Winter Warm It UP, UP, UP, Press & Radio From The Road
Howdy!
A quick check in -- Winter Warm It Up is underway!
Tuesday evening was a blast with Rob (Robbie!) Kimball on his KCBX radio show, Pickin' Up The Tempo--click it, and link to his show. You can listen live every Tuesday, 8 to 10pm, and you can link and listen to the archive of our show. Yeah, it was fun---Rob knows decades of music, musicians, instruments, who played what on which studio recording. Encyclopedic. Check it out!
And, the Times Press Recorder picked up the story---click the pic of me-as-Buffy-Sainte-Marie to read what they have to say---super kind! ;)
Being a focused, professional singer-songwriter has its very lonesome moments. Rehearsing, writing new material, emailing venues, composing press releases (sent out 28 for Winter Warm It Up), flyer design, phone calls, more rehearsing, social media, social media, social media, hours driving to/from performances, more writing, more emailing, more rehearsing—did I mention social media? I do nearly all of this all by myself. In fact, the Winter Warm It Up flyer is an excellent example: I used an iPhone selfie; designed flyer; booked all gigs; sent hard-copies to all venues, made follow up calls to ensure flyers received (Mercury retrograde until Jan 25). Yeah, I did all of that. And more! Because this is what I want. I do. Beneath the bell jar of constant diligence, though, I’m prone to losing sight of
the bigger picture, that ultimately I do this lonesome work so I can share my love of and gift for singing/music, which is a lovely, happy,golden, shining social thing with lots of wonderful people. I do this so I can connect, so that that maybe a little of how I sing my joy, love, pain, frustration will resonate, challenge, inspire, and make you think.
I’m not complaining, just being real. And I know I’m not alone, other songwriters have expressed similar feelings. Basically, you have to love this to do this. And I do. Love it Please know, your words, likes, cheers, photos, links, and emojis do help buoy my faith, help bolster the fortitude necessary to keep on--Sing, baby, sing! Thank you, thank you so much!!!
Love,
Josephine
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