She sings like an 'angel'...

Thank you to France LePitre for her beautiful background vocals on two of the songs for the new CD. We recorded her vocals yesterday and her voice really soars on those high notes!

All the basic tracks are done!

Yesterday John and I completed the recording of the "basic" tracks for all the songs, with me playing guitar and singing the lead vocals. There are 16 songs in all on the CD (at the moment!), and all but one are originals.

I hope to add various other voices and instruments to the mix over the next several weeks. Drums, bass, piano on a few songs, lead guitar, hopefully some more exotic instruments like pedal steel and mandolin and maybe even a cello! The biggest challenge now will be keeping track of where we are in the process, so I've decided I'd better get myself a good journal!

More to come...

My new CD...what to call it?

So the working title was 'C major, Ursa minor'...which I really like. C major is the first chord I think I ever learned on the guitar when I was 11 years old. Ursa minor is another name for the Little Dipper constellation. Ever since my Dad taught me about the stars, I've loved looking up at the night sky and identifying my old favourites. But there's more.

Ursa is the latin word for 'bear'...so Ursa minor means 'little bear'. One of the songs on the CD is called 'Where the Wild Things Are', a song I wrote in memory of Timothy Treadwell. More about him later.

But it also reminds me of my little dog, Whimsey, who is my sweet long-term companion. She'll be 15 years old this summer!

New hairdo...new photos!

Yup! Decided to cut my bangs. Just fresh from the hairdresser I got my sweet hubby Ted to take some new photos. Hope you like the one above!