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Another year another CD. How did this happen?!
Well it started long ago with a vision…
Just kidding.
It started not so long ago with a gal (i.e me) who wrote a bunch of songs she finally chalked up the courage to sing to the world (i.e. you).
Reverie came and went and remains in your itunes library… it holds a place in my heart that will be held by nothing else. It introduced me to you, to this, to life as a musician in Canada (and online).
Many days and hours and nights and a year of medschool later I was lost in project We’re Not Lost. My first LP. A project I would NEVER have embarked upon if it weren’t for you.
When you cook a meal for someone and they don’t eat it… it discourages you from cooking anymore (I learned this from my dad when I decided to go vegan for the summer… essentially robbing him of his biggest weapon to love me - his yummy, home cooked, and not-so-vegan meals).
What I’m saying here is that your feedback goes a long way. I realize that my mother will love most anything that I do. But to hear from close friends, old friends, classmates, strangers, music lovers, metal fans etc. that they were actually listening to my music… gave me the courage to say “lez do it again!” (and to pull out the ol’ credit card and finance album #2).
Like Reverie - We’re Not Lost. was made with a lot of love and a lot of help. It wouldn’t be what it is without the hard work of producer James Pew, co-producer and drummer Adam Campbell, Freddy Gabrsek and the entire crew at Euphonic Sound who helped me put this album together in record time so that I could go on tour and start school in September (now) with a new gem in my hands.
Like last year, a party was planned and you showed up. To me, that alone was huge! The night went by so quickly and there was so much going on. What I remember so clearly though is a sentiment of freedom when I finally just let go on stage and just sang to a crowd of very special and supportive people.
I can’t do the feeling I had justice with words but I will say this. When you tell me that I evoke some sort of emotion in you with my songs - please know that you do the exact same thing for me by listening to them. Music is something that really can and does connect us all… but that takes two parties. A performer and a (preferably many) listeners. So THANK YOU for listening. And just for being you.
Love,
Andrea
