Rebecca McDonnell Perspective on Catch You When You Fall

 "Out Of Order" is what we called ourselves back in the day, performing on The Las Vegas Strip. At the heart of it all is Rebecca McDonnell, lead vocalist, violinist and composer of the original music and Phil Seitz, Guitarist and co-author of music. We played with different drummers and bass players over the years, but still found that performing as a duo was our best experience. Phil's accomplished guitar playing coupled with Rebecca's classical background and strong vocals create their unique style.  Musicians come and go, and in that we found that we named many of our sessions "The Rebecca Project". That name kind of stuck, so whether it's "Rebecca Mcdonnell featuring Phil Seitz," " Out Of Order" or "The Rebecca Project",  you are listening to us!

When we were playing one of our gigs someone walked next to the band and tripped  on the cord from Rebecca's violin and snapped it in half as she was playing. She said she felt a tug and almost dropped her instrument. No more violin songs that night! Then another night, completely different venue, somone stepped on the bass player's cord and it snapped. Of course this is all happening while we are playing, so the abrupt lack of bass suddenly was startling. He was just standing there then, holding up the broken cord. We could not help but laugh so hard that we were crying. This is why you need to bring extra cords to the gigs! 

Definitely not. I think all musicians learn early in life that if you want to acheive any level of ease with an instrument you have to put the time in. This means practicing by yourself and learning how to do what you want to do. This is not loneliness, this is getting to know your strengths and weaknesses. The more you get good at it the more you want to do it. Then of course there is practicing with the musical ensemble, whatever it might be. Things sound so much better if everyone knows the notes before you get together. This does not always happen, too often the first time some musicians are playing the song is in the group rehearsal. It's all about repect for each other's time and talents. That goes a long way. 

Being out there performing makes it all worth the time you put in by yourself. This is the place to shine and it can be very rewarding.

This song fits into the acoustic pop genre. Many songs that Phil and I write together started out with just an acoustic guitar and vocals. We then add more instruments when we take it into the studio. This is one of those songs that did not need much more than an unplugged feel to it with the acoustic guitar being the main instrument of the song, along with hand percussion, lead vocals and ethereal background vocals.