March Song of the Month: Little Song for Spring

So for the past three days, I have had the great pleasure of being at my mom's house, playing Scrabble, writing music, and, for the first time ever, fusing glass! For my birthday (which was March 10), my mother bought us lots of supplies, I ran away from home to play with her last Thursday (okay, so my husband knows exactly where I am, but still!) and we have been glass-fusing maniacs ever since. It is a new art form for both of us, but it is totally addictive! And what better activity to do in the spring than something brand new! Speaking of brand new, my son was also engaged in a novel activity this past week: he went to New Orleans with his teen group and built homes for Katrina victims. So it was a perfect time for me to get away and spend quality time with my mom. Yay, mom!

All this comes together in my song this month. It is just a little song for spring, for change, for rejuvenation, for new beginnings. And since I have been embarking on something new, I used pictures of my first two firings of glass as the background. Sorry, some of the pictures are fuzzy. I still haven't figured out how to take good pictures of small artwork. But you definitely get the idea of what we've been up to, fuzzy or not.

Also of note, I used my phone again to get my ideas down, which helped me not lose seeds of songs. Thank you, smart phones! And also thank you to my brother, Kevin, for inspiring me by sending me a TED talk of Cyrille Aimee, a french musician who uses vocal loops. I tried that out here, and I like it! I hope you do, too! Enjoy spring!

February Song of the Month: Dizzy

It's got to still be February somewhere, right? Well, true to form, it's just past midnight here and I am finally getting this song posted. Yes, I'm creative, I work best under pressure, and I push deadlines. The song was almost finished yesterday, but my new class pet, a rabbit named Mochiko, had bitten through my keyboard cable, and it needed triage (the cable, not Mochi). Luckily Jerry is good with stuff like that, and soon I was back at it, but it did delay things a bit.

So this is February's song, and I felt we needed something a bit lighter after January's song. So this is a Valentine-ish kind of song. A little fluffy, but I like the piano rhythm, and at least some of the lyrics. And yes, I scat in this song. It's not my best, but it was fun. Hope you enjoy!

Oh, and in case you wondered, the background pics are (badly photographed) pictures of the Valentines from this year that I traditionally make every year. I make one huge Valentine collage and then cut it up into many pieces. The first few I forgot to photograph, but I have been trying for the last three years or so to take a picture of the whole artwork, the whole thing once it is cut apart, and then each separate piece. Sorry some of the pictures are dark and fuzzy (yes, as you might guess, I took pictures late at night, so I was tired and the light was terrible...). Still, you get the general idea, and my Jerry suggested it, so I did it. That's love for ya! Happy February. Now off into March!