“Bag of Dreams” promotional news and more
“Bag of Dreams” is now making it’s way to becoming a number one hit and will be included in a project where it will be promoted all over Texas.
A few minutes ago I’ve received a call from Lory, saying that I have been invited to participate in a project from a singer who is known all over Texas, who is making a compelation album to raise funds to help children in need. She said that the singer was looking for a very encouraging, motivational, uplifting song to include on her project, and she said “bag of Dreams” fits this criteria.
I accepted her invitation,but she also told me that before the song gets played to a broader audience I should copyright my song so nobody would steal it and say that it’s their song. I’m glad she told me this, since I’m getting ready to work on an album myself.
Right now I’m only wating to hear from her, just in case she would like to call me before getting the song on the air.
Today I also gave my cd to a cab driver, who fell in love with a song and started playing it and playing it. He said he’s gonna show the song to his friends, and I thought that was very cool.
“bag of dreams” was played and promoted at the TSB choir.
Mrs. Jane, the choir teacher, told Cokie that she was really moved by my song, so she played it at the choir class, for all the people at the TSB choir to hear. Apparently, this song was more powerful than I thought.
Many ex fans were stunned by my song and stopped by to hear it.
“Bag of dreams”’ promotional quote, which have been repeated many times by my ex fans and my new ones, was “everyone should have a “bag of dreams””. The quote is right, if everyone had a “bag of dreams”, there would be fewer, if any wars or fights, and instead of putting other people down or yelling at each other when they’re angry, they would only have to”draw from their bag of dreams” and remind themselves that the sun still shines for them.
This thought was shared by Sarah and Lory, who also clamed that “bag of dreams” promotes world-peace. That is a big thing right there, and that is precisely what my angel always wanted to do.
“Bag of Dreams” is also being promoted at OSD at the ACC, hoping it would soon stop the ACC crap.
Steven and I have found a way for me to deal with school sickness.
These days, school sickness is being very strong on me, but we found the precise time it usually strikes, so Steven’s been calling me at about 12:30 pm, 15 to 30 minutes before I would usually fall into deep sleep.
And last but not least, one of the staff members of the school told me that I had a chance to get into one of their music classes after I drop of the screenwriting class.
Well, that’s it for now, more news later.
H I L: “I’m so glad I’m finally almost on my way to stardom.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Bad News: show canceled and more
Bad news!
I will not be singing at the show at the concervatory on September 26 next Saturday. Mrs. Sue, the concervatory’s director, told me I wasn’t going to sing at the show because it was only for advanced students, and I’m a new student, unfortunately.
Well, I might be a new student to them, but I’m not exactly new in singing.
She just doesn’t know how advanced and professionall I can be.
Other news:
School sickness has been taking me over for the last 3 days.
For the last 3 days, I’ve been noticed that when I get up to go too school, I’ve been having strange feelings as if I’ve been getting sick. On Wednesday, at approximately 1:30, after calling a cab, I suddenly passed out on the couch, fell into a trance, then into profound sleep. I didn’t wake up until Steven came home, which was a little after 3.
I almost did the same on Thursday, but Steven called me 3 times and woke me up.
I will soon drop the screenwriting class I’m in:
I’m very disappointed with my screenwriting lass because all they do is watch movies. This is the second movie they’re watching, and very sick of it because it’s kind of a scary movie and it’s really boring. I’m not a movie person, I’m a hands on person, but all the time people are asking me to do exactly the opposite. What’s going on?
I do have one good news, however, I now have a new fan, my notetaker from my screenwriting class and her friend said they’ve been listening to “bag of Dreams” and singing along with it in her car, and that’s a good way to promote my song.
I alsocalled Terran and showed her my new song “waking up the Neighbors”, she almost cried and laughed at the same time, she loved it!
Well, that’s it for now, more news some time next week.
H I L: With thumbs down for now, but never giving up!
I will not be singing at the show at the concervatory on September 26 next Saturday. Mrs. Sue, the concervatory’s director, told me I wasn’t going to sing at the show because it was only for advanced students, and I’m a new student, unfortunately.
Well, I might be a new student to them, but I’m not exactly new in singing.
She just doesn’t know how advanced and professionall I can be.
Other news:
School sickness has been taking me over for the last 3 days.
For the last 3 days, I’ve been noticed that when I get up to go too school, I’ve been having strange feelings as if I’ve been getting sick. On Wednesday, at approximately 1:30, after calling a cab, I suddenly passed out on the couch, fell into a trance, then into profound sleep. I didn’t wake up until Steven came home, which was a little after 3.
I almost did the same on Thursday, but Steven called me 3 times and woke me up.
I will soon drop the screenwriting class I’m in:
I’m very disappointed with my screenwriting lass because all they do is watch movies. This is the second movie they’re watching, and very sick of it because it’s kind of a scary movie and it’s really boring. I’m not a movie person, I’m a hands on person, but all the time people are asking me to do exactly the opposite. What’s going on?
I do have one good news, however, I now have a new fan, my notetaker from my screenwriting class and her friend said they’ve been listening to “bag of Dreams” and singing along with it in her car, and that’s a good way to promote my song.
I alsocalled Terran and showed her my new song “waking up the Neighbors”, she almost cried and laughed at the same time, she loved it!
Well, that’s it for now, more news some time next week.
H I L: With thumbs down for now, but never giving up!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
I found an easier way to write songs
Last week Steven and I have agreed that we will go to Luis’s house every Saturday starting last weekend so that his wife Terran , a very talented guitar player and composer, can help me write songs for my upcoming album.
Well, we got there, and because it was before noon on a weekend, I was very sleepy and unprepared, so I didn’t take my CD with me.
I had a pretty odd day while I was there, and Terran, too, was sleepy, so it was kinda boring.
In was almost at the end of the day when we finally came up with a way to make songs just by listening to rhythm and cords.
She has the coolest keyboard I’ve ever seen, and it’s got all the instruments, beats, sound effects, and everything in between that I need to create popsongs. I played with it for a little while, then we got together and she was playing the guitar and I was playing the drums on the keyboard. She told me to record this melody on my digital recorder, which has now become a dance song called “waking up the Neighbors”.
It’s funny how I came up with the lyrics for that song, which makes it the first song I have ever had fun writing..
At home, after Steven went to bed, I had so much fun listening to that little arrangement, that I turned the volume up and started dancing. Cokie heard me playing it and dancing to it when she was about to come home, and she told me: “turn that down a little bit, you’re gonna wake up the neighbors!”. That gave me the idea for the title of the song.
A few hours after that, after I finish trying to figure out a way to work with a song Terran herself had written for me, but didn’t sound quite appropriate, I decided to just get up and play and dance with the track again, and that’s how I came out with the lyrics. My favorite part is the chorus, where I get into a higher octive and sing “It’s so fun waking up the neighbors, with my music so loud
I wanna raise my voice and sing it, yeah, sing it all out.”
I also like the part after the chorus, where I make a little dance, snap my fingers, and sing “sing and dance all night,
Sing and dance all night,
I’m gonna sing and dance all night”.
Cokie liked the part where I said “I was born to dance and sing, yeah,
I was born to jam”.
It was such a fun song to write, that it’s been stuck in my mind for the last 3 days.
I also have another song ready to be recorded, “your offer”, which I have written for my uncle on his birthday.
I have a couple more songs I’m still working on, one of them, “don’t ever step on my dreams”, a song full of frustration, not only with OSD, but against anybody who had tried, or are still trying to keep me from making my dreams come true, and another one which I’m still not done writing.
More news: A copy of “Bag of dreams is now available for download at voice123.com, and also upon request. If you wish to have not only the coppy of the whole song, but also a video, videos are now being forwarded via email.
Last minute news: upcoming show this Saturday, September 26, at the concert hall at the Austin’s concervatory, starting at 7 pm to 9 pm. There will be other teachers and students performing, and I’ll be singing “bag of Dreams” and 2 other songs if I can. There will be food andgames, it will be fun!
I’m finallyacceptedfor theACC choir. The choir director called me on Monday to let me know that they wanted me to sing with them, and nextMonday I’ll start going to the rehearsals. I can’t wait until that crappy people at OSD watch me perform, I’ll kick their butts!
And last, but not least of all of the news for this week, 2 people have offered to help me look for work as a singer in bands, or to help me find places to go out and perform. One of them was a cab driver who knows a lead singer from a blues band, and some other young guys from a pop band, and the other one is my notetaker from my writing class, who told me that her mom used to be a singer. I hope I find work some day.
Well, gotta go take a nap while I still can,more updates next week.
H I L.
Well, we got there, and because it was before noon on a weekend, I was very sleepy and unprepared, so I didn’t take my CD with me.
I had a pretty odd day while I was there, and Terran, too, was sleepy, so it was kinda boring.
In was almost at the end of the day when we finally came up with a way to make songs just by listening to rhythm and cords.
She has the coolest keyboard I’ve ever seen, and it’s got all the instruments, beats, sound effects, and everything in between that I need to create popsongs. I played with it for a little while, then we got together and she was playing the guitar and I was playing the drums on the keyboard. She told me to record this melody on my digital recorder, which has now become a dance song called “waking up the Neighbors”.
It’s funny how I came up with the lyrics for that song, which makes it the first song I have ever had fun writing..
At home, after Steven went to bed, I had so much fun listening to that little arrangement, that I turned the volume up and started dancing. Cokie heard me playing it and dancing to it when she was about to come home, and she told me: “turn that down a little bit, you’re gonna wake up the neighbors!”. That gave me the idea for the title of the song.
A few hours after that, after I finish trying to figure out a way to work with a song Terran herself had written for me, but didn’t sound quite appropriate, I decided to just get up and play and dance with the track again, and that’s how I came out with the lyrics. My favorite part is the chorus, where I get into a higher octive and sing “It’s so fun waking up the neighbors, with my music so loud
I wanna raise my voice and sing it, yeah, sing it all out.”
I also like the part after the chorus, where I make a little dance, snap my fingers, and sing “sing and dance all night,
Sing and dance all night,
I’m gonna sing and dance all night”.
Cokie liked the part where I said “I was born to dance and sing, yeah,
I was born to jam”.
It was such a fun song to write, that it’s been stuck in my mind for the last 3 days.
I also have another song ready to be recorded, “your offer”, which I have written for my uncle on his birthday.
I have a couple more songs I’m still working on, one of them, “don’t ever step on my dreams”, a song full of frustration, not only with OSD, but against anybody who had tried, or are still trying to keep me from making my dreams come true, and another one which I’m still not done writing.
More news: A copy of “Bag of dreams is now available for download at voice123.com, and also upon request. If you wish to have not only the coppy of the whole song, but also a video, videos are now being forwarded via email.
Last minute news: upcoming show this Saturday, September 26, at the concert hall at the Austin’s concervatory, starting at 7 pm to 9 pm. There will be other teachers and students performing, and I’ll be singing “bag of Dreams” and 2 other songs if I can. There will be food andgames, it will be fun!
I’m finallyacceptedfor theACC choir. The choir director called me on Monday to let me know that they wanted me to sing with them, and nextMonday I’ll start going to the rehearsals. I can’t wait until that crappy people at OSD watch me perform, I’ll kick their butts!
And last, but not least of all of the news for this week, 2 people have offered to help me look for work as a singer in bands, or to help me find places to go out and perform. One of them was a cab driver who knows a lead singer from a blues band, and some other young guys from a pop band, and the other one is my notetaker from my writing class, who told me that her mom used to be a singer. I hope I find work some day.
Well, gotta go take a nap while I still can,more updates next week.
H I L.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Attention!: "Bag of Dreams" has been recorded this Tuesday, September 8, 2009
“Bag of dreams” has now been released just yesterday on voice123, you can now listen to it and download a copy if you wish!
Well, what can I say, the recording of “bag of dreams” has been a success. At first I thought I wasn’t going to do it because the studio where I had to go recorded was outside of Austin, but then Lory was nice enough to come pick me up and take me there.
It’s been a good experience, going in there and listen to them playing the guitar and making the track for my song.
She introduced me to her husband, the engineer, and then I had to drink lots of water so that my throat wouldn’t get dry while I was recording.
I sang along with them for the first few minutes, and then Lory and I were talking and she was telling me about the things around me, the microphones, the lights, and the equipment they used to record my song. She took pictures of me, one when I was sitting beside her in front of the engineer’s computer, and two when I was in front of the mike, ready to record.
It was about 3 hoursbefore I actually started singing, and then I had tossing the song at least 6 times before they called me out.
She offered me some fruit for a snack and we were talking about if this is what I really want to do for the rest of my life. Then I finally got my CD’s and we were listening to “bag of dreams” on my way home. Lory told me that I should put it on the local radio station, but I don’t know how to do that yet. I think I might request an appointment with K U T, but I don’t really know if that’s possible. I was kind of disappointed because I wanted it to have some drums, but it only has 2 guitars and a base. Oh well, it sounds good regardless, I hope.
When I finished the song and came back home, they took one last picture before I came in, this time Lory’s husband took it and it was a pretty one, where Lory bent down on her knees right beside me and we had our cheeks together, appearing to be almost the same height, and we were hugging each other. She’s very sweet!
Then I came home, and Steven and Cokie were the first ones to listen to my song. Mom and my uncle followed, thanks to email. Cokie is helping me promote “bag of Dreams” at the school where she works, and at her office, mom at her workplace, and my uncle from L A was impressed with my song also.
Many people here in Austin were impressed with “Bag of dreams”, Cokie reported that one of my ex fans asked her, “That’s little Claudia?”, of course, I’m not little anymore.
Steven and I had a long talk about this, he said he’s proud of me because I’m trying to make something out of myself, that is my main reason to come back to pop music.
He and I talked and had fun yesterday, playing with my keyboard and singing to the songs we knew. I showed him a little bit about how I came up with the melody for “bag of dreams”, and he loved it!
We agreed that he was going to help me record the rest of my CD by the end of November, if by that time I have more than 7 or 8 songs written and ready to record, so keep up with the latest updates to make sure you don’t stay behind.
Currently, I have another song almost ready to record, 2 songs completely written that I have to find the melody for, and 3 songs that I’m still writing, one of them which I am doing with Luis’s wife which is called “Evil Boys”.
So I’ll be working on this while I still have the chance, hopefully I’ll have them ready by then.
Well, that’s all for now, more updates soon.
H I L: Will “Bag of Dreams” be my stairway to success?
Well, what can I say, the recording of “bag of dreams” has been a success. At first I thought I wasn’t going to do it because the studio where I had to go recorded was outside of Austin, but then Lory was nice enough to come pick me up and take me there.
It’s been a good experience, going in there and listen to them playing the guitar and making the track for my song.
She introduced me to her husband, the engineer, and then I had to drink lots of water so that my throat wouldn’t get dry while I was recording.
I sang along with them for the first few minutes, and then Lory and I were talking and she was telling me about the things around me, the microphones, the lights, and the equipment they used to record my song. She took pictures of me, one when I was sitting beside her in front of the engineer’s computer, and two when I was in front of the mike, ready to record.
It was about 3 hoursbefore I actually started singing, and then I had tossing the song at least 6 times before they called me out.
She offered me some fruit for a snack and we were talking about if this is what I really want to do for the rest of my life. Then I finally got my CD’s and we were listening to “bag of dreams” on my way home. Lory told me that I should put it on the local radio station, but I don’t know how to do that yet. I think I might request an appointment with K U T, but I don’t really know if that’s possible. I was kind of disappointed because I wanted it to have some drums, but it only has 2 guitars and a base. Oh well, it sounds good regardless, I hope.
When I finished the song and came back home, they took one last picture before I came in, this time Lory’s husband took it and it was a pretty one, where Lory bent down on her knees right beside me and we had our cheeks together, appearing to be almost the same height, and we were hugging each other. She’s very sweet!
Then I came home, and Steven and Cokie were the first ones to listen to my song. Mom and my uncle followed, thanks to email. Cokie is helping me promote “bag of Dreams” at the school where she works, and at her office, mom at her workplace, and my uncle from L A was impressed with my song also.
Many people here in Austin were impressed with “Bag of dreams”, Cokie reported that one of my ex fans asked her, “That’s little Claudia?”, of course, I’m not little anymore.
Steven and I had a long talk about this, he said he’s proud of me because I’m trying to make something out of myself, that is my main reason to come back to pop music.
He and I talked and had fun yesterday, playing with my keyboard and singing to the songs we knew. I showed him a little bit about how I came up with the melody for “bag of dreams”, and he loved it!
We agreed that he was going to help me record the rest of my CD by the end of November, if by that time I have more than 7 or 8 songs written and ready to record, so keep up with the latest updates to make sure you don’t stay behind.
Currently, I have another song almost ready to record, 2 songs completely written that I have to find the melody for, and 3 songs that I’m still writing, one of them which I am doing with Luis’s wife which is called “Evil Boys”.
So I’ll be working on this while I still have the chance, hopefully I’ll have them ready by then.
Well, that’s all for now, more updates soon.
H I L: Will “Bag of Dreams” be my stairway to success?
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
I auditioned for the school's Choir!
Today, as I was leaving a class, I sat down on a bench and right at a corner, I heard people talking and a piano playing.I listened carefully to a girl talking about auditioning for the choir, and before she went in, I got up and I asked if I could audition too.
I waited for her to finish her turn, and while I was waiting I talked to one of the registered singers, and he told me that they also have a commercial music department where they can help me record the rest of my CD. Of course, I told him the news about "Bag of Dreams" soon to be recorded, but the only problem would be if I have to take a class for the commercial music department, or if I could just go in and get into the studio. I have to find the person who works there, and if I have to take a class,I might not be able to get in there because of OSD.
But it's a good thing that I won't have to sing at the bus-stop just to get noticed, I'll be able to sing on stage again! yei!
Last minute news: I'm starting to write a new song called "Jamming on and on", and so far, I think it's going very well. It's about getting out of school and how I want to spend the rest of my life.
Well, that's all for now, more updates later.
H I L, the old dreams never die!
I waited for her to finish her turn, and while I was waiting I talked to one of the registered singers, and he told me that they also have a commercial music department where they can help me record the rest of my CD. Of course, I told him the news about "Bag of Dreams" soon to be recorded, but the only problem would be if I have to take a class for the commercial music department, or if I could just go in and get into the studio. I have to find the person who works there, and if I have to take a class,I might not be able to get in there because of OSD.
But it's a good thing that I won't have to sing at the bus-stop just to get noticed, I'll be able to sing on stage again! yei!
Last minute news: I'm starting to write a new song called "Jamming on and on", and so far, I think it's going very well. It's about getting out of school and how I want to spend the rest of my life.
Well, that's all for now, more updates later.
H I L, the old dreams never die!
"Bag of dreams" will not be recorded until next Tuesday
Bag of dreams is already more than 2 weeks late, and it's been changed to be recorded next Tuesday instead of this Tuesday. People are already starting to call or email and ask when is "Bag of dreams" coming out?
Well, whenever it does, it's not up to me, but the people of the studio to decide when we can all get together to record the song.
So if you're waiting on "bag of dreams", I'm so sorry they keep changing the date.
Well, since I'm back to school but don't wanna leave my music behind, today I started singing at the corner where the waterfall was. Only 2 girls stopped by and told me I sing really nice.
I'm also going to that coffeeshop this Wednesday to perform after school, a small place I suppose, but it will give me good exposure to other musicians, and hopefully I'll get a band that way.
I'm also starting another song, "Jamming on and on", I think it's gonna be really cool.
ACC news: they already gave me some of the notes, and they are already making plans to help me with math with the braille notes. Those people and my mom don't understand that no matter what they do to maki me pass school, especially math, doesn't click in my head, I'm not made to pass a boring class, but to make music!
Well, gotta go now, laters
H I L
Well, whenever it does, it's not up to me, but the people of the studio to decide when we can all get together to record the song.
So if you're waiting on "bag of dreams", I'm so sorry they keep changing the date.
Well, since I'm back to school but don't wanna leave my music behind, today I started singing at the corner where the waterfall was. Only 2 girls stopped by and told me I sing really nice.
I'm also going to that coffeeshop this Wednesday to perform after school, a small place I suppose, but it will give me good exposure to other musicians, and hopefully I'll get a band that way.
I'm also starting another song, "Jamming on and on", I think it's gonna be really cool.
ACC news: they already gave me some of the notes, and they are already making plans to help me with math with the braille notes. Those people and my mom don't understand that no matter what they do to maki me pass school, especially math, doesn't click in my head, I'm not made to pass a boring class, but to make music!
Well, gotta go now, laters
H I L
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