Image copyright Shervin Lainez Image caption Regina Spektor: 'Sometimes when I feel happy, it just feels very good to listen to sad songs' Regina Spektor's career is built on a white lie. The Russian-born star has risen from New York's insular 'anti-folk' scene to become one of her generation's most respected singer-songwriters, scoring two top 10 albums and being feted by President Obama (who has seen her play live twice). Good Traffic Freeware For Fs2004 Downloads.
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But as a struggling artist in turn-of-the-millennium New York, she had to bluff her way into playing at an influential East Village venue. 'The only way you could play your own show at Sidewalk Cafe was if you already had a following - and you couldn't get a following without playing a show,' she explains. 'So it was a Catch-22 situation.' Image copyright Shevin Lainez Image caption Spektor was born in Moscow but moved to the US in 1989 when Perestroika made it possible for many Jews to leave the Soviet Union 'I think this is what con artists do. She would say something like: 'Well, there are a bunch of Sundays that seem open, was your show on a Sunday?'
And I would go: 'Yes, it was on a Sunday.' 'And then she said: 'People who play here have to have a 40-person draw. Superstamps Business Free Download. What's your draw?' And I said: '41 people!' 'She kept going until, all of a sudden, she was like: 'OK, 8pm on Sunday the 20th.'
'By the time I hung up the phone my entire body was shaking. And I was like, 'I have a show - but I have to bring 40 people to it!'
'So I called every single relative that I had and the place was full. Everybody bought food and liquor and afterwards they said: 'When can you come and play again?' 'And I didn't realise that, of course, nobody really brought 40 people. They were just so happy to have that many paying customers that I literally could have just played two notes on the recorder and they would have invited me back! 'But that's sort of how I began. The first show I ever got was through a lie.'
As she tells the story, Spektor plucks nervously at her sleeve - uncomfortable with the deception even now. 'This is very not like me because I don't find any pleasure in lying,' she says, meekly. 'But I thought it was noble, because I thought I should have a show.'
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Touring with The Strokes and Kings Of Leon helped expose Spektor to a wider audience That strong-willed determination sustained the singer through her early career. As relatives were replaced by real fans, she brought a notebook to every gig, forcing people to write down their email addresses, and bombarding them with adverts for future shows. Unable to afford a band, she would hit her piano stool with a drum stick, and spent what little money she had designing and printing flyers. In 2001, she self-released her debut album 11:11. A follow-up, Songs, was recorded on Christmas Day, when studio rates were heavily discounted. 'When you are listening to this little disk, try to think that you are in on a secret.'