I Didn't Make Them For You

Each year the Gem Faire came to Salt Lake City, Utah.

I hit every one. With what little money I had, I bought up all the best turquoise I could find. A few pounds of various bone beads from India would be my fillers.

Tandy Leather was where I got my leather supplies and handpicked the best leather strands. I touched, I pulled and stretched, tested breaking points... I felt everything before I purchased it...

I was making magic necklaces for me. I got a Dremmel electric high speed drill and learned how to use jeweler's wax to hold the stones in place, underwater, as I drilled holes in them...

Each piece of turquoise was always handpicked by me after touching it and trusting my intuition. My goal was to add turquoise to my neck area. I was singing in the night clubs as a soloist, singing on my two albums or practicing daily to be ready to record, and well -- I was trained in opera singing by Gwent Lewis. So I learned all the paranoias of not drinking cold drinks, salt gargles, and warding off any throat illness as if it were the Black Plague.

It seemed that if I picked the right stones and minerals, my voice was protected and strengthened.

Those vocals on LEVEL 1 = Peace Of Mind and the Utah vocals on LEVEL 2 = Christ Killer were all sung wearing my turquoise necklaces.

The vocals on LEVEL 3 = I Want You To Love Me..

I am about to cut the vocals for LEVEL 4 = Kung Fu Cowboy. I was planning on making a trip to storage this week for my Dremel drill so I can grind off the aluminum shrink on some engine tubes I need to replace...and I JUST NOW realized that I will also grab my stones collection and make myself a brand new necklace for my next album.

Look for pictures of me during 2009 wearing a necklace. It will be the one I am about to make.

Love,
Coyote