Last Friday night I went out to Hugh's Room for a night of amazing music. Lori Cullen was celebrating the release of her new cd with a 12 piece band. This music obviously deserves that many artists squished in around the stage. A beautifully recorded masterpiece, this album is full of shiny brass arrangements and nostalgic glitzy pop vocal harmonies. The musicians were right on and seemed to come together really well. I was truly inspired by Lori's compositions and her ability to warm the crowd with her humour. I have been listening to the record since and I recommend that you grab it for anyone in your family as a nice Christmas gift. There isn't a person I can think of in my family who wouldn't enjoy this album.

Moving on, the guys and I had a gig Saturday night at the Tranzac. It had been far too long since we last played so to add more fun to the evening, we played all new stuff. For the first time since college, I also played some cover songs (the last song I covered in college was Laura Nyro's Poverty Train, all about getting off the cocaine)! I defeated my anxiety of playing other people's songs. Once you get it in your head that you feel uncomfortable in these certain situations, it's really hard to get out of it. So I hope to do more covers from now on.

Anyway, the weekend was an uplifting one. It got me out of my fall sad rut and reminded me how much fun music can be (you know, when you don't think about how little money you're making and tearing your hair out over bed tracks and song arrangements).