Album!!!

When I was a very little girl, I was the silliest child. I made faces and said, "Cheeeeese!" in the cheesiest way.

I'm so freaking excited. It's honestly ... what do I say. I don't know. I have wanted to do this for a while. God knows I have enough music. I've made lists of albums, but I would have not guessed that inspiration would hit me with THIS album.

I was a ham! (Easter ham in this case 👆🏼)

I lost that little girl. I started to indulge only my serious side, my pretty side. I made my behavior, my voice, my everything so contained ... not always. When a "Fuck" would escape my lips, I absolutely got off on seeing people's faces turn in shock. I loved this juxtaposition of the pretty, well behaved, melodious young lady with a naughty, filthy mouth.

I'm reclaiming her.

Do you remember? Do you remember my story about leaving opera?

I was in a voice lesson and I said to my teacher, "I want permission to make an ugly sound!" It was my first statement to advocate for my voice.

My voice teacher said, "Well, we don't make ugly sounds in opera."

I was supposed to simply accept that. But that's not me. Not me at all. I have opinions. I have deeply held beliefs. And... they're controversial... sometimes and sometimes they're just what needs to be said.

We need more permission to be sexy, to be filthy, to be angry, to be so fucking true to ourselves, unapologetically ourselves.

So... this album isn't pretty. It's good. It's so good. But, it's not pretty. And, I'm so fucking happy with that. I want to be a rebel. I want to sing my message for everyone to hear.

I've prepped for this! I mentioned that I had dreams about being a singing rebel earlier this year. You can tune into what I've been listening to to gear up for this on Spotify.

I'm so tired of being told that I need to be a certain way to have what I want. I truly believe Fred Rogers message, "You don't have to do anything sensational to be liked." You don't have to do anything but be yourself, because you already are sensational.

So... I'm ready to cause a sensation with a not so pretty, jaded album.

Get ready for... "I'm..." sharing the album title and all the details about the music and more ONLY on Patreon and only for paid members. All the songs are written and I'll be releasing the first plays of each on Patreon over the next couple of weeks.

Give yourself the gift of me and my music and my spin on the world. It's time we let go of all that's inhibiting us. Be free. Come fly with me in my magic land where things are pretty and not so pretty and it's all grand!