About this project
Hi, I’m Debora Iyall from Romeo Void. I’m asking for your help and support to release a 12” vinyl EP “Singing Until Sunrise” which includes our new take on Romeo Void’s “A Girl in Trouble (is a temporary thing)”, live band versions of "Wait Out The Storm" and "99". The newly recorded version of “A Girl In Trouble (is a temporary thing)” takes off with a different feel and lands on a new third verse I’ve added to expand my message of encouragement from across my added years of life experience. My excellent band includes: Stev Ohanis on guitar, Dakota Iyall on keyboards, David Wenger on bass, Robert Tucker on drums and myself, Debora Iyall on vocals.
The decision to make a colored vinyl release comes from the wishes and hopes of a lot of fans I’ve heard from these past years, and the desire I have to put out a truly quality recording that can also be collected and prized for my original artwork.
The recording session was done with a new band composed of talented and energetic Bay Area musicians that I assembled this year and was produced by renowned engineer and producer Francis Buckley. My band and I have been playing clubs and concerts around the Bay Area and Sacramento in support of my 2010 cd album release, “Stay Strong” on my own Dottie Records.
The new vinyl 12 inch EP’s working title is “Singing Until Sunrise”, which happens to also be the title of the album’s artwork. It will also be released on my own Dottie Records. My budget for “Singing Until Sunrise” includes final production and mastering, manufacture and promotion of the new EP on high quality colored vinyl and digital forms and the cost of making initial runs of promotional T-shirts and posters. I aim to get some airplay this time and need money above and beyond manufacturing to help offset promotion costs to that end. If I raise funds over and above this budget it will enable me to tour (LA nd the NW?) and bring my music to more people.
First pressing of 500 will each be numbered and autographed.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/17/3704113/debora-iyall-returns-from-the.html
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First pressing of my new “Singing Until Sunrise,” vinyl 12” autographed EP delivered and a handwritten thank-you card made by me.
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Mixed Media collage, "I Am Little Inside", delivered with a download card.
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First pressing of my new “Singing Until Sunrise,” a vinyl 12” EP, a newly designed "A Girl in Trouble (is a temporary thing)" T shirt and the "lost" cd of Debora and Peter Dunne's Knife In Water project from the 90's called, "Dialog".
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Autographed first pressing of my new “Singing Until Sunrise,” vinyl 12” EP with a download card, a newly designed "A Girl in Trouble (is a temporary thing)" T shirt, a "Stay Strong" Debora Iyall T-shirt and the "lost" cd of Debora and Peter Dunne's Knife In Water project of the 90's titled, "Dialog"
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"Waiting to Heal" etching printed and signed by me, a handwritten thank you card made by me and a "Singing Until Sunrise" 12" EP delivered and autographed.
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Landscape monotype printed at the same time as the EP cover art. Tentatively titled, "Wintry Woods."
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BACKGROUND
Debora Iyall was born in 1954 in Soap Lake, Washington and grew up in Fresno, California. She’s a member of the Cowlitz tribe of Washington State. She grew up loving music and poetry. “I had an older sister who always dated rock’n’roll boys. We were into the 60s San Francisco psychedelic bands and loved AM radio, which played a real mix of music - Motown, soul, girl groups and the British invasion. I knew the words to all the hits and used to sing while I was riding my bike or my horse.”
Iyall moved north after high school to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. She’d already been doing poetry readings when Patti Smith burst on the scene. “I thought about setting my poetry to music, then I saw The Avengers, one of the early punk bands. I thought: I can do that. I have something to say.” “I wanted to be part of what was going on. That meant speaking the truth, jumping on the stage, and having fun."
Iyall started Romeo Void with fellow Art Institute student, bass player Frank Zincavage in 1979. Howie Klein, the future head of Reprise Records, signed them to his indie label, 415 Records. Rolling Stone lauded the band’s unique combination of pop, punk and dance beats and Iyall’s forceful singing style.
Romeo Void was the most successful band on 415 Records. They made three albums – It’s a Condition (1981), Benefactor (1982) and Instincts (1984) – and the Never Say Never EP (1982,) produced by the cars’ Ric Ocasek and Ian Taylor. They had hits with “Never Say Never” and “A Girl In Trouble,” which got played on Top 40 radio, bringing Iyall’s voice to the masses. In his "Real Life Rock" column in New West magazine, Greil Marcus praised Iyall as one of the most exceptional artists to emerge from California’s new wave scene.
Despite their rave reviews and chart success, the constant touring took its toll; Romeo Void splintered in 1985.
Debora earned her Master’s Degree in teaching in 2007 and has supported herself teaching art since the mid-90s. “Working with students and encouraging them to use their most unique aspects, I realized I should listen to my own advice, take a leap of faith, write songs and perform again. Using the DIY model of directly connecting with fans via the Internet, it seems right to give my music career another ‘go’.”
