I have a sticky note on the wall of my office that says: “WRITE MORE SONGS. WRITE BAD SONGS. WRITE GOOD SONGS. JUST WRITE SONGS.” My hope was that would inspire me to bust out my instrument a little more often and get something ready to publish. But nope, that didn’t happen. So a little […]
1h Songwriting Club Launch
Introducing the 1h Songwriting Club & 6-Week Challenge! You can listen to the songs from my own 1h Songwriting Challenge here, and I’ve also written about it here. Keep reading to learn more and to sign up! Here’s what you need to know: The goal of the project is to write one song per week […]
Memories, Leonard Cohen’s Passing
Leonard Cohen was a staple in our house growing up. I would sing along with the backup singers on Marianne, and learned the French words phonetically in The Partisan. I loved it when there was a woman’s voice I could sing along with. His words were so evocative and his voice spoke directly to my […]
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3 Things I Learned From Writing Songs in 1 Hour
I have a sticky note on the wall of my office that says: “WRITE MORE SONGS. WRITE BAD SONGS. WRITE GOOD SONGS. JUST WRITE SONGS.” My hope was that would inspire me to bust out my instrument a little more often and get something ready to publish. But nope, that didn’t happen. So a little […]
1h Songwriting Club Launch
Introducing the 1h Songwriting Club & 6-Week Challenge! You can listen to the songs from my own 1h Songwriting Challenge here, and I’ve also written about it here. Keep reading to learn more and to sign up! Here’s what you need to know: The goal of the project is to write one song per week […]
Memories, Leonard Cohen’s Passing
Leonard Cohen was a staple in our house growing up. I would sing along with the backup singers on Marianne, and learned the French words phonetically in The Partisan. I loved it when there was a woman’s voice I could sing along with. His words were so evocative and his voice spoke directly to my […]
Spontaneous Song, Intuitive Voices
August 21, 2016. 3pm – 5pm Ptarmigan Rehearsal Space, Yellowknife, NT This is my last workshop before I head off to school for a year. By donation, and it’s all going to tuition, baby! In this vocal improvisation workshop for intermediate to advanced singers, we will create spontaneous songs and explore this art form together. […]
Softly Music Video
Directed, edited and filmed by Mikal Jakubal of Earthscapes Media. Buy Softly on the new album Kindred here. Softly from Mikal Jakubal on Vimeo.
Kindred Album Released
Woah, what a couple of weeks! First of all, a gorgeous concert at NACC with my friends Andrea Bettger and Anne-Marie Guedon. It is always such a treat to share the stage with these two and I’m so grateful for them to have been such profound contributors to this project. Secondly, this concert was also […]