Exciting News! I have been selected as one of the acts to compete in the KAABOO Discovery Tour. On Friday, July 13 I'll be performing at Quartyard with my band for a chance to join this year's KAABOO Del Mar lineup. I need your help spreading the word. Feel free to share the below graphics on your social media pages, email your friends, hang above your water cooler at work...you know the drill.

I would really appreciate your support! Hope to see you (and all your friends) there!

Date: Friday July 13
Location: Quartyard (1301 Market St San Diego CA 92101)
Time: Doors 6pm, I play at 7pm
Cover: $10 at Door
​All Ages

Welcome to another edition of Behind the Song. This one's been brewing in my head ever since I finished reading Tomi Adeyemi's new book Children of Blood and Bone. It's a Young Adult novel, but the themes are so relevant for today's society, I highly recommend it for all ages. On a cultural level, there are so many parallels in Adeyemi's alternate reality, it almost doesn't feel alternate. On a personal level, there is so much mother-daughter-grief stuff going on, I had to keep the tissues handy at all times. One particular section of the book punched me right in the throat...the main character Zélie has a cosmic conversation with her late mother.  A song: "mama, mama, mama" leads Zélie to the spirit of her mother. I shit you not, this is what my sister and I sang to my mother during that grueling 6 days where she slipped away from us. Zélie's mother tells her daughter how proud she is of her and that she will never leave her side. For those of you who've followed my challenging relationship with my mom, you know how desperate I was to hear these words from my own mother. And it might sound silly, but in reading this book, it felt like I finally did. Everything is connected, people. It's like my own dead mama summoned me and set me straight through the voice of a fictional dead mama. What are the odds? I don't know, but I'll take it. When I set down to write this song, I wanted to write not only about the energy that connects all beings, but also about the love, positivity and resilience that grows out of powering through fear, grief, and trauma. Resilience is such a powerful gift because it softens and hardens us at the same time. The more resilience we have, the more we are able to show compassion and open our minds to people/experiences we may not be familiar with. But at the same time, it strengthens our convictions and helps us advocate for the powerless/voiceless. This is what I wanted to capture in the song. I also wanted it to feel epic and cinematic....you know, just in case they are looking for songs to put in the movie. A girl can dream.

Just finished this in time for my songwriting book club meeting. It was inspired by the book Pronoia by Spencer Brezsny. His primary thesis is that the universe is conspiring in our favor. For the most part I agree with this theory and the author's content, but I didn't love the presentation so much. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood to "go there" with him. In any case, I found it amusing that I've been trying to turn a corner on my cynical songwriting, and here was an author showing me a trillion examples of optimism, yet I just kept rolling my eyes at the way the book was structured. I had Dylan's song Idiot Wind in mind the whole time. Instead of trying to stifle my cynicism, I just let myself bask in it for the sake of the song. It was kind of fun to give myself permission to do that. Who knows, maybe I subconsciously learned that lesson from the book!

i've had enough of you
i've had enough of you
i sure wish your mouth came with some glue
cause i've had enough of you

it's not what you say but the way that you state it
it's not what you serve up but the way that you plate it
i'm already fed up 'fore i see the menu 
yes i've had enough of you

you're like a book i can't read
you're like a book i can't read
the day i put you down was the day i was freed
yeah you're like a book i can't read

each word so much worse than the last
i curse every page and skim past
all this stuff, it's just fluff, a marshmallow stampede
yeah you're like a book i can't read

i concur with your scorn for my cynical ways
it's a lazy and boring disguise
but the soapbox you stand on takes up too much space
and it's taking a toll on the roll on my eyes

when that idiot wind starts to blow
when that idiot wind starts to blow
i always take it as my cue to go
when that idiot wind starts to blow

i don't like to watch when the emperor streaks
or the way that the breath of a bragging man reeks
i'm covering my eyes, i'm plugging my nose
when that idiot wind starts to blow

Recently the San Diego Songwriters Collective posted a prompt challenging songwriters to write a song using Colors as an inspiration. I couldn't make the meeting, but decided to take a stab at it anyway. Here's what I came up with. In what comes as no surprise to anyone on this planet, it's about my mama. Annnnnnnd in other shocking news, I cry in the video. I'm becoming a caricature of myself, guys, I know.

Lyrics
1.I clicked the link that said add one to the basket
I didn’t think I’d be this young shopping for a casket
The whole thing was pink with pretty little flowers to match it
We watched it sink deep down in the grave that we paid for to stash it

CHORUS In a way, the day she died, I did a little too
I’d have to say it was the day pink turned blue

2. When she was alive I’d get lost on a dime, broke down like a car
I tried to drive away so many times but never got too far
But now I believe she’s giving me signs, I see ‘em in the stars
Even though grief made me blind now I see her fine, she’s on my radar

CHORUS In a way, she gave me the go-ahead, the gasoline
I’d have to say she's paving the way for red to turn green

Hi folks! Please join me at 10am PST on Sunday, April 15 for the second episode of Sunday Best, my new Instagram Live series where I give songwriting, music, and marketing tips. This episode, I'll be sharing my thoughts on writing bridges. I'm sure my ideas vary from the typical formulas, but I hope you'll join me nonetheless and maybe even take away a couple of helpful hints! You can follow me on Instagram at @lindsaywhitemusic.

Thanks to the friendly folks at SD Voyager for interviewing me! Read the full article here.

I'm happy to be a part of this talented lineup for Java Joe's upcoming songwriter showcase. Hope you can make it! 

I'm thrilled to share that I won Best Singer Songwriter at last night's San Diego Music Awards! I'm so thankful to everyone who took the time to vote for me and so honored to receive recognition in this category! I had a great time at the House of Blues hanging with all my San Diego music friends and watching some awesome performances. Can't wait til next year! Read more about the event below:
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Sound Diego Article
San Diego Citybeat
San Diego Union Tribune
KFM-BFM

Hi friends! I'm hoping you'll join me on Thursday March 22 for a show at Subterranean Coffee Hillcrest. The very talented Salvatore Manalo, on tour from Portland, will be joining as my guest. I've been playing a lot of corporate/cover gigs lately, so it will be great to return to some original music! (PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE - We moved from Java Joe's to Subterranean Coffee Hillcrest due to predicted rain!)

Thanks to the folks at DoSD for a vote of confidence in their recent 2018 SDMA Predictions! They think I may win for Best Singer Songwriter - who's to say, but I hope they're correct! Click here to read the full article, see their predictions for each category, and find out more about the awards on Monday, March 19th.