Monthly Archives: August 2009

I worked at a Starbucks when I was living in Philly. It was a block away from one of the nicest hotels in the city, so sometimes famous people would come in. One Sunday morning I got to work at … Continue reading →

My first guitar was a classical Yamaha. A year or so after I started playing, I wondered what it would sound like if my strings were tuned differently. I instantly began writing twice as many songs than before when I … Continue reading →

I started noticing how hard it is for a female to be taken seriously as a musician when I was around 17. In high school, I pretty much played at least one show a week. I grew up in Fairfield, … Continue reading →

In my previous blog I talked about meeting Gary. He had a public access TV show called Obsessed With Gary. He would interview people and have musicians play on the show. He invited me to play on his show in … Continue reading →

I went to a reform/emotional growth school in Running Springs, CA called CEDU from April 1994 through June 1996. A few months later I went to Irving Plaza in NYC to see Julianna Hatfield and Tanya Donelly (Belly had broken … Continue reading →