May = Busy, Busy Month!

May is proving to be an exciting, busy, overwhelming month already. The record is officially being released June 2nd, and we are just embarking on the real work of this whole process. I feel like I am constantly learning about this ever-changing music industry, and I feel lucky to be releasing a record in a time where the artist has more control over her own fate. However, this also means more work. I am playing a couple of showcases that I am really looking forward to leading up to the release, and I have a couple of shows coming up really soon. The last hotel cafe residency show May 11, and the record release party is May 29th at the Roxy. I hope you can come out and celebrate this special event! It is going to be a party. I am really looking forward to playing a release show in my hometown of Lawrence, Kansas on June 4th. I'll keep you updated as more dates arise...:)

The LA Music Community

Los Angeles can feel like a vast, overwhelming city with very little sense of community. There are so many people coming and going--it is known as a very transient place. One of the toughest things about living here for me has been that I have never felt a part of the music community...until now. I recently went to Austin for South by Southwest, and while I was there I spent most of my time seeing LA-based bands and hangin' out with LA-based industry peeps. I started to realize that the music community gets smaller and smaller the longer you remain a part of it. I realized just how many wonderful, talented people I know in Los Angeles. There is a community here, you just have to fight a little bit harder to feel like you're a part of it.

Austin was amazing. It is a city built for live music, and it is my favorite city in the US. I go there a lot--it is kind of like my second home. It was really nice to feel a connection between my life there, and my life here. It made the world, and the music community in particular, seem a little bit smaller.