There were kids, dancers, military personnel, security guards, and athletes backstage at the AT&T Center, chaotically buzzing around while I did my “sound check” into a dry wireless mic. My sound was presumably live in some faraway control booth, where an invisible wizard checked my audio levels before the pre-game show began. A friendly crew […]
Are you a performer? Do you aspire to light up a stage, to delight and entertain? I am here today to give you the straight scoop about an unavoidable part of your early career: contests. What could be more fun? Amass an audience, assemble an array of performers, and let the cream rise to the […]
About The T-Shirt Project: One of my 2013 New Year’s resolutions is to support my favorite Austin musical artists by 1) buying and wearing their t-shirts, and 2) writing about them on my blog. I encourage you to check out these folks, and support music, with your wallet and your heart. For January, I chose […]
You may be aware that I recently competed to win a trip to perform at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and you might be curious about how things went at the finals. Maybe you know how it went, but you want to know how it WENT. True, I was not chosen as one of […]
My superpal Sara Hickman introduced me to the folks at Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Austin, and I got to perform there in May. They have invited me to perform in their Summer Saturday Music Series on June 23rd at 7 p.m. Take a look at the photo, which was my view from the stage. […]
The tortoise. The snail. The sloth. These days, these are the creatures with whom my artistic side identifies. Adagio. Andante. Lento. Largo. All terms that address deliberation, space, slowness. Also, intense presence….slow on purpose. This is my struggle. By design, as a musical mom, I must go slow. Because I have my dream—my husband and […]