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Greetings, non-extinct Earthlings! San Diego Music Hall of Famer Jeff Berkley is running it back to Hays, Kansas this fall on an epic production quest to record Paleoverb Project Volume 2 in the wonderfully reverberant Sternberg Museum of Natural History. But first thing's first: raising the dough to make a sequel. Along with a generous contribution from the local music champions at Steam Engine Foundation, a mini summer concert series is scheduled to help drum up support.  Last year's Paleoverb Project Volume 1 musicians record next to a life-sized Tylosaurus exhibit at Sternberg Museum of Natural History. Photo by Diane Gasper-O’Brien/Hays Post  Jeff Berkley. Credit Thom Vollenweider The first showcase is Saturday, May 23 at Palo Verde House Concerts in Rolando, where Berkley will be joined by the project's sophomore cohort of local artists, which includes Julia Sage, Lindsay White, and King Taylor Project (Sandi King and Joshua Taylor). Hosted at private residences throughout San Diego county, these summer preview shows offer an intimate listening room experience for guests who love original music, lyrics, and storytelling. San Diego Folk Heritage will also produce a concert in Carlsbad on Aug 15 at Pilgrim United Church that brings Vol 1 and Vol 2 artists together for an unforgettable evening of top tier talent.
Summer ScheduleWhether the artists are familiar or fresh faces, each showcase will feature new songs, stories, collabs, and first dibs on exclusive merch! More About the Paleoverb Project
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San Diego artist and event organizer friends, please join me for this! Making Space: Accessibility 101 for Artists and Event Organizers Disability inclusion is about more than checking a compliance box. With more than 1 in 4 adults living with a disability, proactive measures are essential to reaching a wide audience and creating spaces where people feel welcome and included. You'll come away with practical strategies for increasing accessibility across online and in-person spaces and find out why artists make incredible champions for disability inclusion. This beginner-friendly presentation is led by Lindsay White (she/her), a queer musician and writer, event producer, and person living with disabilities. No experience necessary; just a willingness to learn and grow together. Date: Sunday, May 17th Time: 1-2:30 pm Location: heARTSpace - 3619 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA Additional Details, Accessibility Info, and Reserve Your Spot! For accommodation requests, please contact: Shayla James, [email protected] by May 13th.   Image: Lindsay stands in foreground, straight-faced with her long hair blowing in the wind. A huge blue sky and clouds engulf the background. Photo by Sydney Valiente No SDMA nods for your girl this year (who is surprised?), but happy to report that myself, Songwriter Sanctuary San Diego, and some of my Raspberry girlies are nominated for San Diego Magazine's annual Best Of reader's poll. Please do me a solid and vote once before polls close on March 22. (There is an email capture situation, but you only have to vote one time so that's nice!). Here are some categories to check out:
 New single alert! Fortunate Fucker, my new single, is available now on streamers except Spotify, Bandcamp, and my online store. This is the first complete song off the behemoth of a project/album you all know and love (and are probably sick of hearing me talk about by now) called Dead Mom Talking, so I decided to release it as a single to maintain the “hey, Lindsay, you better release at least one song a year or else...” pressure I put on myself for no reason whatsoever. Special thanks to the team of homies who helped make this happen: written by Lindsay White production: Rachel Hall / Will Stucky engineer: Rachel Hall (included real life gravel recording - suck it, AI) mixing: Will Stucky mastering: John McLaggan, Parachute Mastering guitar: Will Stucky vox/bgrnd vox: Lindsay White artwork: sleep-deprived Lindsay White on antibiotics w/ funding and support from The Steam Engine Foundation
Creating this new spin on a summer classic with Rachel Hall was so much fun!
The Boys of Summer - Mariela ft Lindsay White aka The Girls of Summer (Reimagined cover of The Boys of Summer by Don Henley) Original lyrics: Don Henley / Original music: Mike Campbell Updated lyrics by Rachel Hall / Lindsay White Production: Tommy Nixon Guitar: Jordy Searcy Drums: Daniel J Griffo Bass: Tommy Nixon Keys: Rachel Hall Artwork: Grace Johnson Photo: Sydney Valiente Mastering: James McNary Lyrics: Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty shores, empty streets The sun goes down alone I’m thinking ‘bout your face Wonderin’ if you’re home But I can see you- Blowing bubbles in the sun You got your hair pulled back and doc martens on, baby I still smell you on, that blanket we laid on till dawn After the girls of summer have gone I never will regret those nights (those nights) I wonder if it was a dream (a dream) Remember how you called me lady? Remember how I made you scream? (scream) Now I don't understand what’s different about our love But babe, I'm gonna have your back Love ain’t nothing to be afraid of I can see you- Your ice cream dripping in the sun your temporary tattoos and you’re giving them to everyone I can tell you my love will still be holding strong After the girls of summer have gone I heard your name today, from a barista shouting in a coffee shop I turned to look for you, just like I always do, can’t stop, won’t stop I thought i’d lost your number Til I put that jacket on Say anything, and I’ll come over Holding up a stereo on your lawn But I can see you- Blowing bubbles in the sun You got your hair pulled back and doc martens on, baby I still smell you on, that blanket we laid on till dawn After the girls of summer have gone I can see you- Your ice cream dripping in the sun your temporary tattoos and you’re, giving them to everyone I can tell you my love will still be holding strong After the girls of summer have gone 
Just back from Dallas/Richardson, Texas, where much to my surprise and delight, I snagged 2nd place (out of like 300 submissions, hair flip) at the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter contest. I brought my girl Rachel along and we had a gay ol time despite the weather thwarting our full set on the City Line stage! Hopefully they'll have us back next year for a do-over! Until then, I'll be dreaming of Torchy's tacos!
Below is a snap of me backstage in the (temperature controlled, thank god) green room, acting like a goober who's never been shown such hospitality. I'll link to the "winners" photo, where as you can see, I've transformed into a sweaty street clothes monster. 
My new single Time Machine hasn't even been out for six full months, and it's already my most streamed song to date, with over 13K total streams and climbing! (EDIT - This song has now been pulled from Spotify along with the majority of my catalog in protest of Spotify's artist treatment and harmful investment practices). Special thanks to Alex Dausch (electric guitars, production, mixing, mastering) Rachel Hall (keys, bass, production), Jules Stewart (drums) for helping me create this tribute to my late ex-husband. For those who still dabble in Facebook, you can read our full story here. The track is getting lots of international love, which is semi-soothing to my grieving soul. Even though the song is quite sad, and I wish I never had to write it, it's kind of like the memory of Benny is traveling all over the place, which feels special, all things considered. Here are some blog write-ups to check out (your phone should help you translate) Cosmonauta Radio (Mexico) Parapop (Indonesia) Indie Dream (Mexico) R+ (Mexico) Caesar Live n Loud (Portugal) Annnnnd, my deep gratitude to all the outlets around the world who added the track to their playlists and are helping me find new listeners. Please make sure to follow their lead and add Time Machine to one of your playlists! Direct Actu (France) ParaPOP (Indonesia) Impulse (Indonesia) Cosmonauta RadioMexico Women of Substance Music Podcast (US) Indie Dream (Mexico) Vibes Paradise (South Africa) Sugarcoat (India) Caoba Records (Chile) Fran Laurito (Netherlands) unhappier. (India) Kiraz Müzik (Turkey) JourneysWithMusic (Spain) Alex Lesage (Belgium) PY Müzik (Turkey) Kiraz Müzik (Turkey) mbti music (Netherlands) cedar_swamp (US) Arkhe Playlists (Spain) Ze Rock Porto (Portugal) R+ (Mexico) Jackson Harden (US) Caesar Live N Loud (Portugal) VibesMovin' (Poland) Dreams studio (Nigeria) U N Indie Folk Music (Philippines) Sound Safari Playlists (Belgium) Island Music (Italy) Americana Country, Singer-Songwriter Kev Rowe (US) Find Time Machine on Spotify, Bandcamp, my store, and everywhere else you stream music. (Or, join Patreon for all-access to all my published and unpublished works including behind-the-song stories).   Very honored to be a part of this event, raising money for Khalil and his family who are currently displaced in Gaza. Special thanks to Claire King for organizing. Please click through for event details/info on attending this intimate City Heights house concert, or consider making a donation even if you can't attend!
Check your girl out on the cover of this month's San Diego Troubadour! (Story by Ashley E. Norton, photoshoot with Sydney Valiente). Thanks to Liz for featuring me!  If you haven’t watched the interview with Amanda Seales on Club Shay Shay, I highly highly recommend it. Especially if you are someone who is interested in looking at how things like white supremacist delusion, race, gender, and disability are at play in our institutions and how they factor into a person’s experiences and ability to navigate life, relationships, jobs, etc. From a disability perspective, Seales talks about a later in life Autism diagnosis which helps her make sense of a lot of her experiences in life of being misunderstood, unliked, and ostracized. And she does such a brilliant and unapologetic job of showing how “unlikeability” can be an ableist response to someone whose brain is simply wired differently than what is considered by the status quo as “normal.” She then goes on to further illustrate how, while it never feels good to be invalidated or disliked for no tangible reason, the real harm is when that perception gets weaponized in spaces that can do actual, tangible (often violent) damage to a person’s body, psyche, education, career, relationships, and therefore life trajectory. She also connects the dots as to how similar nefariousness is at play within the constructs of race and gender. As a 40 year old queer woman/mother who is just starting to perceive my chronic mental and physical limitations through the lens of disability (after working in the disability/higher ed field for several years and experiencing too many a-ha moments to list), witnessing this interview was like taking a college-level course on self-advocacy, a survival skill that Seales has razor-sharpened on the tragic need for itself. Finding herself constantly in the crosshairs of misunderstood and unprotected, she didn’t buckle and offer herself up on some platitude platter to be devoured in the court of public opinion; rather, she grabbed a mic and shouted “THAT’S A YOU PROBLEM BECAUSE I’M THE SHIT.” If you don’t grasp what a huge deal it is for someone with a disability to not only frame but explain their differences and unique traits as assets in a world that is hellbent on misrepresenting them as justifications for dehumanization, exclusion, harm, etc., then you might be someone who is subconsciously doing harm to disabled people. And that is why this interview is such a chef’s kiss. As much as I felt affirmed in my own neurodivergence, I felt challenged in my biases and was able to reflect back on times I may have misunderstood and unintentionally harmed folks whose experiences and brains were different than mine. (This is the restorative justice work we all need to be doing all the time so we don’t keep bombing the world to shit). In the interview itself, you can bear witness to Seales doing the uncomfortable but necessary labor of self-advocacy and education through direct communication in real time, challenging Shannon Sharpe at nearly every turn, not with malice but with an unrelenting commitment to honesty and to herself as both storyteller and scholar. And if you find that discomfort and directness hard to sit with, you might pass it off as “she’s exhausting” or “she’s doing too much.” But as you start to understand the energy it takes to survive in a society such as this with a brain such as hers, that knee jerk criticism quickly alchemizes into heartfelt compassion. She’s not exhausting, she's exhausted from a world that won’t allow her to safely exist as her full self. Anyway I don’t know why I felt the need to write a Thursday morning thesis on this, I really just came here to say my broke ass just joined her Patreon and your broke ass should too because the AIPACs and status-quo-ers of the world will continue to come for someone so powerful in her truth-telling, so we need to come together to not only understand but protect the treasure that is Amanda Seales. Thank you, good day. |
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