Getting crazy excited on this end, as we head for the weekend. On Saturday, music video magicians Tiffany Johnson & Tyler Diamond are shooting the music video for “Wake Up.” Their creative vision promises to tell a fantastic visual story!

I feel like fall and winter almost every year leads me into a down time, hibernation, both creatively and with momentum. I feel like I am doing that now, but then look around my world to find myself booking up January and February already, free writing, painting, and planning some big goals for the next handful of months. Fall into hibernation? I think not! Charge forward with me, and let’s get some things done!

I am craving to go check out some great live music soon, and feel inspiration from watching creative people create. Anyone have a pointer who to see? Hit me up with your musical love, and see where things lead.
 
Miss you. Dig you, and always loving you!
-A

The last few weeks have been one awesome whirlwind, culminating in a gig this past week at The Mint, in Hollywood. It’s possibly that last big gig I’m going to be playing this year, but I am planning on hitting the ground hard come January. Fall has me waking up a bit, with a drive to write and paint with a vengeance; to wrap myself in creativity. So I will be a creator. Some exciting things on the list that is happening this year is a fantastic photo shoot with 2 very talented ladies, a new music video being shot on November 5th, and a collection of paintings getting knocked out by the end of the year. In addition, a collection of 12 new tracks are getting completed. Like I said, I shall be creating! What does fall have you waking up to do?

The weekend could not have left me with more of a feeling that the path I am on is totally where I am supposed to be. If I can convince my head to stop over thinking, stop creating complications, start bathing in what is coming at me, and to no feel guilty for loving the change I have demanded for myself.. . .well then that would just be great! I kick off this week with as new image reflecting at myself both internally and externally. I am fresh. New. It’s weird though, right? Am I the only one who looks for, creates, and says I want change in my life, and then find myself shocked when it comes? The simplest example is that I made a choice to dye my hair red this weekend, and while I am LOVEING the change, the person catching my glimpse in the mirror seems like a total stranger. I have spent my entire life with blonde hair of some sort, and the change is one so strong for me, that I feel like the woman I see in that reflection is some new personality. She could care less if her opinion comes across strong. She knows she is intelligent is damned before she is apologetic about that. She is wildly passionate about what interests her, and willing to be selfish with her time and needs. I want her to write for me for a while. Someone who’s focus is something totally different than what my life is walking through. I imagine her as so many voices I don’t think I could ever portray.. .. what will she craft? Let’s see.

Ps.- I promise to have some pics with the red before you soon!

Lately I keep feeling the vibration that I am love. Not that I am in love, or that I feel loved, or that I need love, but more simply that I am the embodiment of love. The words feel freeing and like a heavy load to carry all in the same 3 syllables. Sure, I am love, and I hope that those who encounter me throughout the course of the day feel just that. I step back and look at the commitment that is; it’s freaking me out a bit this morning. How the hell am I supposed to “be love” in every moment and every action of my day? I push harder through the discouragement that it has to be every second, and focus on how I can do it right now. This very second. I will worry about the next moment when it comes, but for this second, I can find myself breathing lighter knowing that this breath I am about to take, I can control. I can pick if it is going to bring me stress, anger, discouragement, nervousness, or above all love. I suck it in, and feel my shoulders relax back down with ease; I am choosing to pick love. I am choosing to radiate with every breath as love. Love in, love out, love in, love out.

I have kicked off my fall with an energy that I am in love with. I am daily surrounding myself with people, places, and music that wakes me up! Life could not be more beautiful than it is in this moment!  Working to place together some big plans for next year, and trying to stay focused enough on the present to keep myself on track.  If you are in the Los Angeles area, come check out my gig on October 24, at The Mint.  It promises to be a big night of new music; both my own and some sick new covers I have been tooling. 

I am spending this weekend breathing in all of the change I am seeking; taking ownership of the reality that by letting go, and putting out there what I want to have in my life, I am going to by nature create the space it is going to need.  Starting now, I am daily going to be sharing my freewrites.  As a writer, these are a msassive part of my process; often times complete shit, but everyonce in a while there are some moments that turn to something amazing!  I promise not to share the dull, but to edit through, and give you some of the good parts.  More to come, but in the mean time, mudu<3u!

ps-- If you have a freewrite of your own you want to build up to a song shoot me an email @ alicia@aliciabroussard.com!  Let's make some music together!

This past month has been a whirlwind of activity up in the Portland area. A weekend of awesome gigs at World Cup Coffee, Buffalo Gap, and Al’s Den, and playing during the day at Saturday market was an unbelievable time! Follow that up with 3 weeks later coming back up to play at a private concert in the woods of Washington, and this girl has fallen in love with not only the amazing people , but the shockingly green surroundings. I came back to this concrete jungle with a longing for lush tall trees, and green moss covered stones. I am really excited to be working with a handful of artists in the PNW area to put together some amazing shows for later this year, and into early next year. For now, I miss you Portland, but you know I can’t stay gone long.

Currently we are on the hunt for a few band members to add to the mix of things. Any interested party in the Los Angeles area who would like to make some music together, please email alicia@aliciabrousssard.com with a sample of your work.

Going to be hitting Ventura, CA this weekend with some new band mates, and super excited to be playing!  The show is with Ventura Artwalk Stone Works.  We will be playing from 1:00- 2:30 PM, so if you are in the area, come check us out!  More information is available at   www.westsideartwalk.org.

After much work, many changes, and tons of love put into a website by some really cool friends, I am throwing it all out the window for a SUPER easy to manage system through a music management system! Thank you so much to everyone who worked on the last site; hopefuly this makes our lives much easier. For everyone else, be ready for a flood of updates through the new site!  Tons is going on on the back end, and I can't wait to share it all with you!  Much love!