Monday, April 21, 2008

Tokyo and James Blunt
Category: Music
I am in Tokyo right now, and it is incredible. The Japanese people are so beautiful and nice. This is an amazing country!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE it here. I keep meeting other musicians. Today when I got on the elevator, I started talking to this adorable guy with his guitar…. It turned out to be James Blunt……. He is just the sweetest person, and his mother would be really proud of his manners and humor! I actually recognized him which really is a miracle. Anyone that knows me well, knows that I am always making an ass out of myself with celebrities. I’ll just be talking to them about life, and won’t realize who they are…. But James I realized after a few minutes, and I just could have squeezed him because he was such a gentlemen. Ladies….. He’s a hot catch!!!!!!!!! Two days ago, I got on the elevator with Fire House and Night Ranger. I will fill you in on more about Tokyo soon, but I just wanted to tell the world that Japan is awsome and James Blunt is awsome too!

Love,
Lex

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Release Party
Current mood:  indescribable
Sunday night at Eddies Attic was amazing!!!!!!! Geoff Melkonian, and a group of fine young men from a band called Y.O.U. backed me. Brian Wiltsey came on stage to sing back up on one of the songs he sang on, on my CD. The audience was amazing and it was a really magical evening. Shalom who is a sound man at Eddies, and just an incredible soul took really good care of the boys and I. It was extra special that Shalom was there because he had been sick earlier this year. The third song I sang was called Goodbye….. and it was so heart warming that, that evening I was saying Hello instead to that special man(smile)! There are people that you can look into the eyes of, and just see goodness. Not only was i blessed with Shalom’s goodness, but also Bob’s. Bob owns Eddies Attic. I must say that he is now another angel in my angel directory. If you have never walked into Eddie’s….You should!!!!!!!!!. Goodness fills that venue. The first song on my CD is about Eddies Attic. I love that place, and Eddie, and Bob because of what they represent. I went to Eddies almost every Monday night the first year I lived in Atlanta. Monday nights are open mic night. I was just a girl who wrote songs, but knew little about art of performing. I would come every week and just absorb what I could…. And also try to catch incredible acts when I could, like Shawn Mullins, Matthew Kahler, Kodac Harrison, and Livingston Taylor, just to name a few. During those open mic nights…. I learned so much about what to do, and what not to do. But I also learned something about the two men that ran the place. They truly wanted to listen to the artists and wanted them to know they were being heard. Weather people sucked or were incredible… they just treated all with such respect and kindness! On those Monday nights… I witnessed lives being saved. To have my release party there was amazing to me, because if you told me 2 years ago that I would be doing that…. I would have laughed at you, and thought I would never be able to do it….. Never be able to do it because of so many different things…. But on Sunday night I got up there and sang my ass off, and had the best time of my life, and it was all because of what I learned on those Monday nights, and all because of the opportunity to learn that Eddie and Bob provided me. If you get a chance to go to my web site…. click on the virtual CD. The first song is about the first time I sang at Open Mic night. I just wanted to put in a special note to Geoff, Y.O.U., Brian Wiltsey, Shalom, Bob, and Eddie to tell them how grateful I am that they played a part in my life on April 13th, and over the last few years…….. Also if you are one of the people that came to the show and packed the house….Thank you so much for that. I will never forget that evening for the rest of my life! Lastly…. I just want to thank whoever I saw in the bathroom before I went on stage…. I was about to through up, but your smile gave me a calm. I used to have stage fright, until Sunday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(smile) I hope everyone I know breaks threw the barriers of fear! It makes living so much more fun!

Love,
The Lexers

Early yesterday morning, a giant black bear jogged across the road in front of my car… I have never seen a wild one in my life…. and there it was…. right before my eyes!!!!!! I’m real into Native American symbolism. In the book Animal Speak, they say that if you see a bear, “you must go within to awaken the power, but only by bringing it out into the open, and applying it, will the honey of life be tasted.”

I thought summer was going to be a bummer, because my dream of going on tour did not happen……but after a month of quiet meditation, and observing lots of artist performances, I am real excited about what my future holds!!! After returning home from a 20 hour 2 day road trip….. I decided to upload several songs from my live performances.

Mathew Smith is the incredible guitarist backing me, on “I Need Water” and “Gone, Gone, Gone”, both with hands and voice. At the beginning of the year, my goal was to work with lots of musicians, but after working with him, I actually forgot about the goal I had set. I was just blown away by his skill, professionalism, and dedication to music. He has encouraged me to play my guitar publicly, given me confidence when it lacked, and helped me to achieve things I never imagined I could… You can check out his music at www.myspace.com/number99 . I hope we continue to work together in different capacities for many many years to come…..

To me there is nothing better than singing live….. The energy I feel from the people that come to listen, just overwhelms me…. I am usually sick to my stomach before a show…. and then during the show, this thing happens where part of the time I am singing, and thinking about it, and then all the sudden I am detached watching myself and will think things like “how in the world did I just hit that note”, and “I wonder how long it will be held”….. and I have this little conversation with myself and then I plop back into thinking about the song again…. It is strange, but when it is over, I just feel this peace I can’t explain!!!!!!!!!

There are several things I would like to do this fall. I would like to get back in the studio to record my new songs. One of my new favorites is called “Tribute To The Blues”. I can’t wait to share that song with you. It was inspired by a spectacular blues guitarist in Atlanta, who introduced me to the most beautiful chords my fingers have ever played!!!! Also, I would love to be hired to help stumped musicians. Sometimes artist get stuck in this dry spell, and I have this ability to put others thoughts into words, and help them get unstuck…… and it is sooooooooo much fun to write with someone else!!!!!!!!! Please contact me if you are interested in helping me accomplish either of these goals!!!!!!

Lastly, I am getting ready to fulfill the goal set at the beginning of the year. I have a performance on August 29th at 10:00pm @ Smith’s in the Atlanta room. Mathew was already booked, so I had to set out on the journey to find new people to work with. This is very exciting for me, but I am scared to death!!!!! All is cool though, because the things that scare me the most with this music, usually bring me the greatest reward!!!!!!!!

I hope you love the new Live songs…… and I hope that you and I can both taste and enjoy that sweet honey of life………

Love,
Lex