So where did we leave off? Ah, yes… I received an amazing blessing the end of last year that gave me the opportunity to be back in the studio! That took place on Jan 2, 2013. It was very exciting to be back there so soon!! Jason played keys for the songs ” Run Out of Time” and ” Surround Me”. It’s absolutely thrilling to be working on new material with musicians who truly care about where I want to go as an artist. I’ve never felt so much peace about spending my hard earned money with Steve and his talented crew!

So that’s the studio update. It’s happening- slowly but surely. Steve joked around last time and said ” So should I save these files as 2015?” we all laughed. Let’s be honest, since my 1st album took 27 months from start to finish. It’ll be a Christmas miracle if I can cut any time off of that for round 2. So we’ll see what the future holds! I just feel so blessed to be at a peaceful and waiting place, watching God lead and provide for me on this crazy journey of music!

I really miss playing shows. The Nashville and surrounding area’s were a great way to start off at! It gave myself, and my gigging musicians a chance to get our feet wet with playing live. There’s a tremendous amount of work involved, and I’m learning how to begin to tap into other areas to spread my music around. Just like recording the album, it’s a process to get booked, seen and heard! If you have any input I’m open to suggestions! It’s a learning process for this booking rookie too

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and for supporting me in all the ways that you do! I have the most amazing fans!!

We laid the foundation for 2 songs “Maggie” and “So long, farewell, good-bye” . After just a few hours, it was so exciting to see my ‘babies’ grow 

After the session ended I mentioned to Steve to let me know when he had another evening spot open with Jason. He told me that WORD/Warner Music Group (the record label) will be in studio on January 2-so I can do something that night, since the instruments will be there already. Excitingly I said ‘yes, let’s book it” (not knowing when I was going to get the $ from.) A few weeks passed, and last week my job gave me a Christmas bonus that will cover it!

BOOM.

Thanks be to God for his amazing providing ways!!

So I eagerly brought the files from the Art Institute to my previous engineer  (Steve Dady) who helped produce my first project, “Sip. Swallow. Digest.” to make sure they were something we could work with one day. He got back to me, and expressed his opinion that the songs would make fine demos, but not something that I should consider releasing. You see, now that I have 1 album under my belt- I’ve created a sense of excellence, something that I have to keep up with by choice.  I can’t go backwards just because I got the chance for “FREE” . Steve understands that my money situation is tight due to being an independent artist, and has given me the chance to start something new!

Here’s what’s going down. Jason (who played piano and arranged the string orchestra on my 1st project) is willing to come in after hours to work with me on the foundation of each song. We’ll really be able to develop each song, because it’ll be a 1 on 1 kinda thing verses having all the other musicians in there too- which will help with the current cost. Paying one player versus paying 5 players is much more cost effective at this moment in time. So then over time, as I save more $, I can add the guitar, bass, drums ect.. and just build on it slow, still keeping the high quality of the sound recording but truly working with my budget ( or lack there of haha )

Here’s the other cool thing- the amount of $ that I need to start is the same exact amount that my parents are gifting me for Christmas! Isn’t that so awesome?! The other amazing thing to note, is that the studio time that’s available is exactly 2 years from when I released “Sip. Swallow. Digest.”  Dec 10th, 2010. I’ll start the recording process Dec 10th, 2012! I don’t see these things as coincidence by any means, to me it’s confirmation that God is in this, and is ready for me to start something new!!

A day later I was contacted by Frank. He wrote that he was very interested in the 3 songs he received from TAXI, and was wondering if I had more material…and the rest went a little something like this: (PS- CLICK THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ IT

ps- I go on 1st.. the doors open at 8pm and I’ll start at 8:30!! see ya there!!