i'm a writer?

i have never once thought of myself as a writer...despite the fact that i have this trusty little blog here. maybe it's because i never had a diary that i wrote all my secrets in as a melodramatic teen? maybe it's because i never got to write about the stuff i actually cared about in school? when i went on internship and had to keep a journal of my experiences it dang near killed me.
but one of the most fun (and challenging) things i have gotten to do recently is write.
weird, huh?
the end of last year i thought it would be just fantastic if i were able to contribute somehow to a music website. i frequent a few different sites often looking for news on bands for the radio. so i emailed the head of one of those sites asking if they needed any help or if there was anything i could do. he responded saying they needed more album reviewers. i said, "sounds great!" so for the past few months i have been reviewing albums and writing my "professional" opinion about them.
it has been a ton of fun: i've gotten the chance to hear new albums before they are released and when the album is awesome it's super easy to write about.
it has been super challenging: critiquing an album is not as easy as one might think. and i know musicians develop a think skin but it still isn't easy to be the one that says, "this kinda sucks."
if you care at all to see the reviews (and one interview, woot) that i've done, all my reviews are stored here: http://www.indievisionmusic.com/reviews-by-author/?reviewauthor=9295   
OR
if you just want to keep up-to-date on what's happening in the christian music world make sure to check out www.indievisionmusic.com on a regular basis...it's got good stuff!

xo

this is sappy but we'll call it poetic.

there are few bands that still make me fall head-over-heels in love with live shows over and over again.

i mean, i always love going to shows but there are few bands that just completely captivate you for the entire show. the ones that make your pulse beat a little faster when they take the stage. the ones that strike one chord and a huge, cheeky smile appears on your face and doesn't leave until the next morning, hours after the show is done. the ones that leave everything on the stage; their hearts, their souls, their sweat. the ones that don't need extravagant pyrotechnics and moving stage pieces to put on a killer show (though don't get me wrong, i appreciate fireworks and spinning drum kits every now and again).
these are the bands that remind me that music is where my heartbeat lives.

photo credit: kristina c.

thanks, switchfoot.

xo

one of those days.

it's days like today (summery, hot, and i know there are festivals going on) that make me want to be on the road so bad i can taste it.
it's not that i don't enjoy my job, i do! not necessarily the administrative-desk-work-type-stuff but i get to dig around for new bands/artists, write reviews about albums that are coming out, and play dj on the radio so i realize my job is pretty rad and i am super thankful that i get to be the one that does it,
but...
there's a part of me that has wanted to be on the road since i was 12 and no matter what i do i just can't get her to shut up. so i need to get my butt in gear because i'm sick of waiting for my lead singer in a tour bus (my version of a knight on a white horse) to come rescue me from life in an office.

"decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it" -bill cosby

xo