i am not a very happy lady right now.  i am still on east coast time, but i’m back home in california.  i got up at 6:43am.  could not go back to sleep and now my eyes are burning a bit.  ay!

it’s been an interesting few months with a "debut album."  i am anxious to tour and get the word out.  i’m in production for my first two videos.  and this past weekend, i got a review by a british fellow named jon leonard.  his site is called leonard’s lair and he publishes reviews of 5 albums a week.  and while he had some good things to say about rock candy, he also mentioned that i’m someone to watch for in the future.

well…i thought, why aren’t i want to watch for now?  isn’t that funny!  in an instant, i had taken a very lovely sentiment and turned it around to fan my insecurities that i try so hard to keep under the surface.  but they’re there, simmering, just waiting for the chance to burn me even if only a bit.

when i sent the review link to jay (co producer), he said that he too was interested in seeing what i do next.  and i remember a reporter from east west woman asking me two weeks after the album was released if i had already started thinking about my next album because so many artists she interviews do that.

no.  actually, i hadn’t.  but maybe i should.  albums from conception to completion can take over a year.  with that thought and a few times hearing folks wonder about my creative future, i sat down last week and asked myself where do i want the music to take me and you in the next album?

there are no light bulbs going on in my head.  no sudden strikes of genius leading me to my next vision.  but i can start to hear the little voices offering suggestions, "what about this?  write about that?".  and i keep letting those voices know…i’m excited to tour with rock candy, but i promise to start thinking about album #2 during the quiet moments.  i just hope they aren’t always at 6:43 in the morning.

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