst. Now, that I’m older, I tend to become a little storyteller in my mind. The ideas come from anything.
TUSK: What is your favorite restaurant to eat at in Denver?Oh, tough one! The first place that comes to mind is Root Down. But I’ll eat just about anything.
TUSK: What is your favorite Denver bar or hangout?Thin Man has always been a favorite.
TUSK: Where can TUSK readers learn more about you or hear you play live?Check out my website for info on shows and classes. www.jenlapinskimusic.com
TUSK: You teach children and have been involved in Boys and Girls Club for some time now; what’s your favorite part of working with kids?I’ve taught a couple of guitar sessions with the kids there. Many of the kids come from challenging home environ-ments. The boys and girls club offers them a positive place
MUSIC LESSON
Jen Lapinski sits down with TUSK Magazine.Story & Photography: Denise Faddis
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to meet people and get involved in various activities. All of the activities are free to the kids that belong to the club. My favorite part of working with the kids was seeing them put 100% into something. Many of the kids had never picked up a guitar before. Now, they have a great skill that hope-fully they will continue to use as they get older. One of my most favorite moments, was when one of my students was nervous before their performance. I asked him, “who’s one person that you’d like to play for? Picture that person as be-ing the only one in the audience.” The student said, “you, miss jen”. It about melted my heart.
TUSK: What is your most influential childhood memory?My uncle letting me into his music room when I was 14 years old. He let me and my sister play his guitars. That moment will always mean the world to me.
TUSK: You have a beautiful singing voice, when did you start singing? I’ve been singing on and off for a long time. I was in choir in junior high. After that I kept my voice very quiet until about 3 years ago. I was extremely shy about people hearing me sing. Eventually, a few people heard me sing and encour-aged me to put it out there. I feel very lucky to have my singing voice.
TUSK: What’s the best advice you have ever been given?To learn from my mistakes and never give up on a dream
Jen Lapinskiwww.jenlapinskimusic.com
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Model: Aja WarrenMUA: Brandy Rich, Femme Artistry
Photography & Concept: Denise Faddis
FLOCKTO FOX
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{ red }FOX
{ white }HOT
{ fierce }FLAVOR
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TUSK: Tell us a little about Cherry Sound Studios.Cherry sound is a place for artists to come and be inspired while they document their music. We welcome everyone from a first timer to a professional. I like to think that we honor anyone who is brave enough to create. We have skilled producers and engineers on staff. They are also nice people. We also do film scoring & Sound Design.
TUSK: How long have you been in business in Denver?Cherry Sound has been around for almost 6 years thank goodness.
TUSK: What artists are you cur-rently working with?Hercules and Love Affair, Melissa Ivey, DJ Cavem, Paas, Jimmi EsSpirit, Joe Bonner, Lord Monticue, Demon, DJ Bobble Head, Me :)
TUSK: What is your favorite part of working with other musicians?I love music. I love learning other people’s music. I guess the best thing is helping bring an idea to tangible fruition. It is also very cool to docu-ment history in a way.
TUSK: You mentioned that you play the drums, piano, and flute as well as being a singer songwriter; do you have a favorite?I do. I love to sing… and write songs. I feel like a song is amongst the most
valuable of musical & social currency. There are so many possibilities there.
TUSK: What do you love most about living in Denver?I love the strange weather, and the little lake next to my house. (Hus-ton Lake Park) There are really cool people here too.
TUSK: You released an album a few years back, can you tell us about that?I created a bunch of electronic music in 2004, and turned some into songs. I was running the Spot youth center music program at that time, and mak-ing hip hop, and music videos with Richard Green of Heavy Ghetto Pro-ductions at that time. It was the first time I really delved into the electronic thing. I was really just experimenting with the boundless digital possibilities, and was happy with that. I gave the material out to some of my friends as a random collection of cool new music to check out. I didn’t intend to release it, but I got a random call one day from my good friend Derrick Perkins in 2007. He implored me to put out a collection of those songs as an album, and let him produce it. He has worked with some of my favorite artists in the past like The Pharcyde, Mary J. Blige, Eric Clapton, and won two Grammys from his work with Stevie Wonder on Conversation Piece. I was reluctant at first, but after a few days I came around. It’s kind of a
SOUNDsystem
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moody collection…feels deep when I listen now. Full of emotion of many kinds.
TUSK: What kinds of projects are you currently working on?I’ve been working on a Hip-Hop record with an artist named Lord Monticue, and doing some horn section recording for a Hercules and Love Affair Project. I am also working on my own next album. It’s coming along slowly but surely.
TUSK: What is your favorite Denver restaurant?Hmmm, that’s a tough one. I will have to go with Stueben’s.
TUSK: Most impact-full childhood memory?… Visiting my great grandmother in Brilliant, Ala-bama. I remember wandering around the woods. I went looking for different colors of pebbles that didn’t exist in Denver to bring home to show my friends, and got lost. It made me realize how big the world is, and how small we are as humans in the big world. It doesn’t seem so big now. I was probably only gone for an hour, but I was so scared I thought I would never find the house. Then, all of the sudden, behind the bend in the path, I popped back out into the field next to my uncles barn. I ran to the door, and they took me in and made me dinner. I felt like I had been on a great journey.
TUSK: Best advice you have ever been given?My old professor at UCD, Roy Pritz, told me. “you don’t always have to know the right answer. You just have to know how to find out what it is.”
TUSK: How can TUSK readers learn more about Cherry Sound Studios?
Christopher GuillotStudio DirectorCherry Sound llc & Audio Forensic Pros303.910.5359www.cherrysoundstudios.comwww.audioforensicpros.com
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JIL CAPPUCCIO Story &
Photography by
Denise Faddis
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TUSK: What do you love most about being a clothing designer?That I know I can make people feel really good about how they look and feel about themselves. I can watch someone’s whole demeanor change when they put on an article of my clothing they like and see themselves in the mirror. TUSK: How would you describe your personal style?Fun and clean. My style is my own. TUSK: When did you first start sewing?I started sewing in high school. My mother was a seam-stress all my life; she made most of the clothes I wore when I was a kid. It wasn’t till junior high/high school; I realized she was dressing me in her own image, and let’s face it, who wants to dress like their mother wants them to at that age. Sewing was also something that just clicked in my brain. My mother gave me a sewing machine (the same one I use today) and that really was the day I started down the path I am still on today.
TUSK: What inspires you?To be honest, shoes. A new pair always results in a new outfit for myself. But, also an over abundance of something as well. I bought 11lbs of vintage zippers on ebay once and the amount of new products that resulted from that pur-chase still amazes me. Suddenly my old nemesis, the zipper, needed to be conquered, and hence my accessories line was launched. TUSK: What is your favorite piece of clothing you own?Gosh that changes daily. TUSK: What is the craziest thing you have ever done/ or has happened to you?Quitting my job and starting my business at 23 and having it be really successful right off the bat. Lucky or crazy? I can’t decide.
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TUSK: Favorite restaurant in Denver to eat at?I love the Amsterdam Hash at Watercourse. TUSK: Where can TUSK readers buy your clothing?Of course at my shop Jil Cappuccio, One of a Kinds, Limited Designs, 1433 Ogden St., and my web site, jilcappuccio.com, also at Fancy Tiger, Yes Please More, and the lovely shop Pome. TUSK: What makes you unique as a clothing designer?I think what sets me apart is my fabrics. I love to use vintage textiles, curtains or dish towels that I collect. I am also a very detailed oriented seamstress, hence my clothing is impeccably constructed.
TUSK: What is the best advice you have ever been given?Its not life or death, its just clothing.
Jil Cappucciowww.jilcappucio.com
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Not just after school hangouts, the Clubs are places where young people come to learn, do homework, develop social skills, express themselves creatively, and par-ticipate in sports. Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver also owns and operates a residential summer camp near Ward, Colorado called Gates Camp. The Clubs are staffed by full-time professionals and located in neighborhoods where they are needed most.
Our Impact: Four key characteristics define the essence of a Boys & Girls Club. All are critical in exerting a positive impact on the life of a child.
* Dedicated youth facilities – Boys & Girls Clubs are places–actual neighbor-hood-based buildings–designed solely for youth programs and activities. * Open when kids need us most – The Clubs are open weekdays after school and during the summer when kids have free time and need positive, productive outlets. * Professional staff – Every Club is directed by trained youth development pro-fessionals who act as role models and mentors to members. Volunteers provide key supplementary support. * Available and affordable to all youth – For only $2 per year, any child between the ages of 6 and 18 can become a member. We do not discriminate based on gen-der, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or income.
FIND OUT MORE AT http://www.bgcmd.org/Text and images pulled from their website.
bgcmd.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
Program Support Center2017 West 9th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204Phone: 303-892-9200Email: [email protected].
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Jenny Luper
Jenny Luper is earning a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Spalding University. She enjoys the allure of writing the strange short story, odd poetry, and above all, writing with en-thusiasm. She is excited to be sharing her writing in this and future issues of TUSK.
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