Posted June 27th, 2010 by barbara
Hi, and greetings from the Barn, where I’ve been busy finalizing the new songs for recording. It is easy to get distracted; I am so dazzled by everything blooming all around me…
I am excited that my song “Happy With You,” from my CD Stranger To This Land, has been receiving airplay again after all these years – on Sirius satellite radio’s channel 30, The Coffeehouse. If you’d like, you can request it from their website!
http://www.sirius.com/thecoffeehouse
It’s so amazing when a song finds a life of its own, and this little song certainly has – I’ve heard from so many people over the years who have used it as their wedding song. (I was lucky enough to have Jennifer Kimball sing it for us at my own wedding, 14 years ago this summer. It was quite the surprise; I had asked her to sing, but was stunned when she began to sing that one. Her version was so haunting and lovely, it was hard to imagine I’d have to sing it again myself after that.)
The song I’m working on at the moment is “Ways to be Brave,” which some of you may have heard if you’ve seen me play anytime in the last couple years. Bringing it to life in recorded form is most fun, as I am happily playing around with Rhodes sounds reminiscent of my beloved Queen – one of my earliest influences! (Can’t you hear it? Ha!)
Keep in touch and you’ll be among the first to know when it’s done. Thanks, and hope you’re well, and Happy, too…
Posted May 4th, 2010 by barbara
Hi, and thanks for stopping by. I am still alive and well and although I’ve only played a handful of shows these past years, I do look forward to getting out there a bit again in the near future. I haven’t released a CD since 2000, but I have worked on a bunch of new material these past 10 years for various side projects: songs for tv/film, both with collaborators and on my own; music for several short films; music for an educational documentary; a theme for a PlayStation game. I also got involved in community theater, started acting on both stage and film (one role as a “stand in” and one commercial so far!), and volunteered to promote and host a monthly open mic for a theater group in my town. Recently, I started coaching/producing several young songwriters. I’ve really loved the experiences I’ve had in the producer’s seat!
I have a lovely little home studio in our 1850′s barn that my husband restored/finished in his spare time (ha!) His band is recording here at the moment. I am currently at work recording several years worth of unrecorded songs, and am happy when new song ideas pop up, as they always do when you’re recording…
I have loved the co-writing/collaborating I have begun to do these past years on my “stay at home mom sabbatical,” and I am hoping for more fun collaborative and creative projects to pop up, as they always do, which I squeeze in between the typical mom stuff of soccer games and school activities and such. Just this past weekend I got to compose the music for a short musical a local film crew created as part of the Boston 48 Hour Film Project. And I’d just been dreaming about writing a musical – hey, you never know…
Keep in touch – my Facebook page is the best place – to hear the new music in progress…
Posted April 3rd, 2010 by barbara
Thanks for visiting! I am using a WordPress template for now as my website. Phil helped me design the look, using a gorgeous painting sent to me years ago by a Japanese artist, Yoshi Imamura. It feels like Spring, just like today, and all that the season promises.
I hope to be adding some more to it’s pages over the next months, and of course, more music to come soon too.
Thanks for staying in touch!
Posted April 1st, 2010 by barbara
April Fools!!!
Ha! You thought this was a blog post 
bk
