Just a few weeks ago i met this guy named Adam Rotmil via the internet. He found my music from the web, and we've been in contact ever since. Turns out he lives in Japan, and is a brand design and strategy guru. We've decided to collaborate to further celebrate the power of the internet and collaboration. Here is our first impromptu project that we literally just composed about half an hour ago. We've posted it, and have already gotten a substantial amount o hits... it's amazing how the internet brings us together.
Come read: http://tinyurl.com/6musicmistakes
Music, as heard on indie radio and found on itunes, cdbaby, and amazon
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Local Businesses, Vegetarianism, Brownies....
On a lighter note... who said vegeterians can't enjoy a good meal? Sitting outside infront of Kelly's Corner in my home town, enjoying a veggie sandwich, and a brownie that the owner Kelly gave me as a gift himself!
For all you peeps craving small town food, go to Kelly's Corner, in the South Bay. It's straight up quaint.
Following the Signs
As each day passes, I feel I am more and more dedicated to my ideals and passions: as a result joy is reality and learning is now constant. Who woulda thunk it? In my fickle gemini way of living, I have discovered the feeling of constance: I constantly desire to grow, and constantly strive to change for the better. Sure, there are sacrifices, but oh, are they worth it.
Just a couple days ago I went to the Evolutionary Leaders Call to Consciousness at UCLA's Royce Hall, where conscious thinkers from all over the world came together to speak about the importance of our time, and how humans are at a point of crisis and potential, all at the same time. Not only did the songwriter of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" kick some major ass with her performance, but hundreds of people gathered to set their intentions on a better world and way of treating fellow human beings. My heart was feeling super inspired then. How amazing!!
If you were to tell the me of 10 years ago that I would be going to such conscious events, I would probably shake my head in disbelief: growing up as a daughter and sister to scientists, I was raised in a world based off of tangible rules and observations, proofs and data. Our science and technology is amazing, I must say. However, we must not be ruled by this young form of information and viewing the world! It's only been around for a few hundred years. For so long as a child I felt my shoulders tense, my mind at unease.
The spiritual and emotional realms, however, have been around for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations have known of it, and I realize it's time for me to remember all that. So many people are becoming more and more in touch with the unprovable, the undocumentable, the unexplainable. It's a beautiful thing.
Once I decided to allow myself to leave the rigid world of corporate training and logical, linear thinking, I started my (never ending) journey towards more inner peace. To find a balance between the ancient and the contemporary is a beautiful way of living life.
My soul is hungry right now. Old friends leaving, new friends entering, old friends staying. Old lovers returning, new ones leaving... The older I get, the more I learn to be okay with, and even appreciate, the impermanence of all things.
As for love, my last relationship has now evolved into more sustainable friendship, and I feel a deep, beautiful joy. My ex partner and I truly love each other enough to just admit we're better off as friends. Nothing personal, and everything personal, all at the same time.
Yes, I feel alone at times, and feel stressed and tired. Yes, I also wonder about my future. However, I do not wonder about whether or not I live my life the way I want to live: raw, tumultuous, concentrated, intellectual, emotional, and real. As an artist, I often wonder how I am going to make ends meet... then I think: money comes and goes. We are all indebted to something else some time or another, whether they will be credit card bills, student loans, mortgages, insurance policies. I mean, the way that the world is set up today is why so many people they can't move, and that they have no choice but to live as everybody else does...
which is why I don't let money phase me as much as it used to; money doesn't hold any ties on my mind or soul. It may hold me back from physical or tangible opportunities temporarily, but what of it? I have my imagination to turn to when I feel "stuck" or "immoble"... any situation I feel that I am in, I hope I can be happy to remind myself that I put myself there. Better yet, I always find a way to make things work out they way I'd like...because if I think I can, I am right. If I think I can't, I sure will be right about that too.
Just a couple days ago I went to the Evolutionary Leaders Call to Consciousness at UCLA's Royce Hall, where conscious thinkers from all over the world came together to speak about the importance of our time, and how humans are at a point of crisis and potential, all at the same time. Not only did the songwriter of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" kick some major ass with her performance, but hundreds of people gathered to set their intentions on a better world and way of treating fellow human beings. My heart was feeling super inspired then. How amazing!!
If you were to tell the me of 10 years ago that I would be going to such conscious events, I would probably shake my head in disbelief: growing up as a daughter and sister to scientists, I was raised in a world based off of tangible rules and observations, proofs and data. Our science and technology is amazing, I must say. However, we must not be ruled by this young form of information and viewing the world! It's only been around for a few hundred years. For so long as a child I felt my shoulders tense, my mind at unease.
The spiritual and emotional realms, however, have been around for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations have known of it, and I realize it's time for me to remember all that. So many people are becoming more and more in touch with the unprovable, the undocumentable, the unexplainable. It's a beautiful thing.
Once I decided to allow myself to leave the rigid world of corporate training and logical, linear thinking, I started my (never ending) journey towards more inner peace. To find a balance between the ancient and the contemporary is a beautiful way of living life.
My soul is hungry right now. Old friends leaving, new friends entering, old friends staying. Old lovers returning, new ones leaving... The older I get, the more I learn to be okay with, and even appreciate, the impermanence of all things.
As for love, my last relationship has now evolved into more sustainable friendship, and I feel a deep, beautiful joy. My ex partner and I truly love each other enough to just admit we're better off as friends. Nothing personal, and everything personal, all at the same time.
Yes, I feel alone at times, and feel stressed and tired. Yes, I also wonder about my future. However, I do not wonder about whether or not I live my life the way I want to live: raw, tumultuous, concentrated, intellectual, emotional, and real. As an artist, I often wonder how I am going to make ends meet... then I think: money comes and goes. We are all indebted to something else some time or another, whether they will be credit card bills, student loans, mortgages, insurance policies. I mean, the way that the world is set up today is why so many people they can't move, and that they have no choice but to live as everybody else does...
which is why I don't let money phase me as much as it used to; money doesn't hold any ties on my mind or soul. It may hold me back from physical or tangible opportunities temporarily, but what of it? I have my imagination to turn to when I feel "stuck" or "immoble"... any situation I feel that I am in, I hope I can be happy to remind myself that I put myself there. Better yet, I always find a way to make things work out they way I'd like...because if I think I can, I am right. If I think I can't, I sure will be right about that too.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Logic Pro, Mainstage, Ableton... Loop pedals... Love... all the same...
(currently listening to Jesca Hoop)
So this past month has been pretty crazy busy with juggling the promotion of my newly released EP, while craving the itch to simply rehearse and write music. It's been super fun meeting all sorts of new people while playing mini solo shows all over, like Anaheim, San Diego, Los Angeles... Currently planning a nation-wide tour, where I will visit the ears of North America: The west coast (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle), and the east coast (Boston, New York). I'll be off on my way beginning of October. :)
I've always lived like a nomad, out of a suitcase, but I have recently found the beauty in some sort of permanence: a lock out rehearsal room! I recently started renting out a rehearsal room with a bunch of other awesome folk... my new musical sanctuary is in Burbank called Nightingale Rehearsal Studios, and I'm super excited to have a spot I can go to any time to rehearse. How frikin magical.
Sad news: my Boss RC Loop pedal is broken. Anybody know where I can get this fixed in Los Angeles? I guess I could research, but currently researching to figure out how I can now use my Logic Pro to improve my live performance. Perhaps it's a sign that I should rely less on my loop pedal, and start nerding out on my Logic Pro Main Stage program. Debating if I should check out ableton... but i've already been composing on logic. I guess I'll check out both. ;)
I'm excited because I feel like I'm reaching a state of mind where I more healthily juggle all the things on my plate. I prefer mono-tasking, which doesn't seem the best fit for this crazy age of technology and multi-tasking. Oh but I am trying to adjust to the times, and I do this for the listeners, friends, and fans...
To be honest if I could have my way, I would hole up in a cabin and send my music to you all via horse and carriage. But alas, our lives are spotted with blogspots, published on facebook, etc etc. But I shall refrain from whining for the past. I always want to go back to the 60's, and that's just not a possibility... yet. ;) So for now, I shall relish in the amazing times we live in now!! 2010, babeeeee.
Btw, I'll be going to a Deepak Chopra conference next Tuesday.. called Evolutionary Leaders. I've been feeling hungry for more thought, more spirit, more love... more life. MORE!! As my sister says to me when she advises me about boyfriends, Demand More! Well, since living is my lover, I will demand more from that instead. ;)
Much Love. Hope my rambling ranting serves you some purpose. or entertainment.
So this past month has been pretty crazy busy with juggling the promotion of my newly released EP, while craving the itch to simply rehearse and write music. It's been super fun meeting all sorts of new people while playing mini solo shows all over, like Anaheim, San Diego, Los Angeles... Currently planning a nation-wide tour, where I will visit the ears of North America: The west coast (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle), and the east coast (Boston, New York). I'll be off on my way beginning of October. :)
I've always lived like a nomad, out of a suitcase, but I have recently found the beauty in some sort of permanence: a lock out rehearsal room! I recently started renting out a rehearsal room with a bunch of other awesome folk... my new musical sanctuary is in Burbank called Nightingale Rehearsal Studios, and I'm super excited to have a spot I can go to any time to rehearse. How frikin magical.
Sad news: my Boss RC Loop pedal is broken. Anybody know where I can get this fixed in Los Angeles? I guess I could research, but currently researching to figure out how I can now use my Logic Pro to improve my live performance. Perhaps it's a sign that I should rely less on my loop pedal, and start nerding out on my Logic Pro Main Stage program. Debating if I should check out ableton... but i've already been composing on logic. I guess I'll check out both. ;)
I'm excited because I feel like I'm reaching a state of mind where I more healthily juggle all the things on my plate. I prefer mono-tasking, which doesn't seem the best fit for this crazy age of technology and multi-tasking. Oh but I am trying to adjust to the times, and I do this for the listeners, friends, and fans...
To be honest if I could have my way, I would hole up in a cabin and send my music to you all via horse and carriage. But alas, our lives are spotted with blogspots, published on facebook, etc etc. But I shall refrain from whining for the past. I always want to go back to the 60's, and that's just not a possibility... yet. ;) So for now, I shall relish in the amazing times we live in now!! 2010, babeeeee.
Btw, I'll be going to a Deepak Chopra conference next Tuesday.. called Evolutionary Leaders. I've been feeling hungry for more thought, more spirit, more love... more life. MORE!! As my sister says to me when she advises me about boyfriends, Demand More! Well, since living is my lover, I will demand more from that instead. ;)
Much Love. Hope my rambling ranting serves you some purpose. or entertainment.
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