You Heard It Here - Edition 1

Here it is, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The first installment of my article in conjunction with the newsletter, Now Hear This. .
I also drop by here from time to time to fill y'all in on goings on.

This is a great chance to share new tunes and introduce you to some of the incredible music and musicians I'm encountering along the way.

So, without further ado, this tune is called: The Moon, A Planet & A Star

If the embedded song below is taking a while, you can listen here.

The Moon, A Planet and a Star

Written by: LEA

The moon, a planet and a star in the midnight sky, well, they're not so far. 70 some years ago. Was it a night like tonight? Guess we'll never know. The light has journeyed for a while just to land on you and to make you smile. On the night I'm dreaming of, it could have been us just discovering love. If you take a photograph, looking back, well we'll have to laugh. We are near and yet so far form the moon, a planet and a star. I wish I may, I wish I might reach into the darkness and grab a light. I would keep it tucked away just to shine for a while on your rainy day. But I have to let it go. It's the law, everybody knows. We are near and yet so far to the moon, the planets and the stars. We are so like the moon, the planets and the stars. I should explain. This song was born on the road. Very literally. I was driving in the midnight hours to make it to a show in Alberta, VA the next morning. As I always do, I was listening to NPR and happened to catch the StarDate information that they gave. The astronomer announced that souls lucky enough to be awake so late would get an eyeful of a cosmic triangle: the moon, the star Regulus and the planet Saturn. Naturally, I looked and got an eyeful of cloud. About 10 minutes before arriving at the hotel, the sky parted and there they were. It was as though they wanted me to see and of course, I was instantly inspired. Perhaps what moved me the most was the knowledge that the light I was seeing was sent my way some 77 years ago. Quite a journey just make me smile for a few moments. To download this song to your computer and share with friends , click this link & retrieve from Audio page.

Remember, You Heard it Here.
(come back soon and tell a friend)

European Co-conspirators and a Huge Producer. All in a Night

Hey you guys,

Thanks for a great show at Noergelbuff in Goettingen. Performed with Sven von Samson (percussion) & Adrian Schmidtke (Bass) and had just a grand ol time.

Jan Sperhake opened the evening with a set of sweet original tunes and we finished the night with a set of tunes from Great Big World, mostly. I'll be posting some sound recordings and maybe a video to the website soon.

This venue has officially tied with the Scheunenverein in Liebenau as my favorite European venue.
It's a joy to play for a room full of attentive souls. When you all chimed in on "Everything's gonna be alright", it just felt like home. Thanks again.

Some amazing, syncronicity happened last night, as well. First of all, I met 3 enthusiastic ladies from other countries (Belgium, France and Spain), who invited me to come play in their countries. I've made a pact with myself to do it within a year. Keep me hones.t

Then, while sharing some of the ideas about bigBEE records with a young lady who is versed in public service and music, I received the most incredible inspiration to invite her to be an intern. Amazingly, she seems to be as impulsive as I am and I think this is going to happen. There'll be more information about that on the bigBEE blog and site.

Earlier yesterday, I had received a call from a producer who was looking for a vocalist. As it turns out, he was the legendary Guenter Pauler from Stockfish Records. It looks like we're going to be doing a session on Monday.

Everyone who found out that the connection had been made between us was floored and Adrian, the bassist, told me that he is one of the top 3 in his field in the world. So, this can only be good. Can't wait to see his studio, hear the tracks and sing my fool heart out.

There is nothing quite as good as that feeling that you are absolutely on the right track. That you are in the right place, at the right time and you know exactly what you are meant to be doing on this journey.