April Showers bring Summer Shows?

Spring has sprung in Nashville and it’s so beautiful and wonderful until I remember THE BUGS. There are way too many bugs in Nashville. They fly by my ears, into my hair, and I can’t help but turn into a 5 year old when I hear them buzzing. I have no chill when it comes to bugs. There’s one special place where I can hide and be sure almost no bugs will ever bother me, and that is my rehearsal space.

I’ve been working on arranging my live set in hopes that sometime, someone might ask me to play it somewhere, and when they do, I’ll be ready to do it!

Some goals I have:

• Figure out arrangements where I play certain parts and other parts loop in the background without basically doing karaoke to my own songs

• Keep my band as small as possible to limit logistical complexity, maybe will end up playing with one or two other people max

• Come up with a stage design and get some photography and visuals to match

• Book some shows for late August and after

Friends have been asking when I’ll release the new songs and the truth is, I’ll do it when the time is right. I don’t want to sit on the record for too long. I’d love to time it out in a way that gets me to some of my other goals, like touring or playing some festivals in 2025. So, I’m in strategy mode. After all, it would be fun to get to do things that look like this again:

Photo Credit: Ryan Widmyer

In the background, I can’t help but want to also be writing my next record. The curse of wanting to do too many things at once strikes again. I love imagining the possibility of having written enough songs by July of 2025 to take a month off from normal life activities and dive deep into making another record.

Why, why, why try to do so much? Honestly? I get bored so fast. This is my version of fun. I promise, I’m trying to read more books and watch more movies too. Thanks for being here and for encouraging me to keep working on the things that bring me joy.