In my case, I take part in performance-oriented music and believe it is my call to show the audience something that both their eyes and ears can enjoy.
I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
When I started doing drag, I always put together multimedia elements for live performance.
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
If you do performance and music, it's not performance as music.
Neil and I have always been big fans of drag, emerging theater, and anything that is really 'out there' in terms of performance.
Drag performance is really emotional.
I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.
As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music.
