May 29, 2013 | Events, Jazz Harp, Performance, Strings of Passion |
Hit it, boys! Let’s have a little Blues in C: I’m gonna Loooseeana, just to play my harp Oh, I’m gonna Loooooooseeana, just to play my old harp Gonna court my muse, gonna teach some Blues Loooseana here I come I’m headed to New Orleans for a tiny little festival...
May 29, 2013 | Marin Memories, Memoire |
I worked in the West Marin Medical Center as a receptionist for doctors Whitt, Sokolosky and Kozinki from the time I was about 17 until I was 19 or 20. It was the only time in my life that I had a real job. I was the one who sent out the monthly bills, a...
May 29, 2013 | Marin Memories, Memoire, Performance |
Condition #1: I am easily star-struck. And then I get shy, and I can’t say anything. Or I say too much, or say stupid things. Condition #2: I’ve always thought of postal workers as celebrities. Especially post-masters. I think it’s because, when I was 7, I met the...
May 28, 2013 | Composing, Marin Memories, Memoire, Performance |
There was a moment when I made the transition in my life from person-who’s-passionate-about-music to professional musician. It sits in a picture frame in my mind, the moment of realization. I lived, then, just north of Pt. Reyes Station, California – in an old...
May 22, 2013 | Burnt Food Museum, Food, Recordings |
If you know about you know that I’m not asked too cook often. But I love to sous-chef for my husband, and wrote this song about it, which my Creative Admin-Guy, James, claims is one of the world’s raciest G-Rated songs. In my search to create a definitive...
May 2, 2013 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning, Tech |
It started about 3 years ago. My husband told me I should consider taking an online course. Which I thought was ridiculous. But it was a course in Social Media marketing specifically for musicians – and I didn’t even know how to post on my own Facebook page. I...
Apr 26, 2013 | Coaching, Teaching, Students & Learning |
Last night I sent out a email through Constant Contact, a multi-mail-sender-outer-service, to a small group of people who are my “First to Know” mailing list – about my new online course, along with a special code to get a major discount. This list is a handpicked...
Apr 26, 2013 | Current Events |
Last Friday, instead of creating my normal weekly enewsletter, I just sat down and wrote a letter. I went into Constant Contact (the program that lets me send out individual emails to the 7,000 people on my email list each week), I pulled out all the bells and...
Apr 24, 2013 | Random Thoughts |
Back in the 90’s I was touring Germany with an all-German band (except for me). My German was elementary, and I couldn’t understand 99% of what my band members said. Wait – let me clarify. I was touring with an all-Bavarian band. For those who’ve never...
Apr 22, 2013 | Performance, Random Thoughts |
The Boston area just observed a moment of silence for the victims of last Monday’s bombings. I went to the kitchen with my husband, and turned on the radio to be silent with everyone else, wishing we were down at Copley, standing quiet and still with thousands of...
