Being a Musician Today...

What amazing weather... It is on days like these that I am happy to be a musician. Most days, I get to make my schedule and do what I want when I want to. And so this morning, I got to go to the beach. I am already back in the city, I feel like I have had a full day already and the best part is that after I am done with the work I want to catch up on, I can go out again, check out some live music, and keep enjoying the weather.
Paul (Umbach) sent me a new version of one of the new songs, "Man", with the awesome playing of Matt (Wigton) in it and I am so excited about it. My work is to say what I like and don't like, what needs to be changed or added, and since Paul always does an amazing job, I pretty much have nothing to say... Tough life!
Of course I have my ups and downs like everyone else in every industry, but today, I am happy to be a singer-songwriter, living her dream in New York City...

Musicians On Call

I went to play my monthly volunteer night for Musicians On Call tonight. I think it is a wonderful organization. I am always amazed at what a huge difference a little bit of music can make in someone's day. It just takes them some place else for a couple of minutes and they are always so thankful. Some like to chat a little bit too. Usually, at least one person per night advises me to try for American Idol...
Each evening has a different vibe in the hospitals as well. I played in the oncology department and tonight was the most emotional that I have ever experienced. I always worry very much about trying to be as uplifting as possible but it seemed that tonight everyone was pretty mellow... A few people that I played for started crying and I was mortified. The guide that was with me tonight (there is always a volunteer guide to lead you from room to room and introduce the program) was a cancer survivor and a former patient of that hospital. She told me that sometimes it was good for people to cry and let their emotions out in these terrible times and that music was a good trigger. I hope she is right.

Great Weekend!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mine was great...
I played my first house-concert on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun! Everyone was so nice and thought it was a fun concept.
I am looking forward to doing it again!

I went to see the movie "Valentine's Day" on Friday... I can't help it, I like romantic comedies! :-) It was fun but I was a little disappointed by the fact that it was really copying the movie "Love Actually", which is one of my favorite romantic comedies; so it was lacking a bit of imagination.

My Valentine's Day was perfect and just what I wanted...

I am ready to take on a new week with a lot of energy and positivity!

Much love to all!

What next?

Well I am back in New York and happy to be even though I had a wonderful week last week in Nashville. Paul is really a wonderful musician and producer and I am excited to go back to get some more work done really soon. I am actually listening to my new songs right now and I am very excited about them, I can't wait to have them all finished to share them with all of you and hear what you think! What I liked about being in Nashville, recording and writing all day, was that I didn't have to think about anything else. Now I am trying to get back in the swing of things, always thinking of what to do next...

Nashville

So I am in Nashville... well more precisely, in Franklin, at Paul's studio. I am having a blast working on some new songs. We are getting the drums recorded right now on a couple of songs. The funny thing is that the drummer we are using, Ben, is really good friends with Jason and Matt (my drummer and bass player) and we didn't even know it! Small world...
Is it ok that I am super excited about my new songs and I can't wait to play them for you!!
Well I'll keep you posted. :-)

writing

So I have been in a writing mode these days... which means that I actually take time to sit down and write. And even when nothing comes out of it (at least nothing that I would want anyone to hear...) it feels good. I tend to forget that writing for me is a good therapy.
The reason I have been focusing on writing is that I am going to Nashville on Monday for a week to meet with Paul (Umbach; he produced the first 3 songs on the EP); we have a few co-writing sessions planned with some great songwriters in Nashville and hopefully we are going to get to record some new songs!! I am very excited about that. I will keep you posted on how it is going!