Come Into (Sneak peek video :)

Having fun practicing for live shows! Bob and I are working up acoustic versions of songs from my new album. It's so nice just playing around with arrangements to play live rather than for recording.
Here is a sample from our recent practice session!

CD is finished!!!

     Now that my CD has been released I'm starting to get very excited about the thought of playing live again- instead of spending my spare time recording, writing, re-writing, mixing, I'm feeling that feeling again that I had when I first started to play out (way back when). That buzz of playing live, for other people, who are actually in the room. The fun of picking up instruments and hearing and feeling their live sounds. People talking in the back, coffee machine whirring, or the moments when you can hear a pin drop because all are listening. All of it. Live music. Along with scheduled gigs, I'm going to play a bunch of open mics this summer, to meet other artists and just enjoy making music for the fun of it. I kind of wish all gigs were open mics in a way- if you could get paid for sharing the stage with many others, and having an audience who are up for anything and could discover a great band and make a real connection. This is the atmosphere I want to be in and create...sing-alongs, folk-style community shows where all share in the music-making somehow, where everyone knows they need the music like air: performer, listener and organiser alike. Time to start this at the grass-roots level and see what happens! 

                      Me at open mic in 2007 :)