Tret Fure: Writing Her Own Song (Cont.)

shows which bring women comedians and musicians to Madison.  The pair is also planning the upcoming Tomboy Girl Fest, an all-day event scheduled with an impressive lineup of performers as well as food, vending, and workshops to be held at the Alliance Energy Center's Exhibition Hall in Madison this coming July 26^th.  Fure is also Vice President of the North American Traveling Musicians Union, Local 1000, where she hopes her involvement will help other independent musicians, especially young women, realize their goals.
     So, Fure has her musical career on track backed by a successful retail business.  What does she want for the future?  Does she see a shift in her career?  Are there new goals on the horizon? 

I can't imagine myself after 40 years of making music, NOT making music. I would say that the music I create is what I most want to give.  Although I think that one of my fears is to one day run out of something to say that is meaningful. I will always be a performer, always travel; I'd just like to be able to go out less frequently, shorter spans of time with maybe more condensed shows. I love my work. …I feel that I have a gift for words and a gift for music.  I love sharing that gift with those who listen.  When I see the effect it has on people, how it can bring people to tears, laughter, resolution, I am proud to be who I am, doing what I do.  There is no greater gift than changing a life in a positive  fashion and music can do that.  When I find that my music does it, I feel very blessed.

and give it meaning beyond that moment is evident throughout her work.
     Believing that music is the universal language, Fure expresses the desire that her work cross all lines and not be secularized.  She is striving for more recognition in the folk genre as well as for an audience that spans ages from young to older.  This goal is evident in My Shoes where the rock-n-roll influence can be heard again as well as the mellow tones of folk.  Her composition "Bigger Than I" is an example of a piece constructed to keep the audience's energy level and interest level up.  "People are meant to move, so I wanted to provide a song that we can all move to.  Rhythm is important to my compositions; I love experimenting with that."
     Being an independent musician is not an easy way to earn a living.  To that end, Fure has developed a clothing line, Tomboy Girl, which began as a virtual web store and now also has a physical location in Madison, Wisconsin, where community is important to Fure.  She believes part of her role in life is to give back to the community where she lives, recording her music there, creating jobs where she can, and bringing more great music to her neighborhood. Fure, along with partner Jane Weldon, have done this with their Music and Comedy series,

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