Breathe

I recently collaborated with The Poet on a song called "Breathe." He handed me the lyrics one night last spring and I did my best to bring them to life musically. I'm very pleased with the results.

Actually, it's become one of my favorite songs in my repertoire.

Though I feel like my voice is lower than normal in this song. I had a sore throat when I recorded it. And it was late. And I was grumpy. And I was trying to be the female David Bowie but instead ended up sounding more like Annie Lennox. I actually fully intended to redo the vocals, but people were like "No, chicks with deep voices are sexy!" So I kept it like it was.

Anyway, I'm rambling here. I feel very Lennon and McCartney with this whole music collaboration thing. Except I think that I would be McCartney in this scenario, and I'm totally a Lennon. Or maybe I just strive to be a Lennon but in reality am a McCartney?

I DIGRESS.

Last fall, I filmed this video around my old neighborhood. I figure that all artists have to have a low budget music video that screams "I'M BROKE AND LIVE IN THE GHETTO," so this is mine.

Enjoy. :)

That New Song I've Been Alluding To...

So I briefly disappeared off the face of the blogosphere, but now I am back.  Sorry about all of that.  It was a weird, stressful week for several reasons. 

Long story short, it looks like I'm done being a book agent.  And I don't think I'll be acting as The Bouncer or working in the restaurant downstairs anytime soon either.  I'm back to unemployed hipster status. 

That's a story I might tell tomorrow (if I actually feel like reliving it again), but for right now I have more important things to share with you guys.  Like the new song I've been talking about for the past month!

Here's a sneak peek:



The music video is in the works as well.  I filmed a bunch of it in my bathroom the other night and plan on shooting the rest in the hallways this weekend when all of the hipsters go camping. 

A still shot from some of the footage I took in my bathroom...don't judge

Now I just have to get the rest of the tracks recorded and launch my little E.P. into the world.  They are coming along nicely, actually.  It should all be done sooner rather than later. 

In other news, I had a really great jam session with The Studio Musician today.  He texted me out of the blue and told me he was bored so he was playing through the entire Beatles catalog.  It was only a matter of minutes before I was playing along with him.  I know it's cliche, but you can really never go wrong with The Beatles.  And it turns out that today was one of those days where I just needed to belt out "Let It Be."

It's amazing how completely rejuvenating music can be.  Especially when you make it with someone else.  Though going solo is empowering, I truly miss being in a band.

But at least my new recording sounds like I'm in a band.  That counts for something, right?

And with that, I think I'm gonna go to bed.  Goodnight, my darling blogosphere.  <3

Friday Friday

Bleck. I feel as though my entire throat is inflamed in rebellion against that bad lemonade I drank last night. I'm just going to call it psychosomatic and move on with my life.

Besides, life is good today. It's a sunny Friday. I am done with classes for the weekend and hanging around my apartment in my scuzzy Greenday t-shirt (a shirt I still insist on wearing even though I know it looks better on Ryan...).

Fridays get my thumbs-up of approval. Not sad to see this week come to an end.

Wrote a new song a couple of nights ago while I was attempting to mentally process the weirdness of the world. I really don't know if it's any good. It's a bit of a departure from my normal whimsical style (I'll be back to writing songs about zombies and icebergs soon, I am sure). I'm always nervous to post songs like this for fear that they are too cheesy or just plain suck. But I am trying hard to overcome these standard issue neurotic insecurities of a songwriter, so I took a quick recording of it on my iphone when I was practicing this morning. It's a terrible recording and the song is still fresh out of the notebook so it's a bit rough.

See? It's barely legible, and that big blank spot is where the second verse will go if I ever feel like writing one (I'm infamous for cheating and just recycling the first verse instead of writing a second...hey, words are hard for me - I'm more of a music and melody girl).

Anyway, now that I've given you two paragraphs worth of disclaimers, you can hear the song now. It's just audio. Maybe I'll be more sophisticated next time and add video as well, but I was feeling camera shy this morning.

I would love to hear what you think. The sound of Internet crickets is always terribly unnerving.

On a side note, if you're just now tuning into all this madness, you should check out this entry.

It's all about how you can get involved with our summer tour by joining our street team. There's a great video over there you might want to watch. Also included in this entry is information on how you can date Ryan. Check it totally out, yo.

I'm gonna go do whatever it is I do on Fridays. Peace and trash rock. Over and out.