http://www.cjdmusic.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:48:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So long, February.... ...March is the month. There is so much I'm looking forward to and I feel a fresh energy in the air, almost as if THIS were the actual beginning of my new year. I can't pretend that the first couple of months of 2010 weren't a little brutal.  I had ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/ready-set-go Wednesday was one of the most beautiful nights in recent memory. I approached the day with a bit of anxiety because I really didn't want to let Jen down.  We set a goal for $6000, the price of ONE prescription... but with the current state of the world, there are so ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/benefit-wrap-up So much going on the next few days!  I'm chock full of excitement and energy.  Here's the scoop: TONIGHT Rainbow World Radio is airing an interview I did with host Len Rogers last week.  We had a really fun chat and he is going to play Sad Brit and Never Was ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/interview-and-video My actual, physical, youcanholditinyourhand CDs of NEVER WAS came in Thursday of last week.  They are just beautiful. It has been really interesting releasing these EPs digitally first.  As of now, I have no plans to manufacture SAD BRITNEY on CD, but I always planned on releasing NEVER WAS online first ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/never-was-cds-send-me-your-pics Long time, no bloggy.  Many apologies, of course.  I have been super-duper busy, trying to give everything I've got to music in 2010.  We are off with a bang.  So much in the works: I'm shooting music videos for GHOSTS and GIMME MORE in the next couple of months I've booked a ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/benefit-for-jennifer Such a great show last night! The crowd was really intimate, but there was a lot of love and laughter that managed to fill the room.  Thank you so much to those who came out and spent their Wednesday night with me. Here's the set: Count the Shadows Subterranean Mistake Gimme More ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/thursday-morning-ramble It is the day after Thanksgiving and I have so much for which to be thankful. A year ago, my life was in such a different spot.  I had fallen so out of touch with my own creative spirit, that I had decided to quit the music altogether and go legit.  ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/giving-thanks Just got back late last night from spending a few days in Napa with Josh.  Such a vibrant and romantic time we had.  I felt like I had the space to breathe for the first time since finishing recording. It was re-energizing and inspiring.  And I smelled crisp fall air ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/napa I'm drinking earl grey tea and listening to one of my favorite records - Bitter - by Me'Shell Ndegeocello. I love the lush, melancholy tones of the production... Sad songs have always made me happy. I remember listening to this album in the fall of '99 (wow TEN ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/sad-songs-make-me-happy I am spending today entirely in front of the computer.  There is so much to do when putting out music in this weird digital age.  I enjoy a lot of it, but it can be exhausting and overwhelming without a razor sharp focus, which I so rarely possess. 'Never Was' comes ... http://www.cjdmusic.com/never-was