A lot of great stuff happened last week! On Wednesday I awoke to a great review of our Hotel Cafe show from Bruce Greenberg of The Promise (a Live365 radio station and blog). Bruce is a great guy, and I met him at a Sam Phillips show some time after he’d reviewed my last album. He is a big fan of Sam (as am I!) and is an all around “patron of the rock ‘n roll arts,” in his words. Kind words from a man with such great musical taste mean a lot!
On Friday, I picked up the master from Gavin and Reuben at Lurssen Mastering. Hurrah! Those who donated to the album will likely get their own little hands on the album before the end of the year, and we’re looking at a late January/early February release to the public. To get some images for the CD artwork, I played model at a photo shoot with Kessia Embry all day Saturday. We had a fun girly day with makeup and hair artist Sasha Urbelis and my friend Johanna Parker (actress and lovely lady who helped out, in some cases literally giving me the clothes off of her back). I also borrowed some faaabulous dresses from Miss Haviland Stilwell for the shoot. I’m excited to see how it all turns out!
Ok boys, you can start reading again. :) After that long day, Mike and I went to the CD release party for Population Game, a band composed of perhaps the hardest working/nicest/most talented boys in Hollywood! And Sunday night, we got to see Timothy Young again! He’s been out on tour with Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than The Day. It was a thrill to see him play at the gorgeous Orpehum Theater with Laura Veirs (who is GREAT! very inspiring), and so great to catch up a bit after the show. We missed him!
Whew. Who knows what this week will bring? It’s just gettin’ started!