Shades of Grey (Amber's Song)

Recent news...

So my vocal microphone was dramatically dashed into hardwood floor while attached to it's stand...for over a week I assumed that it was completely ruined because I had been told it was very sensitive to that sort of thing when I bought it. Today, out of the blue, I decided to try it out anyway and....WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE! It worked just as fabulously as it did before :) So I recorded a phenomenal version of a song I was just commissioned to write by a friend who's an art major and needed a song to incorporate into a senior project...it's called Shades of Grey (Amber's Song) hence the title of this blog post... the recording is all me and garage band...lol.

I also started much work on a painting...I don't paint very often but again, it's sort of commissioned (different person though). Here's some photos of the work in progress:

This is a photo - of the photo - both of which I took myself...that I based my painting on :)

the unfinished painting with the photo

my palattes

close-up of unfinished flower

I'm an artist and photographer on the side...lol. There's something you might not have known about me. I can also hand-make grapevine wreaths...and I like ice cream...okay. now i'm going too far.... i'll share more photos and paintings in future posts if anyone shows any interest in me doing so...if not - i'll probably put them up anyway...ha ha. well other than that, the ancient edison style electric wiring in this house is being touchy so some days there's spurts of no electricity or no electricity all day EXCEPT for key places ( i swear that someone handpicked the most important areas of our house to work). Our fridge stays on as well as our washer and dryer. Our electric water pump stays on (without which we would have neither hot nor cold water), each bathroom has a light that works, and our entire art/music room that we use almost constantly...so someone was seemingly looking out for us in deciding which parts of the house would be in the dark...oh and the attic lights work...weird. All of this means simply that the basics of life have been a little chaotic, but I've gotten through it so far and I'll continue to do so whether or not I ever get to the other side of the struggle. Hope everyone is well! Videos to come soon...though they'll be a little out of the ordinary...you'll see what I mean..

*Kori Eryn*

Late and Lying to You

I recorded a rough demo of my new song called "Late" ! You can give it a listen on my myspace. Be sure to add me as a friend now that I'm beginning to utilize my page a little more. I'm a little short on friends...I haven't really been keeping up the site til recently and therefore haven't been bent on advertising it. But with new songs up and few new photos and more to come, I'm getting excited. So by all means, come share in my excitement :)

The lyrics are as follows:

Set me straight 'cause I can't wait for tomorrow

This day won't last more than a day but I can't wait...

Am I running out of time? - no...

I've been one of those 'hurry-up-and-go's but now I'm late...

I'm always late living and I'm wastefully forgiven

But if I take my time then I'll know where I've been

Women raise up babies - don't you know

I say, women raise up your babies nice and slow

Thoughts of time have worn me thin

and now I'm ready to begin again

My plates full of excuses and rendering me useless

But if I take my time then I'll know where I am

These days I'm slowing down...

'Cause I'm always late for living and I'm wastefully forgiven

But if I take my time then I'll know who I am.

All Lyrics and Music ©K. Eryn H.

I also recorded a new video. It's a cover of Schuyler Fisk's "Lying to You". I made some changes and I'm pretty happy with the result. Without further ado - the video:

On a personal note, I woke up to the sun this morning after more than a week of overcast, cloudy, rainy and otherwise dismal weather. That under any other circumstances would have cheered me up immediately...however, I had a rough night last night and didn't get much sleep at all and unfortunately, having a beautiful toddler to love means that you don't get to sleep in when you need it. I love him, but oh how I needed some extra rest... I think I'm going to go outside and enjoy the weather for a little while today and take a nice stroll down my little country road and take in the visual splendor. lol. Perhaps I'll post some pictures of the house, yard, and surrounding area/neighborhood in my next blog so that you can see the inspiring landscape I'm so fortunate to soak in on a regular basis. For now enjoy the new music and as always, I'd love to hear from you! :)

*Kori Eryn*

Currently listening to...

So I've been listening to some talented artists lately...I actually discovered them all on youtube. They are all inspiring in their own rites. I urge you all to check them out and support them if you are so inclined :)

Kyler England 

 - my favorites so far-

818

You and I

Clean Slate

*note* Kyler recently closed her youtube account, which I was not aware of until now. So even though her acoustic renderings were my favorite, they're no longer able to be accessed so I linked the first 2 songs to her website where you can listen to a few songs on an embedded player. And I managed to locate the third song not only on her site but in an acoustic video which I linked it to. Most of the acoustic videos of her on youtube now are very poor quality :(

Laura Marling 

 - my favorites so far-

New Romantic

My Manic & I

Night Terror

Failure

Schuyler Fisk 

 - my favorites so far- 

Be Still

From Where I'm Standing

These songwriters are inspiring me at the moment, but I'm also craving some Rilo Kiley (Jenny Lewis) . More Adventurous (2004 album) seems to have disappeared from my collection and I can't seem to get my fix...

Then there's always my other favorites:

Brandi Carlile

The Story

Turpentine

Have You Ever

Ray Lamontagne

Damien Rice

Glen Hansard (he starred in the independent film Once with Marketa Irglova with whom he performs the hit from the soundtrack "Falling Slowly". They went on to form the group "The Swell Season". check it all out)

Iron and Wine (check out the Woman King album!)

On a different note I wrote a new song yesterday!!!!! :-D  You have no idea how happy that makes me. It's called "Late"...in brief, it's about patience. I cannot wait to share it. I wrote it outside the standard tuning - in DADGAD. I'll catch up again soon, hopefully with a new video or two. I have plenty to share...

*Kori Eryn*