I am a little behind in my blogs. I was away at a friends wedding and sang her down the aisle. It was a treat! Oh, she also married Phil Collins's son and I had to belt it out on front of him! For real. The lovely couple then flew a few of us to Bermuda to hang out. It was as far from the "Starving Artist" life as you could possibly get. 

Chapter 4 gave me a lot of insight on the benefits of Social Media. There is an awful lot to think about! So much has changed in the last little while, wi...

Yikes! So apparently your website should do two things, help you build a mailing list and make you money.  All my website does for me is stress me out and make me wish I had more money to make a better website! It is time for change. Although my website does have a consistant look throughout, it is quite old and I feel I should be more..in your face. Gigs, tunes, links, news, pics, Bam! Right there. Having a new site is actually one of my goals from Chapter 1. We a...

In the "Sounds Like" section on my MySpace page I have entered "Like nothing you've heard before". FAIL. This has been there for years, awesome. Many times I have been told that my sound is very different from the regular "girl with guitar vibe" and I agree. In my own travels and experiences over the last 5 years with my solo project I can honestly say that there isn't any other artist or band doing it the way I do. That used to be difficult for me to say as I was worried I would come off like ...

It never fails. If something negative happens in my life, I buy a one-way ticket on the "Self-Criticism Train" and enjoy the ride. All the encouraging words, "Something better will come along!” "It wasn't meant to be!” "Move on!” "You're a Rock star! Rise above it!” are easier said than done. Then out of Nowhereville comes a roundhouse of reality in the form of a book about the music business and a blog challenge that could definitely, without question, change my life.
I've been in rock bands fo...