But first a little prelude… A lot of my friends are breaking up these days, I feel so terribly for my Loved ones with broken hearts, both sides feeling pain, the ‘breaker upper’ and the ‘broken up with’… It’s a sad thing to say good bye. This song is written through the eyes of the person doing the breaking up, I’m am sure he or she is sorry, everyone has feelings, though you, the one that got left behind, you are most likely seeing things pretty hazy at the moment, wondering why, feeling neglected, don’t worry my friend, things will get better… This is a song that just may set things straight…Good luck, in time we all heal.
I am extremely happy to share this new video with you! It was filmed in Ottawa at the beginning of December 2011, by Craig Conoley of “Partus Films.” The song is one of my favourite Trad. songs to sing, called “Donal Og” or “Young Donald.” I hope you enjoy, I have posted two links, one is VIMEO and the other is YOUTUBE
Thank you Craig Conoley of “Partus Films” for the thoughtful, truly thoughtful review of my newest Labour of Love, my latest album “Monkeys Under Stars.” I can not believe how wonderfully put your poetic words are… Brought a tear to me eye, I must say
I’ve never really rapped before but I’ve written some songs so it can’t be that much more. All I know is there has to be ‘flavour’ (stop) so the listener out there can ‘savour’ (stop) each word beating; each words meaning; something on the side, a main course platter…a little bit of fun is all that really matters. Folks! Apologies for starting off your read with some cheese, but it’s what’s on my mind these days, as I have been consuming it on a daily basis, what with living over here for a little while, here in the land of Chocolate and Cheese; Switzerland. Switzerland (from here on in referred to as CH) is where I started off the year 2011 and will also be the place in which I end it (the year, of course.) Tonight is New Year’s Eve and it’s usually a painful time for me, always getting my hopes up high, getting my expensive dress on, worrying about every little detail from my nails to my shoes to my set list; not this year! This night will feature me in comfy clothes not worrying about the gig, the money, the travel, the dress…no, just me and a few close friends with some good music and maybe a board game or two. It doesn’t sound exciting to all you freaky NYE fans, I’m sure, but this year has been a DOOZY, and I have plans to say good-bye to it in a sweet and tasteful way….with tonight’s menu featuring Raclette, wine & candle light, I simply could not ask for more. It all started in 2007 when I finished my first recording “Sound.” I started thinking about the title of my next album and even started writing songs for it. Fast forward to 2011 and I KNEW I had to finally get it out of me and into you! At the end of 2010 I was fortunate enough to win some money from a music competition “Big Money Shot” and I used those winnings to record my second full length album “Monkeys Under Stars” (from here on in referred to as “Monkeys.”) “Monkeys” took me across Canada on my first “drive across Canada” tour (I’ve always has the privilege to FLY from coast to coast) but this driving thing, I absolutely Loved it. There were a few moments of harsh reality as a Songster on the Canadian scene, but nothing could slow this free stride (or the Dodge ’92 that I slept in, drove in, ate in wrote in.) What a blast indeed. The Summer months saw some amazing times, with a hearty dose of inspiration. I remember that amazing night under the “Blueskies” stars shared with Matt Andersen and harmonica virtuoso Mike Stevens, or those wonderful minutes of music shared by Jonathan Byrd; oh those sweet tears evoked from his song-bird poetry. This year was kind to me, if not brutally honest. My new album scored a few pretty awesome reviews and went on to be honourably mentioned in the Ottawa Xpress as “Best New Album of 2011” and was more recently recognized in the Ottawa Citizen as a top ten album of 2011 by Ottawa area artists (a Lovely Christmas present indeed!) Ultimately music is with me 24/7 but I am astounded when I tap into a new sound, one that speaks to me or sings to me, rather. I found myself falling in Love with a couple of new bands this year; “New Country Rehab” and “The Sheepdogs.” All I can say is that you simply MUST find the time to see one of these bands play live, I really can’t describe how their sound made me feel, the music is just louder than any words….Speaking of words, check out “Scar Tissue” a biography about Anthony Kiedis from “The Red Hot Chili Peppers.” It’s a tough one to put down! Anyway, if 2012 is anything like 2011 I will be a happy camper, one with new songs, new sights, new sounds… bring it on and I hope this light and Love of which I speak will indeed travel to you, too. Blessings people! Have a blast! It might be the last one to blast off in!! Love you and THANK you for being here for me once again I can not do it without you music Lovers. Peace out, Lindsay xo
I am happy to announce (err.. again that my dearly LOVED new project is up online, and just in time for this Holiday of Giving… Check it out at Itunes…
Thanks for the support, I can’t do it without YOU, the music Lovers, YOU the listeners…
Well, it gets pretty dark these days and when you are suffering jet lag, the darkness seems to never end. I flew to Switzerland on Wednesday night, but I didn’t make it to where I was going until Thursday night, a total of twenty or so hrs travel time from door to door, which is normal for a trip overseas, usually. The thing about me, and traveling, is that I never sleep on the plane and I pretty much despise being awake at the “mid-point,” which happened to be Heathrow. Laden down with too much carryon baggage; no sleep, terrible coffee and memories filled with babies crying was not helping my “I wish I was there already” state. Airplanes and airports have two major similarities; bad food and dry air. My hair was standing on end in parts, what with all the static, and my skirt was sticking to my thighs and my “I’ve been coughing for days” throat was pretty much glued together. I was a miserable mess. Fast forward to today, which is actually tonight and I am wide awake, after a nap of about two hours. It’s beautiful out here but the silence is deafening when you are wide awake, even if it is in a Marshmallow Bed (which it is!) I don’t usually get up when I can’t fall back to sleep, but this is different, I need to write! I am sleeping (err… not sleeping) in a foreign country, I packed up my place back home and am virtually homeless in Canada. It’s a funny feeling and the first time I have ever had it. I know what I will be doing here over the next three months, but jeez, talk about living for the moment. Yes, I did write the song about it but sometimes it can be unsettling and the question can arise “Am I doing the right thing?” Today, err, tonight… I feel good about the decisions I have made, but what happens when the three months are up?? Only time will tell. Speaking of time, I look forward to having my body back, locked into time once more. But then I find myself asking the question “What IS time?” I went back to work this fall , once a week, at a café I used to work at five years ago, (until I quit my waitressing life and jumped into this “Sweet Musician’s Life.”) I thought one day a week would help out the bills immensely, which it did… in any case I got back into the swing of things like I had never left, from the creak in the bathroom doors, to the coffee jugs to the smell of sweet bacon, it was as if I had never left. So where did the time go? And now, I am back here, perched on a hill in an old Swiss barn-turned-quaint-house, sitting in the same chair I left almost a year ago, writing to you, with the smell of empty Clementine rinds and the sound of wind howling around the roof of this top floor…not complaining so much as being wide awake, pondering life. Thanks for listening. Love Lindsay
There are many pieces to the puzzle that makes up this musician’s life but it’s the music that keeps me chasing my dreams. Somehow I am plugged into a constant stream of sound, so it is always with me, and there is no escaping, fortunately. To hone in the sound, I have to process it, and this is the first hard bit about being a music maker. I sit there with my guitar, pen and paper and hope I can form what I hear into something that you, the listener, can also hear. This is the hard part because, if I could, I would just hum and scat my whole way through this new burst of music, but no, song writing is called song writing because there is a certain element of writing that takes place, you know, those pesky lyrics! I call them pesky because they are (for me) the hardest part of creating a song and I would say that over sixty percent of the listeners out there don’t even process the lyrics at all which makes it all the more difficult because I WANT you to process the lyrics, so I try to make them really good, something that you will really want to listen out for. Once I have my theme ready, I place it all together in some kind of wonderful structure or other. There is no one way to write a song, they all come out differently and I am always stoked to see how one of mine will end up (I have so many in the works!! I really must be more disciplined in finishing some!) I was once told that the bridge should be the best part of the song, so I always try to make it stand apart and be the BEST, but it doesn’t always work. Some songs are just plain better than others. I am still waiting for that ONE song to get heard. Perhaps you will take the time to listen to what I have so far? My newest labour of Love is NOW ONLINE!! You can scoot over to Itunes and check it out if you so desire… ‘tis the season for sharing J http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/monkeys-under-stars/id485589392
I haven’t quite figured out how to post the gigs I have updated here on the site, so I will just tell you what I am up to in the next little while where shows are concerned!
Friday November 25th 2011
COBOURG ~ Daizies ~ 8pm
Saturday November 26th 2011
BELLEVILLE ~ The Belleville Club ~ 8pm
Thursday December 8th 2011
WAKEFIELD ~ The Black Sheep Inn ~ 8:30pm
My new album “Monkeys Under Stars”
WILL be available ONLINE SOON!!! I will let you know, and you can get some NEW muswic into your Ipod! Yay, I can’t wait for it to get out there
Hope to see you at a show sometime, there will be more coming…
that my dearly LOVED new project is up online, and just in time for this Holiday of Giving… Check it out at Itunes…