Happy New Year? YES YES YES!!!

Some of you, dear listeners, blow my mind.  I’ve been MIA. I’ve been underground.  I’ve been downright invisible.  And still, I see your lovely $4 a month memberships rolling in with the consistency of spring after winter, and filled with the faith of dear friends, and people that believe in independent art.  THANK YOU. I owe you some music!

The end of 2011 proved even a bit challenging for me, the eternal optimist.  In the end, the optimism helped a lot, and as I knew it would, everything worked out okay.  Now I have moved into a sweet little house, close to work and Escuela and am just this weekend going to start plugging in again…literally.  The guitars are looking at me longingly.  The keyboards seem sad set up on their sides, and without any connection to the wall.  Rock and Roll is comin’!

In the meantime here are some fun little bits of info from 2011 that you probably have not heard yet.  The first is a neat little film made by Kim Shively about the panel I sat on at the ever-entertaining and fun Feminism and Co. talks at the Museum of Contemporary Art.  What a BLAST!

And here is a fun little song I did for a client this year to remind you all about the Custom Songs that I do and what a fabulorific gift they are.  This couple was kind enough to let me share their 10th Anniversay Song which they hired me to write.  They provided the story and musical references, and I provided the ditty!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO:  Hey Blackjack

Hey Blackjack Its Lilly
I’ve got some things to say to you
Remember
The Phoenix day that I was smiling
I couldn’t stop smiling I couldn’t stop smiling at you
 
I fell for a cheese head
I guess the Viking in me
Fell for the Packer in you
Picked up our backpacks
Headed over the pond
To adventure in Europe
We were young and free
With nothing better to do
Hey Blackjack
 
From the bungalow on Julian
To the Denver Square
And Breckenridge
Hey Blackjack
I’d do it all again
 
Now Kramer
And Jacqueline
And Russell
Keep us laughing
And you still blow my mind
When you bring my wine
With your crazy hair
 
Were good on the road babe
Were good in Denver, Atlanta in Napa or Wales
So lets set sail
 
Hey Blackjack
Take off your shoes
Run across the wet grass
I wouldn’t want this chaos
With anybody else but you
Hey Blackjack
 
Were good out of suitcases
Were good out in open spaces
I only want to swim at the beach with you….
And Larry Love
And the llamas running
Protect the wedding cake
And the rats of New York
And Casa Bonita
 
Copyright 2011
Words and Music by Camille Brightsmith
Inspiration provided by K. Speth
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