My feet hurt!!!

Hey you guys!

I am writing really quickly tonight [ this morning] because I have JUST gotten in from a dance at the Heber City Poetry Gathering and I am tired!!! But I felt just awful I haven’t been keeping you guys posted since I’ve been here at this awesome Gathering!

I’ve been having so much fun getting to see old friends and getting to meet new ones! Thanks o much to everyone who has come to the shows and been there supporting me, It means a lot! J

I promise I’ll be updating a lot more in the next few days….right after I’m done with my homework!!!

Love love love to you all

~Adrian

Living for the night ; )

Hello friends!

So I know it’s crazy to be posting something at 3 am…but because of the time of night/morning, it made me think of something I wanted to share with you guys really quickly. Someone asked me at a show at the beginning of this month how I came up with the inspiration for a few of my new songs that are on Boots & Pearls that I had sung.

& I think I finally know where those good songs came from!

They come from these nights when I can’t sleep.

When I’ve drank three pots of coffee on my own.

When I sit around barefoot, and play things that don’t make any sense on my guitar.

When I braid little braids in my hair and then take them all out again.

When I write out a list of a hundred words just to find the perfect one for a song no one will hear, but will make me feel better.

So I know it’s silly, but I truly believe that great songs evolve from those sleepless nights that cause thinking, pondering and the songs that maybe no one else will understand, maybe even I won’t understand….but a good song will always come out of a sleepless night!

I think after this post maybe I’ll be able to get some shut eye!

night night!

xoxo.

~Adrian

 

PS. Have you ever heard of this amazing singer and instrumentalist Andrew Bird???? If you haven’t you totally need to go check him out! He’s awesome, and I have to admit my new favorite music crush!!!! : )

Pure happiness

 

Hello everybody!

Whew. I am wiped out! For some reason, the weather here in California has decided to take a turn for the hotter! I am so looking forward to when it is blustery and cold! There are only so many PERFECT days you can take right? : )

I’ve been up around five and five thirty the past few mornings, which is not usually my natural tendency.  But they have been such great mornings that lead into days; I don’t think I will discontinue them anytime soon! I’ve been going out with a pair of binoculars and glassing pigs and coyotes just as its getting light out back of the ranch. Being able to watch all the busy life that goes on at the ranch in our beautiful valley just makes for a great day! The birds practically DRIP from the trees there are so many of them, and I love the feeling of being alone and quiet with big open spaces.

I’ve also been out with a couple of my fat ponies the past week! I felt bad because I neglected them for so long while I was away…they like getting used, and I like using em’….but boy are they out of shape from all eating and no working! Along with that and catching up on some quill and beadwork, school [senior year!] and getting gassed up for the Boots and Pearls release soon, I have been a busy bee! : )

Well, I’m off to go cook up some dangerous concoction in the kitchen for a Sunday breakfast….it’s always worrisome when I get turned loose to cook, as my idea of food is Ramen or a PB&J sandwich! Wish me luck! : )

I’m sorry there are no pictures with this post….I’ll have some up as soon as I can in the nest few days!

Love to all! Thanks for stopping by!

Xoxo.

~Adrian

Onto Sacramento!!!!

Hey everyone!

Okay, for the last time ever I promise I’ll be posting more! J

I am just running out the door for my semi-weekly guitar session with a great teacher and mentor Arnie Gamble.  Arnie is a luther in Sacramento California, and is probably the most amazing guitar player/maker ever. I always look forward so much to my time with him, he teaches me in a way that I can understand and have fun with, not out of the book step by step…but in a free, fluid way where we play and jam together while he shows me through playing, not just listening. If you get a chance to, check out his Web-site and see for yourself how cool he is!   WWW.ArnieGamble.com. Also, his wonderful wife Erin does such beautiful work in all areas of art, go see all her creations here WWW.erinotoole.com.  I also have been trying to work in the saddle shop more [ !!!] and am in the middle of getting a couple of my fat ponies back into shape! They have had a nice little break like me while I have been on the road, and it is time to get in some serious miles together!

I hope you are all awesome! Write and tell me how your fall is going….I miss being able to watch the seasons change as I am in dry dry dry California now, but every place have beautiful things about it and I am learning more and more about our gorgeous Valley!

Love love love to all!

Xoxo

~Adrian

Hola!!!

Hey everyone!

I just got done packing, yet again! I leave for AZ tomorrow by myself [YIKES] to record two more songs for the new album at wavelab studios…But I’m not telling which songs yet!

I’m so excited to be going back to the desert, I loved it when I was there in June..and this time I get to hang with one of my best girl friends whos coming over from UT to be with me while I record! I’m so excited to get a chance to hang out with Ashely, I haven’t seen her in so long I’m begining to have withdrawls!

Anyway, I just thought I’d let you all know what I was up too! I promise I’ll post more while I’m away!

Love love love to you all!

 

~Adrian

PS. Any and all of you please write and tell me your plans for the weekend…how did your week go? And who else is excited about fall?!

PPS. It’s not going to be very Fall’ish in AZ…..85 to 89 degrees! WHOA!

Think Pink!

Hey everyone!

Its 6:00 this morning and I’m waiting to get onto an online class….that doesn’t seem to want to cooperate! So I thought I’d write all of my favorite friends out there, you! I am back up at the ranch for a little while this week, I leave for AZ soon to finfish up some extra work for the new album, which as always I am totally stoked about….YIPPIE!

It’s starting to get cool in Northern California, and it makes me so happy watching how the seasons change, I’ll admit it…I Love fall and winter! Aren’t they just so happy? Even if you are out working in the cold and your hands get freezing, you know back home there’s a huge happy fire and hot coffee! What could be better than curling up with a great classic, fluffy blanket…and in my case one of the three dogs running around? The answer at the moment from me? NOTHING!

Let me know how the seasons are changing in your country, I love hearing about all the fun things going on around the world!

Thanks for stopping by! Check back tomorrow for more updates, the colder it gets…the more I seem to write!

Xoxo

~Adrian

                                                                   

Hello everyone!

Whew. It has been a loonnnggg time since I have posted anything, and for that I apologize!!!!

I am just heading home from almost 2 weeks out on the road. I had shows in Kansas, and SIXTEEN in Missouri! It always seems like whatever the number though; I will have a ton of fun! I was playing at Silver Dollar City out of Branson MO for quite a while; I learned so much and had a blast getting to be in the Midwest again. The grass is crazy there, knee high and green green green ! I forgot how different California Cows and Missouri cows have it. No matter what the state of feed was, it was a great time of work, and fun. I got to visit with old friends, see family and catch up on all the local gossip I’ve missed in almost two and a half years!

Thanks to everyone who made this such a great trip and showed up at Fort Scott Kansas and Silver Dollar City!

I promise from now on I will be better about posting more……sheesh, teenagers these days!

Xoxo

Drop me a line sometime, thanks for all the support everyone!

 xoxo.

~Adrian

One of the best fans ever! Rodeo queens rock!!!!

ONE HAPPY BLONDE GIRL!

Me showing my mad piano skills to Barry, seriously the best pianist ever!

 

 

Hey hey hey!

I’m back!

Today wa

s the final day of recording vocals. I had such a blast. It’s like it just never stops being fun!

I have enjoyed being able to work with some of the most amazing and talented musicians, being able to take my time in the studio as a learning experience as well as a work trip has really been fun. I feel like I am coming away with so much more than I came with, and a lot more respect than even the first time I can out of the studio.   Getting to work with Tom was especially one of the high points. I have been listening to his music since I was really little, so being able to work with one of my hero’s has really been an eye opener for me. Not only is it totally cool to get to work with someone like him, to find out that he is talented AND really nice and fun to work with, was the icing on the cake!

So anyway, I’m hanging out here at the resort, chilling in my shorts and getting siked up for tomorrow!

I hope you all are doing great; I can’t wait for you all to hear the new record!

XOXO

~Adrian

WOW!!!!

Breakfast before recording!

In the studio!

Ok.

 

I just have to say….I am totally having the time of my life!

I was so excited about coming into the studio, but I never could have anticipated how awesome this is! This is the end of the second day of work. I’m chilling out at our cabin room at the resort, chowing down [singing makes you hungry!] playing on my computer, and wondering what’s in store for tomorrow! Yesterday was so cool, we worked from about twelve till around eight. Today, we went from around ten thirty to seven. Today was a little harder for me since I had worked my voice pretty hard yesterday already, but I feel great and am really getting legged up to a lot of songs in one session. It’s awesome to be able to work with all these totally amazing musicians and to have all the insane brilliant ideas floating around! I’m getting to play guitar on a lot of this album, and that’s really exciting for me since I wasn’t able to do that on the last one [ Since I had only been playing for about four months when we made the Highway 80! ]

I don’t want to give away too much all in one blog….but I’ll post more tomorrow & hope to hear what you think!

XOXO

 ~Adrian

Here in Arizona!!! =]

 

Love Love Love the beach! <3

Hey everybody!

 

 

WOW! I am one happy girl!

We just arrived a little while ago here at the resort in Arizona. Not only is the desert SOOO beautiful, but where we are staying is gorgeous! Our little house’s view looks out over a big ol’ mountain and I am already in love with all the huge saguaro and tons of other cacti that are littering this big old desert. I have always read legends in some of my favorite books about how good people come back as saguaro, just a story but it’s always cool to think of when you walk past them!

The drive up was awesome, and us girls all had a blast. We always have fun traveling together…which is a good thing because we do so much of it! Although I have to say, I was REALLY sore for most of the drive, I went surfing last night and boy oh boy I am FEELING those muscles! I meet with Tom tomorrow in the morning here at the hotel before we head off to the studio….I’m getting so excited!  It’s been a while since I was recording, and this is the first time I’ve been to this studio so I’m stoked to get back into the swing of things! I’ve got my dad’s big bodied Gibson with me [He’s so sweet to let me steal it all the time!] and my Dreadnaught Alvarez. This is the first time I’ll hopefully be playing some of my own guitar on the record, and I’m really excited to have that chance! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Anyway, Thanks so much for stopping by again! Come check by and see what’s happening in the studio as the week go’s on!

XOXO

~Adrian

 

PS. Please stop by and send me a e-mail…I can’t promise I’ll get back right away, but I really would love to hear from you! =]