http://shakeh.com/news.html shakeh: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:29:09 -0700 http://shakeh.com/news.html#83 http://shakeh.com/news.html#83 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#82 My Mom has been having a few issues so I left the Northwest early to be with her here in Palm Springs until she gets back up and running at her usual warp speed.
Will be at the Namaste Cafe later this month with Dwain which I am looking forward to.]]> http://shakeh.com/news.html#82 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#81 http://shakeh.com/news.html#81 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#80 http://shakeh.com/news.html#80 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#79 http://shakeh.com/news.html#79 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#78 Paradise Store was way fun being outside on the patio with a killer view and a lot of fun folks. They have two locations for music and Bob is dedicated to keeping live music going on there which is wonderful since the Santa Barbara scene like so many others seems to be pretty bleak for us live music types. I'll probably go back there in the fall.
It's been awhile since I was doing 4 gigs in a row and travelling but felt so very good. Plus I was in beautiful places with killer weather and also staying with my good friends Sharine and Ron. At the end of the 4 days I was super, super tight on my playing and felt really back in the saddle completely.
While at the Porch, I saw an article on a local girl...I think she was 12 or 14 who is the newest up and coming country performer. She's opened for Meryl Haggard and done some other cool things. It always strikes me as so odd that part of someone's appeal as an artist is that they are as young as possible. If she was really fabulous but 6 would she be more appealing? What if she was as good as she was but she was 40? Less appealing?
For me, I wasn't a prodigy musically or a really cute young girl or came from a really supportive family for my music. I never felt that overwhelming support or security in what I was doing. It's always been a challenge to be better, put in the time to book gigs and submit your music and go to schmooze it or lose it events.
Like most musicians, I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I need to do to be "successful" and beating myself up a lot because I didn't feel good enough. But now I'm at a really clear place about what I've done because I would never have been the person I am without all of those struggles. I would never have been as good as I am if I hadn't come to LA and made my mistakes and gotten into debt and had those frustrations. I would never have written the songs that I've written or had the experiences that I have had without taking all the risks that I've taken these years.
My ultimate reward which I experience every time I play now is that amazing feeling of realizing that my power is in what I do. I move people. I connect with people. I lift people through my music and I get to fly myself. I am totally at one with what I do and grateful that I have the strength and desire to keep putting it out there and being a musician.
I am grateful for my talents and my artistry and am looking forward to whatever comes next.]]> http://shakeh.com/news.html#78 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#77 http://shakeh.com/news.html#77 Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#76 http://shakeh.com/news.html#76 Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#75 http://shakeh.com/news.html#75 Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News http://shakeh.com/news.html#74 http://shakeh.com/news.html#74 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Keep Talkin' Bout Me - shakeh - News