Labor of Love

Jessie Dettwiler @ Mississippi Studios

Jessie is a classically trained cellist and all around gadabout that I met while attending Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.  Although she enjoyed Naropa well enough, she was dissatisfied by it's music program and dropped out to pursue her artistic ambitions in Portland.  Since her relocation, she has performed with many fine musicians (Strangers Die Everyday, Autopilot is for Lovers, Portland Cello Project), but eventually settled on a fulltime labor of love with longtime collaborator, Stirling Myles.  Their band Alameda is geared up to release it's first album, Seasons/Spectres, in March 2011, should they square up the funds necessary to bankroll it.  To aid their cause, they produced a Kickstarter video, in which Jessie, forever the mistress of elegant elocution, narrates a pensive plea for your hard earned dollar.  Let her gentle voice woo you, friend-- reach into your pocket and pull out your credit card, type in your pin, and support quality musicians.  Should all else fail, Jessie will have to sweep away the dust of her crushed dreams and fall back on her plan B:  Crochet yarn monsters and sell them on Etsy (shudder).  Please don't make her do that.  Donate with the quickness!    

*Update!  Alameda made their goal, which is superfly.