(mellow chill music) (mellow music turning lively) - [Narrator] Coming up on Ocean State Sessions, ♪ You can wrap your arms ♪ - [Narrator] Lezzie Vibez ♪ And pull yourself up when ♪ (group singing) (cheerful music) - [Narrator] And The Same Thing Project.

♪ We have made ♪ (mellow pensive music) ♪ I'm turning into the room ♪ ♪ I'm turning into the room ♪ ♪ Dip my toes into the tidal pool of you ♪ ♪ I pull my stockings up over my knees ♪ ♪ I stretch my arms out into wings ♪ ♪ I gather my thoughts to let them breathe ♪ ♪ Tell me it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ I pull my stockings up over my knees ♪ ♪ I stretch my arms out into wings ♪ ♪ I gather my thoughts to let them breathe ♪ ♪ Tell me it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ Let's fumble into a groove ♪ ♪ Stop isolating, what's the next move ♪ ♪ Are you there in your mind, are you there all the time ♪ ♪ Are you open to somebody else ♪ ♪ Are you open to somebody else ♪ ♪ Do you need more alone time ♪ ♪ Do you need more alone time ♪ ♪ You can wrap your arms around me ♪ ♪ And pull yourself up whenever you need ♪ ♪ Gotta start thinking with your feet ♪ ♪ Baby, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ You can wrap your arms around me ♪ ♪ And pull yourself up whenever you need ♪ ♪ Gotta start thinking with your feet ♪ ♪ Ask your heart what they need ♪ ♪ Just ask your heart what they need ♪ (people whooping) (people applauding) - Yes!

(Willa vocalizing) (engines rumbling) (mellow music) - We are at my gallery.

This is World's Fair Gallery.

And we're in Providence, Rhode Island.

My name is Willa Van Nostrand.

This is my puppy Mimosa.

My newest addition to the family.

There are many, many hats that I wear.

I own and run and manage this gallery.

I also own a cocktail company called Little Bitta Artisanal Cocktails.

- Oh, it's going.

(both laughing) - [Willa V.O.]

And I play in a couple of bands.

Music for me is just one of these things I've been doing my whole life.

♪ Every time I watch a film, I'm like, ♪ ♪ I hope these two girls fall in love ♪ - Cody and I met, I think it was around 10 years ago.

- I'm Cody, my pronouns are Cody, she, they, goddess.

And I'm in a band with my friend Willa, it's called Lezzie Vibez.

- I was running a bar in a gallery, and she came in piggyback on one of our mutual friends.

And I felt like, her, like I need this gal in my life.

We realized we had a lot in common.

Identity wise, both being artists and being musicians, and that we both have alternative sexual identities.

Like we identify differently from being hetero.

♪ Or at least ♪ ♪ Fall to their knees ♪ - Making the music together was just like really giggly, and special, and fun.

And it would just go on for hours.

And then all of a sudden we'd be like, boop, whoa, I guess that was a band practice?

I guess we're in a band now.

Need a band shot.

(carefree music) - I remember talking about this kind of essence that we both couldn't totally put a finger on, and it was the feeling of knowing someone has like something other to their identity or their sexuality.

And I remember Cody being like, you know she's got that, the vibe, like the Lezzie vibes.

- There's two women and you're like, ooh, are they gonna fall in love or is this lezzie vibes?

♪ Lezzie vibes ♪ ♪ Catch 'em like fireflies ♪ - I have two moms and I grew up in lesbian culture.

It's always been my home culture.

Even with "Catch 'em Like Fireflies," my moms met in Rhode Island at sleep-away summer camp.

Fireflies are at summer camp.

And it was a time when everyone was kind of experimenting with lesbianism, and some people were like afraid they were gonna catch it.

Lucky to catch it.

♪ Catch 'em like fireflies ♪ - Lezzie vibes can be totally platonic.

Cody's one of my best friends.

What we share and recognize in each other is that we're both expressing our identity and sexualities on a spectrum.

- The more that you are your own self and figure out how you wanna be in the world and how you like to interact in the world, that's where we're gonna change the world.

That's the radical shift we are looking for.

- Lezzie Vibez.

- Lezzie Vibez.

Namesake song right here.

Inspired it all.

(wistful carefree music) ♪ Every time I watch a film, I'm like ♪ ♪ I hope these two girls fall in love ♪ ♪ Wouldn't that be fine ♪ ♪ Every time I watch a film, I'm like ♪ ♪ I hope these two girls fall in love ♪ ♪ Or at least ♪ ♪ Fall to their knees ♪ ♪ In awe of one another ♪ ♪ Wouldn't that be fine, wouldn't that be fine ♪ ♪ Maybe because I was raised to assume ♪ ♪ That everyone's scared, unless proven otherwise ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Took your bandana secretly ♪ ♪ Pinkie promise to revive me ♪ ♪ Took your bandana secretly ♪ ♪ Pinkie promise to revive me ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Catch 'em like fireflies ♪ ♪ Catch 'em like fireflies ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains and now she knows my name ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And she's falling in love ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And now she knows my name ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And she is falling in love ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Your buttoned-down in Carhartt jeans ♪ ♪ I'm hypnotized by silver screen, oh oh ♪ ♪ Girl of my dreams ♪ ♪ Girl of my dreams ♪ ♪ Girl of my dreams ♪ ♪ Are you my girlfriend ♪ ♪ Girl of my dreams ♪ ♪ Or is this fleeting lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And now she knows my name ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains and she's falling in love ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And now she knows my name ♪ ♪ I'm covered in grass stains ♪ ♪ And she's falling in love ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez, lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Lezzie vibez ♪ ♪ Catch 'em like fireflies ♪ (people applauding) - One, two, three.

(cheerful carefree music) One, two, three.

♪ The big warm sun is coming to town ♪ ♪ Grubs our scrounging up from the ground ♪ ♪ Pretty soon the flowers bloom, let Spring fever ♪ ♪ Chase away the gloom ♪ ♪ Son of a gun, we'll have some fun ♪ ♪ Underneath the big warm sun ♪ ♪ Pretty soon we'll need some shade ♪ ♪ With all the friends that we have made ♪ ♪ Go somewhere, we'll hang out ♪ ♪ You know what I'm talking about ♪ ♪ Son of a gun, we'll have some fun ♪ ♪ Underneath the big warm sun ♪ ♪ Fills me with wonder ♪ ♪ And it's gonna get warm ♪ ♪ Hot scorching hot ♪ ♪ Bees are gonna swarm ♪ ♪ Better find some shade ♪ ♪ Underneath the tree ♪ ♪ Sit with me ♪ ♪ Under the sun, go ahead ♪ (carefree cheerful music continues) - All right.

♪ I'm seeing pink all over the place ♪ ♪ All right, I'll walk at a happy pace ♪ ♪ Makes my spirit feel so great ♪ ♪ Soothes my muscles when they ache ♪ ♪ Son of a gun, we'll have some fun ♪ ♪ Underneath the big warm sun ♪ ♪ Son of a gun, we'll have some fun ♪ ♪ Underneath the big warm sun ♪ (people whooping) (mellow music) ♪ You are my sunshine ♪ ♪ My only sunshine ♪ ♪ You make me happy ♪ ♪ When skies are gray ♪ ♪ You'll never know, dear ♪ ♪ How much I love you ♪ ♪ Please don't take ♪ ♪ My sunshine away ♪ ♪ The other night ♪ - I've been coming to The Same Thing Project for a few years.

And I really love it.

It means a lot to me.

I mean, gathering friends, being song writers, and recording artists, and stuff like that, it just goes on and on and on.

♪ I hung my head and I cried ♪ - It feels amazing, right?

Writing on the board.

So that everyone could see the lyrics.

♪ Sunshine, you make me ♪ - Well, I'm kind of like the leader, but Mark is the real leader.

- One, two, three four.

All right, let's get ready to write a song, huh?

(cheerful lively music) So, we thought we'd come up with the idea of places you'd like to go.

What are some places you'd like to go?

- [Band Member] Paris.

- I'd like to go to Paris.

What about you, Audra?

- [Audra] I would like to go to the beach.

- I'd like to go to, some place we like, all right, what else?

- Somewhere I've never seen before.

- I wanna go somewhere I've never seen before.

That's a good opening line.

Same Thing Project is a songwriting workshop that's open to anybody and everybody.

We encourage folks who've never created a thing in their life to be part of this.

The mission is to find similarities between everybody from just different parts of the community.

We all get together, we find a common theme, and we find connection, and we reduce isolation.

That's basically what The Same Thing Project is.

(lively cheerful music) - It's nice to do art with friends.

It's something that we have in common.

So, especially music.

- [Speaker 1] What do you love about Jade?

- Just spending time with her, when I can.

When I'm here.

- [Speaker 2] You're like her big sister.

- Best friend too.

Right, Jade?

(people applauding) (cheerful music continues) - And that's it, that's the end of the song.

We got a song guys.

(group whooping) Hello, ladies and gentlemen, the world, we are The Same Thing Project.

And this is our world premiere of our song, "Where Do You Want To Go?"

Count us in Michael.

- All right.

One, two, three, and.

(lively cheerful music) One, two, three, and.

♪ I wanna go somewhere ♪ ♪ To where I've never been ♪ ♪ I see you waiting out there ♪ ♪ So come on in ♪ ♪ Come on in, that's right ♪ ♪ I wanna see something ♪ ♪ I've never seen before ♪ ♪ When I walk out the door, I wanna see some more ♪ ♪ I wanna see some more ♪ ♪ Where do yo wanna go, somewhere you've never been ♪ ♪ Never been ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go, somewhere other than here ♪ ♪ Can I go with you, where do you wanna go ♪ - All right.

♪ Somewhere on the coast of Spain ♪ ♪ Some wanna go to the mall ♪ ♪ Some wanna see it again, I wanna see it all ♪ ♪ I wanna see it all ♪ ♪ But just to branch together ♪ ♪ Traveling on our own ♪ ♪ Don't matter where we roam ♪ ♪ My heart is my home, my heart is my home ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go, somewhere you've never been ♪ ♪ Never been ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go, somewhere other than here ♪ ♪ Can I go with you, where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ All right ♪ - A minor.

♪ Going to that place in my mind ♪ ♪ I remember the time ♪ ♪ Where everything is fine ♪ ♪ And people are kind ♪ ♪ That's a treasure to find ♪ (cheerful music continues) ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Somewhere you've never been ♪ ♪ Never been ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Somewhere other than here ♪ ♪ Can I go with you ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ ♪ Where do you wanna go ♪ (group applauding) - I just wanna say long live The Same Thing Project.

And we'll keep on writing songs and recording songs as long as we live.

(person whooping) - [Narrator] For more Ocean State Sessions, plus all your Rhode Island PBS favorites, visit RIPBS.org.

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