28 - Wednesday, June 19, 1985 - North Shore News

Singer brings new material

From Page 27

Scan’* television series,
Ulrich has settled in the
plastic glitter of L.A. to get
back to the arduous business
of writing material for
another solo album.

Ulrich says she learned an
incredible amount from her
television experience before it
fell victim to wide-ranging
CBC budget cuts : ‘‘lt was a
totally different medium. |
had to learn so much about
so many things far removed
from music. Being on the
other end of a microphone,
being the interviewer rather
than the interviewee, was a
very interesting, very
stimulating, very enjoyable
experience.” ~ .

Returning from video
waves to sound waves, Ulrich
is determined to reaffirm her
standing within- the volatile
world of pop music.

She explains her move to
L.A. as one of opportunity
and stimulus for songwriters:

‘Vancouver is a relatively ©
good place for songwriters, .

and there are.a lot of good
ones here, Bryan Adams and

Jim Vallance of. course, but ©

L.A. is a great place for
songwriters with so many
more people involved in the
business.”’

Though she ‘is striving
against the popular tendency
to ape what has come before,
to ‘write “new. music not

~ clone music’’, Ulrich says her
sound will ‘nevér.- radically
change. ~. ; fas

“My. audiences’ include -

-everybody from kids to elder-

ly.people: My music has'a’

: basic wide: appeal, it’s not

_ something :! can: consciously --
'" change.”’ =

“Modern music, according
to’. Ulrich, --has‘ become’ a
fragmented mixture.of. eclec-

tic sounds without any.of the -

single ‘defined movements of
past eras. Some she says is in-
teresting, some ‘‘boring and
obnoxious, not creative or
unique in any way.”
Concentration on
songwriting in L.A. and the
prohibitive cost of .touring

small venues, has largely kept ~

Ulrich out of local club
activity. ‘ -

Cc. Heat
foundation

She is aware, however, that
the cost of neglecting live per-
formance cannot be
measured financially.

“It is vital that I don't lose
my hand in live perfor-
mance,” she says, ‘‘I know

are
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already that I don't do it
enough.”

In keeping with this cons-
tant need to perform, Ulrich
will be bringing a mixture of
new songs and a grab bag of
old favorites to the Plaza In-

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