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Over the past couple of months, I've moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles, re-embarked on a solo music career, challenged myself to write my first screenplay in 3-months, and met some amazing people that have helped me to refocus this blog, yet again.

In the process of shedding off all of the crazy band experiences that I've been in and the ego-filled and humble-less musicians that I've worked with, I realized that the only time that I was truly happy playing music was when I was a singer-songwriter, banging songs out on my acoustic guitar. Back in 2000, I begin playing the guitar after begging my father to buy me an acoustic Alvarez from Sam Ash (I was obsessed with Ani Difranco back then, so I just had to have her brand of guitar). My father never failed to indulge me and I thank him for that; and I thank my parents for indulging the awful sound of some badly written tunes. I literally played til my fingers bled, but out of those 6hr-7hr stints of just banging and playing and banging, my voice truly came through and grew. I met a dynamic writing partner and thinker, Hakhi Alakhun, who I want to thank for helping me grow as a singer, thinker and overall musician.

So nine years and four-to-five bands later (I've lost count), I'm back at the guitar, banging it out and trying to get my callouses back - and it feels like I've never left it. The songs are pouring out of me, maybe because I've found true love in my husband, Michael Martin (I give thanks), maybe its because I have refocused my poetic hand to screenplays and loving every minute of it (I give thanks), maybe its because I'm digging into my soul and uncovering beautiful crystals and moons and "pluto is a planet" and the truh over the truth over joy over joy (I give thanks). Maybe its just that I've accepted that life is a spiral, circling upwards and upwards. It goes with out saying that change is a process that can hurt deeply, but I give thanks that in the process of change, the soul is being refined. And in the process, my fire has never died.

I am currently working on a solo album called, "Wishful Thinking" and a screenplay entitled "The Whiskey Runner."

"Write at least a song a day for 30-days then come back to me with last 3 you've written" - Music Industry Exec. that I met in 2006.