It goes like this...

Up at 4am...can't sleep for about an hour. 

Fall back asleep. Wake again at 7. 

Get the equipment together. Make sure I have my t-shirts and merch organized. Print out merch sheets for  friends who have graciously volunteered to tend to the merch table. Grab dog food for Daphne so Pete can drop her off at the kennel so she doesn't eat the back porch while we're gone all day. Get the kids up, fed, dressed and packed with a change of clothes because they are going to Mom's and they'll need to change to attend a play. Forget to eat. Take a shower, get dressed, remember to eat, or rather, drink my breakfast - protein shake. Check and double check the car for guitars, guitar strings, pics, batteries, chords, etc. Pick up after the kids who have left their dishes all over the place. Post stuff on the internet for a few people I help promote. 

Chris arrives. Get in the car, drive to the bank and get change for the merch table. Drive to mom's to drop off the kids, get to St. Mary's, park the car and unload the gear. Get to the stage and answer phone calls. Forgot to leave a car seat. Forgot to tell Tim there was back line. Remembered I was glad that I remembered to tell Justin and Jake there was a back line. Jake arrives. There's back line? Crap. I thought I remembered. Confused. Call Pete. He takes care of the car seat situation. Forgot to eat again and there is nothing gluten free around here. Jake saves the day with a larabar. 

Get on stage. Breathe. Play music <3 <3 <3

(iPhone capture by Jennifer Coffey)

Get off stage. Be happy though sweaty, sticky and starving. Pack up and load the car. Drive to the first restaurant with gluten free options I can think of. Eat (a lot) with Margaret and Chris. Laugh and laugh. Pick up the kids, pick up the dog, come home. 

Breathe. Shower. Breathe again. 

Who says you can't have it all?

This day made possible by the following: Pete, Berto Torres, my Mom, Chris Taylor, Jake Owen, Tim Phillips, Onel Jimenez, Margaret Vasquez, Teri Irvin and Michelle Fuentes. Also, Matt the sound guy and his crew, the stage manager and stage hands and my alma mater St. Mary's University. Oh, and thank you, Larabar, for existing. 

 

P.S. All this to say I am incredibly grateful for the friends and family who make it possible for me to do things I love to do. You are appreciated. 

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No sleep 'til Sunday

Um...and that's when we'll be driving. 

Despite that, I would not trade sleep for the experience of Folk Alliance. It's incredibly inspiring to be around so many creative people making music, building relationships, learning, soaking it all in...

I've had the pleasure of driving up here and sharing the stage with the wonderful Vanessa Lively and we are kidnapping Gina Chavez and taking her back to Austin with us! I'm the only one of us three that doesn't have a bit of Spanish in my set. It's never something I thought I'd be doing but they'll have me singing backing vocals in Spanish for one of Vanessa's showcases. Sweet. 

Ok, so, I think typing is making me sleepy again so, I'm going back to bed for a bit. Here are some pics from last night in the GoGirls room. We went from the wonderful GoGirls Showcase to the extraordinary "GoGirls presents: Live from Laura's Bed" with artists cozying up on my bed to share their final song. We even had some special visitors pop in. I didn't get pics of everyone because I got kind of spacey as the night wore on but here are some. 

See the full gallery on posterous

(Supergroup with Aly Tadros, Chloe Charles, Douglas Jay Boyd and Sam McLellan is pictured but not labeled. Hearing them together will blow your mind.)

Thanks to all the people who "tuned in" online. GoGirls will be broadcasting each showcase from the room from 2-4pm and 10:30pm-2:30am. You can check out the lineup here: http://www.gogirlsmusic.com/fa11/

The direct link to watch it live on UStream is here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gogirlsmusic . Showcases are archived so you can watch each artist from last night and even us being ridiculous at 3am. 

Next time I'll be on will be Saturday night. I'm opening up the showcase at 10:30 with a set and closing it at 2:30am with the final showcase of the conference. You never know who will stop by so, check in with us. 

 

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