Dance Me Through the Curtains that Our Kisses Have OutwornSong Sketch

Dance Me to the End of Love by iamemma

Here we are - third song in the month of loooooove!* It's written by the brilliant Leonard Cohen but the version I'm most familiar with is Madeleine Peyroux's. The lyrics are so magnetic over the deceptively simple melody. Such a great song!

I received this song sketch suggestion from Fuad; so, thank you!

If you would like a copy of this song for you, just let me know in a comment! If it's your first request, please leave your email address as well.

* I do hope that's not irritating yet. Only one more week, okay?

P.S. I had the exciting experience of having a song used in a Jezebel article!

P.P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

A Small Break and a Large Thank You!

I will post up a Song Sketch next week - this week, I'm working double-time on brainstorming other ideas for working my music into a very profitable enterprise so I can stay home full-time with my new munchkin (who will be a boy, by the way!).

I have had truly marvelous suggestions from my readers and am overwhelmed by their generosity and imagination. Thank you, thank you all for your inspiring ideas.

If you haven't offered your brilliant idea of how I can:

a. Better publicize my albums and

b. Use my music otherwise to earn money

I'd truly welcome your ideas! You can see what other genius suggestions I've gotten here!

But so that you don't miss your Sunday song, I embedded a song from one of my favorites ever, Madeleine Peyroux!

Thank you all again for your help and support!

P.S. Feel free to follow me! I promise only ever to lead you to bright, sunny places!

P.P.S. I have a brand, new original album out! If youdownload it and loooooveit, please write a lovely review on the site from which you purchased it!

Musical Muses

As a female singer-songwriter, I am a little embarrassed that the primary musical inspirations I mention (Sting! Harry Connick, jr! Randy Newman! Thelonious Monk! Etc.) are men. So I wanted to discuss some female musicians and songwriters that have influenced my music.

Sarah Vaughan

She was the very first jazz singer I discovered and she's still my favorite. Her singing is so emotive and Her Lullaby of Birdland is breathtaking.

Astrud Gilberto

I love Astrud's sexy but innocent voice and her completely unaffected manner of singing along with her song choices. AND she got to do a duet with George Michael. Here is a video of her singing Bim Bom. So adorable!

Suzanne Vega

The Christmas after I first started writing music, my sister-in-law gave me Nine Objects of Desire by Ms. Vega and I listened to it around nine million times. Caramel is one of the sexiest songs off the album.

Emily Loizeau

Emily Loizeau is delightfully quirky and her piano playing very accomplished. I actually wrote another blog entry about her a while ago. Here is Jalouse from L'Autre Bout de Monde.

Madeleine Peyroux

Her music is just so delightfully arranged and sung and evokes feelings of Paris in the rain. I love her cozy Don't Wait Too Long.