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WYATT'S TORCH
JULIEKOVICH.COM Monday Febuary 19, 2000
Listen
to "Wyatt's Torch," the new ablum from Lake Orion's Julie
Genevis, and you'd
explect something other than the perky, smiling flute-sax-keyboard
player out of the Oakland University.
Genevis classifies her collections of self-penned songs "progressive pop, but with a classical touch." If you want to play the sound game, she's not far from Canadian angst-bird Sarah McLachlan.
"Wyatt's Torch" follows a career of school bands, playing weddings, teaching young musicians in private lessons, recording sessions backing other artists and corporate parties, plus some serious song writing. "I've written over 200 songs," Genevis said, with "Torch" being the first widely available airing.
Genevis pegs the cut "Goddess" as the most commercial sounding on the nine-tune disc. It's about a man who sees a goddess in a woman he loves. The rest of the tunes are chronicles of modern romantic and domestic angst, all done with Genevis' impressive layered musical artistry.
The hardest part about the album? "Just getting the nerve up," she said. "The logistics were kind of scary." Not to mention the finances.
"Every penny I make goes into it. Financially, it's the stupidest thing you can do." (Husband Steve Kovich shot the album art, cutting some of the expenses.)
Genevis' work probably best fits an adult aternative album station, but the Detroit market's devoid of that sort of radio station right now. "They won't play it on the radio, so I have to appear on talk shows," guesting on the recent Mitch Albom and just-canceled Bill Thomas shows. She'll also play at Northville's Raven Gallery May 1.
The goal? Getting buyers to journey to Harmony House, Repeat the Beat and Borders Books and Music to give her a listen. Those whe've tried it liked it, Genevis says. "Just a wide range of people like it; the people who like it really love it."