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Interview With TC by Cary TC: Model, Musician with the band Satiate and more! What music first captured your ear and got you interested in music? I came from a household where music was an integral part of our day. I think I could sing every Black Sabbath song before I could even recite my ABC’s. Actually starting out, when I heard Gene Krupa play (my dad was a drummer,) I wanted to be a drummer, but well, I’m a much better at air drumming than playing that particular instrument.
Do you come from a background of training in the arts? Both of my parents thought I had a great singing voice, so they really pushed me to try that and later piano. I started off initially doing opera studies, then Broadway/musical studies, then gospel/blues studies, but when I heard Heart for the first time I knew I had to be a rock musician. For me, vocally, it was an easy transition for that. Then I heard Nine Inch Nails and knew I wanted to do that kind of music. But it was when I heard Gary Finneran and The Ex-Idols that I knew I wanted to scream. So I’m trained, but I’ve grown from those initial stages.
How did you start working with your current band? Well, Satiate started off when Ken and I were frustrated in dealing with issues in Anna Thema, our previous band together. We got tired of babysitting and wanted people who had focus and took the idea of being in a band and working on music more seriously than going out and partying. Ken and I noticed it was always him and I digging on certain parts and seeing eye-to-eye on the music direction, and well, when Anna Thema was dying we knew we had to continue working with each other. I don’t consider Ken just a band mate, but a brother. I love the hell out of that guy.
Do you prefer playing live or recording? I am a musician who LOVES both. I’m someone who thrives on challenge, and there are challenges in each of those that you can’t find in either. Recording is so much fun because you are trying to capture live energy into a recording often in this tiny little space isolated by yourself with big headphones on your head. So it’s all about finding the right head space and plus, I love it because I can take more than just one attempt to nail it perfect. Live is instantaneous gratification, and you can touch people and get in their faces to invoke a response. You have the challenge of moving all over and yet, not run out of breathe or trip over a cord or band mate. Either way for me, live or recording, it’s a work out and mama’s going to sweat her ass off.
Where is your favorite place to perform? In front of people? I really don’t care, I’ll play anywhere. To “my” crowd, a “hostile” crowd, a “lazy and sleepy” crowd, whatever… as long as there’s people there. When I perform, I go to war, and I conquer or die trying. Please take note, I’m still alive. ;)
Has anything crazy ever happened at a show? Define “crazy.” I can think of 500 things that automatically make me laugh and launch into a story. Whether it’s a girl getting on stage with me and trying to literally peel my clothes off while I’m playing. Taking a concussion to the head from someone slamming some equipment into me. Falling off a stage while ripping out the seat of my pants. Turning around and seeing someone from another band on tour banging a girl right behind me. Hmmm… I’ll tell this story. One night, my band walked on stage to a very hostile crowd. It was a crusty punk night and we were this industrial band on the bill with a “pretty chick” singer, you know? So from the moment I walked on stage I literally heard, “Show us your tits!” So I grabbed the microphone and asked who said it, and this big biker guy walks to the front and I say to him, “Show me yours.” So he flashed me his chest and I noticed he only had one nipple pierced so I asked him if he had pussed out before getting the second one. He got a bit pissy with me as we launched into the first song and just stood there with his arms across his chest not moving or anything. So I proceeded to taunt him a bit and told him if he didn’t start rocking out I was going to kick his ass. He flipped me off, so I walked right up to him and with my boots on, I kicked him square in the forehead. In fact, I kicked him so hard he fell over in the crowd. The amazing thing is, after I did that, he immediately bounced up with my boot print all over his face and started cheering. After the show was over, he waited for me by the backstage door. I was totally expecting him to want to kick my ass, hell; the whole band thought he was going to. But no, this huge biker guy with a bruise in the shape of my boot imprint on his forehead waited for me to shake my hand and tell me what a kick ass singer he thought I was. I think he bought one of everything at our merch table, too. I still think it’s funny that I kicked him that hard and was so cool about it. If he reads this, I need to tell him I owe him a beer for being so awesome about it all.
How did you become interested in fetish/BDSM? It just felt right and natural. No particular life altering moment. It wasn’t until a boyfriend told me that what I was doing was fetish, that I realized, “Wow, really?” I just go with what feels right and hopefully I don’t creep out too many people along the way.
What excites you about fetish modeling? I just get to be me. I have fun with it all. I mean, come on, it gives me an excuse to blow a lot of my money on stockings and heels. The moment I have to start faking it or it becomes work, is the moment I need to stop.
Are there any other creative mediums you work in? I kind of do a little bit of everything. I model. I am a musician, both live and studio, in working in Satiate, my studio music project TCR with Robin Moulder, then all of my horror movie score/voice over work with Joseph Bishara. I do freelance journalism for Innerviewworld.com and Blueblood Magazine. Also, I do freelance graphic design work for a lot of bands/musicians and a few clothing companies. On the back burner, I’ve also been working on a script, too. I am an admitted workaholic and I just love creating art in every medium I can get my hands on. I’m like a shark, if I stop moving/working, I think I may just die.
What do you like to do for fun? Believe it or not, I just love spending time with my friends when my schedule allows. I don’t really care what we do, just as long as if it involves drinking the place is low brow enough to serve Pabst Blue Ribbon and I can roll in there in jeans and a t-shirt or when my friends feel like ripping up my fishnets it won’t shock people. I prefer jukeboxes filled with AC/DC and don’t have to worry about spitting on the floor. I want to go to a bar that you really should consider bathing when you leave and don’t want to put your hands in your mouth while you are there. Or bowling, man, am I sucker for bowling. I suck really bad at it, but I love it regardless. I’m pretty low maintenance and just love having moments with my friends where I can let my hair down and hopefully won’t get arrested.
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Photos by: Satiate Live by Greg Watermann TC/TNT images by Taslimur Make-Up: Debra Broberg Black Corset Images by Marilyn Chen Hair: Keka Make-Up: Jennifer Denise Clothing: Fierce Couture Hat: Hey Sailor Hats Location: Paris on Ponce Black Latex Dress Images by: Marilyn Chen Clothing: Fierce Couture Red Lingerie Images by: Marilyn Chen Red/White/Black Corset Images by: Marilyn Chen Corset: Fierce Couture Rocker Shot by: Josh Cole Make-Up: Sherita Leslie Shirt: Sinful Pants: Black Victory Box Control by: Josh Cole Stockings: Sock Dreams Black Victory by: Holly West Make-Up: Angel Jagger Clothing: Black Victory Location: The Smell 
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