I’ve got to sat that I have been listening to the best music that I have heard in a very long time . It almost rivals the first time I ever heard David Wilcox….. I said, almost. The man’s name is Ray LaMontagne. The album is “Trouble”. Rays music is the kind that takes you somewhere and inspires you to be more in tune with yourself. Right now this is my “life soundtrack”. I hear it in my head constantly. I have been listening to it for about 3 weeks now and I still am not tired of it. He starts singing the chorus on the title song “Trouble” and I get goosebumps every time. I know that he is not Jesus or anything but “crap” can that man write and sing. I want to be able to do that for people. I want to take them somewhere with my music. I want to inspire and encourage people to look deeper and see the world in ways that they haven’t before. Steve says that Rays music is roadtrip music. That is definitely true. It makes me fall in love with music again. David Wilcox does that for me too. These singers and songwriters make music so accessible. 

I want to write my heart. I don’t want to write in such a way that manipulates people into feeling a certain way I want the music to speak for itself. It just makes me excited, to hear new things and know that my sound is all it’s own. I don’t have to sing like Patty Griffin or write like Sting but I can give my own perspective and gift to the world through my music. My friend Sarah gave me a great T-shirt it says “Music moves people” It does…. it definitely does.

P.S. Steve wanted me to make sure that he got the credit for introducing me to Ray’s music. He actually does bring all the great music into the house. There’s another guy to check out. He did the soundtrack for the movie “Dan in real life”. His name is Sondre Lerche……. delicious.

Well….. Steve and I are playing at an open mic night next Monday evening. It’s a place called “Seekers” coffeehouse. To say that I am nervous is a complete understatement. Terrified is more like it. 10 years have gone by. 10 years and no rain. I was a different person then. I had absolutely no idea who I was and I let other people tell me what to think and how to feel. That girl is gone. That is good and maybe a little bad. I dig my heels in a little with everything and I’m not afraid of anyone anymore. So,that means that my big mouth can get me into trouble….a lot. Anyway, we are playing 3 songs. 3 songs or 15 minutes…. we picked 3 songs that will be good. I think we may play the one that I just finished. That makes it even more nervousing (again… I know that is not a word but it should be) I want to post the song but I have lost my voice due to allergies and can’t sing it. So I will try to post it when I can. What the crap are we doing! Could we really do this music thing again? I know that it will be totally different this time, not so much baggage, but it really is scary to me. Scary and exhilarating at the same time. It’s just 3 songs for now. If they like us they could ask us back to do a whole set. What would that be like? Steve has the tune to a new song and it is really, really good. Slowly but surely it is happening. We are moving into our dream. We have had so many set backs and disappointments, that it gets hard to hope but darn it, here’s hoping. I don’t remember how to sing in front of people. Oh well, as long as I don’t fall off  the stage it will be okay. Oh great! Watch me fall of the freakin’ stage….. crap. The songs are coming. The dream is on my heals. Life is happening and hope prevails.