Just Recorded a New Song last night. =)

Off to go hiking in Stinson Beach.

Let me know what you think of the new song. Comments welcome.

The Union Room at Biscuits and Blues

Last week Saturday June 20th, Lucid Lovers did our first gig at a new venue in SF right above the Biscuits and Blues. It's a fantastic spot with loads of potential. Doing a three hour set of 90% originals was challenging and rewarding at the same time. Rehearsing every day is definitely where I want to be - and WOW I got time now!

The same time last year we had 4 songs, we now have 24 songs and last week along wrote 4 new ones. Here's a bit about the new tunes.

- Wild Dreamer
I love this song, it allows me to use my inner Bjork and yell a bit while being melodic at the same time. The lyrics are cool too. Simple and yet effective "My only wish tonight is to see my dreams take flight".

- Never Enough
I'm digging this one too...I still feel it. "Like rain falling on dessert sands, like wind for waves and april days, with you its true and never enough".

- Chameleon Rose
This one is so fun for me. I'm finally writing a song about what happens when people ask me where I'm from. I'm a mix!
I tell them I grew up partially in Japan and of course they assume I'm part Japanese. Well, yes and no. I'm a mix of Filipino, Spanish, Jewish, Irish, French and English. I do feel more Japanese then all of those mixes because of living there for 8 years of my childhood. "I came from the place where my parents left last, some years in the east and others in the west. My blood is a mixture of ten countries, I'm from all those places cause there a part of me".

- You Won't Let Me Go
Another fun, uptempo tune that allows me to do some fun stuff with my voice.

Recordings of these are coming very soon!!

I Love Sleeping In...

One of the perks to not having to go to work in the morning is getting a little extra Z's. I love sleeping, but a week into this I'm starting to feel a little guilty. Should I put myself on more of a schedule?

I think I'll be enrolling myself into art classes and sewing - that way I'm sure to get out of bed for something.
Of course there is always music writing and practicing my vocals - I definitely need a more structured approach to this.

I'm excited to finally have time to bust out an oil creation. It's something of an abstract nature art piece, with the Japanese symbol for 'Happiness' mixed into the painting.

Recently laid-off

It's been exactly a week.

I was recently laid off of my "day job", a bitter-sweet transition. In many ways I didn't want to be there. I felt I was living in a drama-induced environment with little or no creativity.

Ironically, I took a pay-cut to try out an Online Marketing job vs. a Geeky Software project manager / business analyst. Good opportunity turned into great experience but, not altogether where I saw myself, and then the dreaded news about financial cuts backs lead to my unemployment.

I now, join the ranks of the unemployed. I'm grateful in many ways, I don't have children. I have fewer living expenses then I have had in my life.

The first time in my life I am qualified to collect unemployment. Something I actually always wanted to do.

Now, I have time. Crazy amounts of time and I'm trying to figure out how to support myself 100% with my music ventures...and other creative pursuits.

I'm excited about my freedom, anxious about not having enough money but at the same time truly optimistic. =)

This is blog is a journal of everything going on in my life.