To kick off the new year, I invited some of my local lady music friends to come over and talk about their experiences pursuing careers in original music. I had been feeling a little frustrated/exhausted as a solo songwriter and knew some of my other music friends were having similar experiences. I'm friends with so many female musicians on social media, and San Diegans are good at being supportive, but I know we only see a sliver of the full story in online content. I figured it would be great to get together in person to share, support, and basically let ourselves be vulnerable in front of people who understand. The brunch was a great success and we plan on continuing to meet throughout the year. We've also established a shared Google doc & calendar that will hopefully in time be populated with lots of resources. One thing I've noticed in this industry is that people tend to be hoardy with information...my hope is to squash that vibe and pool our collective knowledge in order to make the journey a little less strenuous. If you're a female musician/artist based in San Diego who is actively pursuing a creative career, please contact me to get involved! (Shout out to one of my favorite duos The Harmaleighs for the name inspiration)

Thanks to friends at The Music Mermaid blog for promoting my new single The Hound! This is a wonderful site to discover new music - go check them out! 

Thanks to the folks at Radio Westeros for giving The Hound a shout-out on your socials! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, go check out their website and podcasts!

Here it is, folks: the new music video for "The Hound" - directed by Josh Lerma. If you haven't yet, go check out the official premiere article & interview at Global Texan Chronicles!

Please do me a favor to support this song by doing any/all of the following:
Purchase on iTunes & leave a review
Like/Comment/Subscribe on YouTube
Add to a Spotify Playlist or create a Station
Share on your own social media sites

So excited to share that on it's release day, my new single The Hound was listed on iTunes.com as a Bestselling Pre-order and peaked at #13 on their Singer Songwriter charts, fitting snugly between two of my favorite music inspirations, Tracy Chapman and James Taylor! Thanks to all of you who pre-ordered the song and helped it have a tiny little moment among the greats!

Thanks to my friends at Global Texan Chronicles for premiering my new single and music video for The Hound! Read the full interview and watch the video here!

Here's a little tune I wrote about the frustration I felt after cutting ties with a religion whose followers didn't seem to be embodying the things I felt were most beneficial to being a person of faith (for example, loving everyone, having compassion, not judging people). Somehow I feel like those people get to keep god in the custody battle even though they demonstrate behavior that my idea of god would abhor. Sometimes you just gotta have a stern talk to god and tell her you're worried about the people she's been hanging out with.

Thank you to Tim Pyles and the folks at 91x San Diego for spinning my new single The Hound for the very first time on the radio! So thankful to live in a city that shows love to its local artists! Check out the full playlist from the show here.

Thanks to Olivia from Sexy Pillows Podcast for inviting me to be a guest on her show! She stumbled upon me and my song "Turn into the Wind" while she was doing an episode about The Wind, and she asked me to come on and talk about how the song was inspired by The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Take a listen here!

During the recent coverage of the California wildfires, I read about two people who were found burned beyond recognition trying to escape. I’ve been sick to my stomach imagining what it might have been like to lose everything, even your life. I can’t stop picturing myself in a car with my wife in the same situation. What would I even say, knowing I was unable to keep her safe? My heart bleeds for all the families suffering. I sat down to write this song, and ended up incorporating a bit of the Modern English song "Melt With You" into the chorus.