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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Motherhood as a Job Occupation!
Current mood: frustrated
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

This was just sent to me in an e-mail and I thought it would mean a lot to a few of my female friends here. It's so true... I honestly feel that there is no job that is more important than being a good and devoted parent. Motherhood deserves a title of respect by those people who are out there in the work force! I do both, personally, working inside and outside of the home... but truly my first obligation is to my kids. With that said... read on...

A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk 's office
was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.

She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.

"What I mean is," explained the recorder,
"do you have a job or are you just a......?"

"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman.

"I'm a Mom."

"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation, 'housewife' covers it,"
said the recorder emphatically.

I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the
same situation, this time at our own Town Hall.

The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised,
efficient and possessed of a high sounding title like,
"Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."

"What is your occupation?" she probed.

What made me say it?
I do not know.
The words simply popped out.
"I'm a Research Associate in the field of
Child Development and Human Relations."

The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and
looked up as though she had not heard right.

I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words.
Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written,
in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.

"Might I ask." said the clerk with new interest."just what do you do in your
field?"

Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice,
I heard myself reply,
"I have a continuing program of research,
[what mother doesn't)
in the laboratory and in the field,
(normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (first the Lord and then the whole family)
and already have four credits (all daughters).
Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities,
(any mother care to disagree?)
and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it).
But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the
rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."

There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she
completed the form, stood up and personally ushered me to the door.

As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career,
I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model,
(a 6 month old baby) in the child development program,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy!
And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and
indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom." Motherhood!

What a glorious career!
Especially when there's a title on the door.

Does this make grandmothers
"Senior Research associates in the field of
Child Development and Human Relations"
and great grandmothers
"Executive Senior Research Associates"?
I think so!!!
I also think it makes Aunts
"Associate Research Assistants".

Please send this to another Mom, Grandmother, Aunt, and other friends you know.

May your troubles be less,
your blessings be more
and nothing but happiness come through your door!
AMEN!!

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Part 1: The Musical High School Years
Current mood: creative
Category: Music

I'm tired of reading the same professional Bio that was written for me on myspace page by A&R Select. I decided to start adding to it or revising it, but as I started I realized that there is so much about my musical past that I'd like to share. Thus, I decided to Blog about my various experiences. This "Blog" I'm calling "The Musical High School Years."

Here are some some juicy Tidbit's about my music past from the memory archives:

I'm a singer/songwriter and pianist who has been recording my original music for quite some time. I started off as a classical pianist from childhood all the way through a college degree in the Visual and Performing Arts from University of Maryland. In high school I had a band named "Galaxy" which featured my brother Jordan on drums, me on piano and vocals, Dave on Saxophone and Flute and various singers. My first professional recording was done in high school at a local studio... it was a "pop" tune. (I'm trying to remember the name of it... it was really cute!) I loved the studio and thereafter I was addicted to writing and recording originals. My favorite "Galaxy" band gig story of all time is when we played cover tunes at a local nursing home. We had a lead singer Becky who was a high school cheer leader... she was perfect and never made any mistakes, so she thought. Her ego was a bit inflated. Well, we opened with "Rock Around the Clock" and for some reason Becky was just having a "bad day". She was out of tune and off... standing there in her little mini skirt, etc. My brother, the drummer, just couldn't take it and just stopped right in the middle of the song and lost his temper... "Becky, what the 'hell' is wrong with you." The room was silent and then the rest of the band just broke into laughter because little Ms. Perfect wasn't so perfect after all... We started the song again, but it was hard to keep our composure, we just couldn't stop laughing as we were trying to back her up musically. The rest of the gig went well and we had the nursing home residents dancing in their wheelchairs. My band also got thrown out of a New Year's Gig one year. Becky was not the singer at that time... we had a very talented high school boy singer from Mexico. We were doing great and had the whole restaurant up dancing for three hours. Well, we were non-union players and took a "break" at about 1AM after playing for hours straight through. As a group we went outside to take a walk. The restaurant owner had a bit too much to drink and came looking for us down the street. She fired us for "walking off the job" when we were simply giving our "chops" a rest. I was devastated because this was our first "big" gig and we were still all really young. In fact, my brother is 6 years younger than I and he must have been born with drumsticks in his hands because he was quite talented and playing gigs with me at an early age. Anyway, ironically, our school vocal jazz group also had a gig scheduled at the same restaurant. I happened to be the pianist for that gig and it was embarrassing that I had to show up and play in the place where my band got fired! The jazz vocal group gathered around the acoustic piano there and we sounded amazing! The lady owner came up to me afterwards thrilled. She definitely remembered me from the gig, gave me a big hug and offered me a job as a pianist in her restaurant 3 nights a week. I was making $25. an hour which was a lot of money in the late 1970's and so I was able to put money away for my college education. In addition, every night when the restaurant closed she packed up food to send home to my mother as my mom was a single parent and struggling to support my brother and me. It turned out to be the best music job ever for a high school pianist.

Well, that's a peek into the early high school years... I'll write Part II and post it sometime soon!

Suzanne Barrie

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Friday, November 30, 2007

Stars and Friendship
Current mood: artistic
Category: Friends

I woke up this morning very early, about 5AM and it was still very dark outside. I actually took a blanket to go lie down on the family room couch for a while. I was snoozing out there and when I woke up I looked out this large wall of windows that we have and saw only a single star in the sky. It caught my attention because of it's intensity and incredible beauty as it lit up the early morning sky. I will assume that it was the North Star and I wondered why it was the only one I could see... This star made me think of a few things on myspace. It's been suggested to me to spend a lot of time building up my number of friends on my page (which I have not been doing), but I realize that the "numbers" are not what is important. At least not to me. It's the quality of the friendships that I have on myspace that are the most important to me. There are a few friends who have come into my life from myspace that are just like the North Star. Their friendships are so unique and beautiful that they "outshine" the rest... What I'm trying to say folks is that it is not the number of friends on myspace that empowers you... it's really the quality of the friendships that you make, nurture and cultivate.

I have several friends that I've made here that are true stars of brilliant luminosity and I'm so very thankful for them.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

The Internet Addiction
Current mood: awake
Category: Life

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I just thought to share this article as I happened to catch it today although I realize others may have read it as well... This is something that I often wonder about as I spend a lot of time on the Internet with my friends while sometimes not calling my local friends for weeks or months. So, the article addresses the question "Is obsessive Internet usage an addiction?" I would have to say in my case a strong maybe if I'm really being honest. Is it such a bad thing though? I'm not sure. What do you think?

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November 18, 2007

In Korea, a Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession

By MARTIN FACKLER

MOKCHEON, South Korea — The compound — part boot camp, part rehab center — resembles programs around the world for troubled youths. Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming.

But these young people are not battling alcohol or drugs. Rather, they have severe cases of what many in this country believe is a new and potentially deadly addiction: cyberspace.

They come here, to the Jump Up Internet Rescue School, the first camp of its kind in South Korea and possibly the world, to be cured.

South Korea boasts of being the most wired nation on earth. In fact, perhaps no other country has so fully embraced the Internet. Ninety percent of homes connect to cheap, high-speed broadband, online gaming is a professional sport, and social life for the young revolves around the "PC bang," dim Internet parlors that sit on practically every street corner.

But such ready access to the Web has come at a price as legions of obsessed users find that they cannot tear themselves away from their computer screens.

Compulsive Internet use has been identified as a mental health issue in other countries, including the United States. However, it may be a particularly acute problem in South Korea because of the country's nearly universal Internet access.

It has become a national issue here in recent years, as users started dropping dead from exhaustion after playing online games for days on end. A growing number of students have skipped school to stay online, shockingly self-destructive behavior in this intensely competitive society.

Up to 30 percent of South Koreans under 18, or about 2.4 million people, are at risk of Internet addiction, said Ahn Dong-hyun, a child psychiatrist at Hanyang University in Seoul who just completed a three-year government-financed survey of the problem.

They spend at least two hours a day online, usually playing games or chatting. Of those, up to a quarter million probably show signs of actual addiction, like an inability to stop themselves from using computers, rising levels of tolerance that drive them to seek ever longer sessions online, and withdrawal symptoms like anger and craving when prevented from logging on.

To address the problem, the government has built a network of 140 Internet-addiction counseling centers, in addition to treatment programs at almost 100 hospitals and, most recently, the Internet Rescue camp, which started this summer. Researchers have developed a checklist for diagnosing the addiction and determining its severity, the K-Scale. (The K is for Korea.)

In September, South Korea held the first international symposium on Internet addiction.

"Korea has been most aggressive in embracing the Internet," said Koh Young-sam, head of the government-run Internet Addiction Counseling Center. "Now we have to lead in dealing with its consequences."

Though some health experts here and abroad question whether overuse of the Internet or computers in general is an addiction in the strict medical sense, many agree that obsessive computer use has become a growing problem in many countries.

Doctors in China and Taiwan have begun reporting similar disorders in their youth. In the United States, Dr. Jerald J. Block, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health and Science University, estimates that up to nine million Americans may be at risk for the disorder, which he calls pathological computer use. Only a handful of clinics in the United States specialize in treating it, he said.

"Korea is on the leading edge," Dr. Block said. "They are ahead in defining and researching the problem, and recognize as a society that they have a major issue."

The rescue camp, in a forested area about an hour south of Seoul, was created to treat the most severe cases. This year, the camp held its first two 12-day sessions, with 16 to 18 male participants each time. (South Korean researchers say an overwhelming majority of compulsive computer users are male.)

The camp is entirely paid for by the government, making it tuition-free. While it is too early to know whether the camp can wean youths from the Internet, it has been receiving four to five applications for each spot. To meet demand, camp administrators say they will double the number of sessions next year.

During a session, participants live at the camp, where they are denied computer use and allowed only one hour of cellphone calls a day, to prevent them from playing online games via the phone. They also follow a rigorous regimen of physical exercise and group activities, like horseback riding, aimed at building emotional connections to the real world and weakening those with the virtual one.

"It is most important to provide them experience of a lifestyle without the Internet," said Lee Yun-hee, a counselor. "Young Koreans don't know what this is like."

Initially, the camp had problems with participants sneaking away to go online, even during a 10-minute break before lunch, Ms. Lee said. Now, the campers are under constant surveillance, including while asleep, and are kept busy with chores, like washing their clothes and cleaning their rooms.

One participant, Lee Chang-hoon, 15, began using the computer to pass the time while his parents were working and he was home alone. He said he quickly came to prefer the virtual world, where he seemed to enjoy more success and popularity than in the real one.

He spent 17 hours a day online, mostly looking at Japanese comics and playing a combat role-playing game called Sudden Attack. He played all night, and skipped school two or three times a week to catch up on sleep.

When his parents told him he had to go to school, he reacted violently. Desperate, his mother, Kim Soon-yeol, sent him to the camp.

"He didn't seem to be able to control himself," said Mrs. Kim, a hairdresser. "He used to be so passionate about his favorite subjects" at school. "Now, he gives up easily and gets even more absorbed in his games."

Her son was reluctant at first to give up his pastime.

"I don't have a problem," Chang-hoon said in an interview three days after starting the camp. "Seventeen hours a day online is fine." But later that day, he seemed to start changing his mind, if only slightly.

As a drill instructor barked orders, Chang-hoon and 17 other boys marched through a cold autumn rain to the obstacle course. Wet and shivering, Chang-hoon began climbing the first obstacle, a telephone pole with small metal rungs. At the top, he slowly stood up, legs quaking, arms outstretched for balance. Below, the other boys held a safety rope attached to a harness on his chest.

"Do you have anything to tell your mother?" the drill instructor shouted from below.

"No!" he yelled back.

"Tell your mother you love her!" ordered the instructor.

"I love you, my parents!" he replied.

"Then jump!" ordered the instructor. Chang-hoon squatted and leapt to a nearby trapeze, catching it in his hands.

"Fighting!" yelled the other boys, using the English word that in South Korea means the rough equivalent of "Don't give up!"

After Chang-hoon descended, he said, "That was better than games!"

Was it thrilling enough to wean him from the Internet?

"I'm not thinking about games now, so maybe this will help," he replied. "From now on, maybe I'll just spend five hours a day online."

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Monday, October 29, 2007

My Chocolate Addiction
Current mood: busy
Category: Food and Restaurants

So, this morning I felt this compelling urge to write about my chocolate cake addiction. Why, I wonder as it must be a silly subject to post a blog about. I know that I am not the only one afflicted with this addiction and I'm wondering how many other women out there cannot survive the temptation of a chocolate cake with frosting in the house.

I meant to do something nice for our concert on Saturday. Saturday morning I started baking chocolate chip cookies for the concert. My son ate the first batch that came out of the oven entirely and said it was well worth it. My daughter gleefully attacked a portion of the second batch. I, of course, had to taste test along the way to make sure they were good enough to put out at the concert. I also had a sheet cake on order which I thought was a really cool way to welcome our fans into the concert room. The cake as seen in our photos had butter cream frosting and was half yellow cake inside and half chocolate. Everyone was so sugared up from the cookies and candy at the concert, that when we cut the cake after the show... there was a lot left over (especially the chocolate part) and so I brought the rest of the cake home for my family. My son had some of the cake and loved it... My husband has discipline and wouldn't touch it and so there is was...

Just me and a lot of left over cake- mostly chocolate inside!

I nibbled slowly at this cake from Sunday morning until today (Monday) trying to discipline myself to stay away from the sugar... but the more bites I took the more sugar addicted I became. I am happy to say that I just took the rest of the cake and tossed it since I will be very unhappy when I find out what the scale reads because of my love for cake. How can something so delicious be so bad for you?

The moral of the story is that I will not be able to bring home baked cookies to the next concert or another cake from the bakery because of my one and only addiction... chocolate. :-)

We could try home made sushi instead for the next event, but I've tried making sushi at home before. It was a disaster! If anyone knows how to do it, please send the recipe my way!!

Suzanne Barrie

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Friday, September 07, 2007

What do musicians and pumpkin growers have in common?
Current mood: amused
Category: Life

I can't take credit for this wonderful message below and I hope that Brian doesn't mind that I couldn't resist sharing it!!! It hit the right spot for me as soon as I read this note in my mailbox. I suggest that on my upcoming October 27th show with Chad Eric that we decorate Jonos Cafe with supersized pumpkins! Read below to find out why. :-)

jpnotes@aol.com wrote:

Welcome to Just Plain Notes
Just Plain Notes: Volume 1.166, September 7th, 2007
Written by Brian Austin Whitney
Visit the Website: www.jpfolks.com
Mail CD's @ 5327 Kit Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46237
Copyright 2007 Just Plain Folks Productions.
Just Plain Folks Member Population: 42,349
***************************************************
My Take:

So I am watching a PBS show called "Lords of the Gourd" which is about people who try to grow the largest possible pumpkins. As I watch this show, it occurs to me that there's probably a lot that musicians and songwriters could learn from it. No, they don't give tips on melodies, bass technique, how to book a gig or even how to really get the largest pumpkin for that matter (I suspect they keep their best secrets to themselves). What I think we can learn from, however, is the sheer amount of attention, work, thought and most importantly passion, that they put into the process. Though several dream of some day having a world record setting pumpkin (the current record is over 1400 pounds with one "Lord" dreamily thinking of having pumpkins that could reach a full ton while others simply day dream about hitting 1000 pounds) there doesn't seem to be any further motivation than a job well done and perhaps some bragging rights at the yearly contests these folks enter.

So often I think we lose sight of the simple joy and pleasure of making the best music we can solely for the sake of doing it. If we all focused more on that motivation than external fame and fortune, I suspect we'd all make a lot better music for it. And before you think that there's nothing complicated about growing a large pumpkin compared to writing, recording, performing and marketing a song, I suggest you watch the documentary or do a Google search. These folks have turned it into a science and live and breath these pumpkins with far more focus than most musicians I know spend on their album projects. Of course I think some of them pass into obsession a bit, which is probably not the healthiest or most productive behavior, but in the scheme of things it seems pretty harmless. (Though there is one scene where a guy is caressing his pumpkin a bit too seductively for my comfort.. but I digress).

I guess my point here is that I just learned about a whole community of people with a passion for something that will never really have much public attention (in fact I imagine appearing in this PBS documentary must be akin to reaching the stage of the Pumpkin Academy Awards with the Pumpkin Oscar in hand or something) and yet they have the times of their lives pursuing their interest with just as much gusto and hard earned expertise as any musician you'll find. They wake up each day excited about their pumpkins much like songwriters spring out of bed to continue work on their latest song idea. They invest money in it like a guitar player buys gear or a hair band lead singer buys new hair gel and spandex (sorry.. couldn't resist), but unlike their musical counter parts, they know it's not going to lead to a rock star lifestyle, but that's okay with them. It doesn't lessen their fun. It doesn't lessen the positive impact it has on their lives. It doesn't make them work any less on perfecting their results to the best of their ability. And best of all, they don't seem to care much about what all the other people in the world think of their life's calling. Can you imagine how much we'd collectively save on therapy (drug, medical, food, drink, vice and otherwise) if we could just be more like that about our music? (Though they do shed some tears over their pumpkin failures. It's quite touching).

As we enter into the fall season (my favorite season of the year) and you start seeing pumpkins on display everywhere you turn, I thought I would leave you with this little thought. Next time you're frustrated with your music career and can't take it anymore, remember that for every 1400 pound record breaking pumpkin whopper, there's a lot of little jack-o-lantern sized ones out there only suited for being carved into horrific figures with burning candles inside to decorate your porch and scare the little kids with for Halloween. And when your frustration hits its peak, won't it feel great to pick one of those cute, under performing but well loved little pumpkins up and smash it against your sidewalk as you curse the music industry and all those people who have made your life a living hell? Won't you feel so much better afterwards? Go ahead. Get it off your chest. You'll thank me for it later! = )

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

An Amazing Journey
Current mood: artistic
Category: Music

Well, It seems I took a bold step as I made my first attempt to self-produce a music video to my music. It turned out to be a bit difficult for me as I thought it would be, but it's not too bad for a first attempt. Anyway, the soundtrack right now is from my home studio and I'd like to know what my friends think of the song. I'd like to take it into Earthwork where I'm recording to go the next step with the song from home studio to knock out professional by the time they are done with their engineering and production wizardry. I think Aaron and Tom in the studio have spoiled me forever... Anyway, about THE SONG... This particular song was written for a few of my very special friends here on myspace who have honestly become the best friends anyone could ever wish for. They encouraged me to continue with my music and were the inspiration for me to schedule recording time at Earthwork. The "house of dreams" in the lyric refers to the recording studio at Earthwork where I seemed to find myself as an artist again. "Stumbling on my own" from the lyric is in reference to my recent Nashville experience and similar others prior. And so... here is the lyric to the song. Feel free to comment on the song and video.

Thank you my friend for leading me here and saving me from misery
This house of dreams has enlightened my soul and awakened me from my sleep
After stumbling on my own
Over cracked walkways of broken stones
I can finally see
My life turned out to be
An amazing Journey

I thought I was strong
I could get along
With an angel watching over me
But I was unaware of the strangers out there
Who almost stole my soul for keeps
After falling down on my own
And losing my way back home
You reached out to me
Opened my eyes to see
My amazing journey...

After stumbling on my own
Over cracked walkways of broken stones
I can finally see
Life is bittersweet
It's an amazing journey!

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Saved an Artist This Week
Current mood: accomplished
Category: Life

A few months ago I was very nervous that I actually posted a blog on a very large musician's web forum about what had happened to me with Harry in Nashville. I asked the moderator of the forum to pleeeeaaaassse take off my post for several reasons. Much to my dismay, the blog post remained and it received a ton of traffic and response. In addition, the blog led me to information that became very useful to me in coming to terms with what had happened with my lost money. Just this week, almost 2 months later, I received an e-mail from another artist who almost fell into Harry's web of Internet fraud. I had been told previously that his company was no longer in operation and this was obviously not true. To make a long story short, I saved this artist $500 and a lot of future grief by his stumbling across that blog that I posted 2 months ago.

Although I am not as brave as that blog made me out to be, it feels really great to have helped someone else out there avoid getting caught in another scam. This week I did something nice for someone else and made a new friend in the process.

Barrie :-)

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Recording Session 2: July 18, 2007
Current mood: artistic
Category: Music

I just thought I'd post some blogs to keep my friends in the loop about my excitement in the recording studio. Yesterday was Session 2 and the beginning of Song 2. I wanted to take pictures so that I can pull you all into the experience, but I conveniently left my camera at home. You see, I can be a camera fanatic and I did not want to put these great musicians through that. As for me, I'm so picky about any pictures of me that they would have had to take 50 before I'd choose 1 to post. So, I'm sorry to say that I have not been photographing the story along the journey.

So, the important thing is the music and how that is progressing. I'm remaining secretive right now about the album title and the songs chosen for production, but I can tell you that we are transforming my songwriting into a very artsy, high quality light rock/pop/rock sound. It's not that I did not have that in me before, but I haven't really been able to achieve it with just myself. Aaron in the studio is an incredible drummer and I'll tell you his ear is tuned into every detail including making sure that the drums have been tracked with every sixteenth note exactly in place. And I thought that I was a perfectionist? Both Aaron and Tom at Earthwork Recording have great ears... they don't miss anything out of place, not a beat. I mentioned Aaron first, but Tom is nothing short of an incredible musician and recording engineer. For years now, I've kind of had the urge to become more of a professional recording engineer myself, but Tom just blew me away yesterday with his engineering knowledge. (He did have trouble however using a new coffee maker given as a gift to the studio. hahaha, I found the struggle to make a few cups of fresh brewed coffee very amusing) Tom is equally incredible as a guitarist and worked very diligently to find the sounds that would work with this new song.

About halfway into yesterday's session I kind of look dazed and so I just said to Tom, "Oh, as I was listening I was just thinking... that I thought I have recorded before professionally, but have I really?" No one in the past has really taken the time to develop a sound for my material like Tom and Aaron are doing. Well, maybe once before when I worked on "Signed at Ninety-two" and two other tracks in Baltimore, Maryland years ago. But, Tom and Aaron work together as a team incredibly. As a threesome, there has been an open exchange of ideas and I think we're all being honest with each other as we go along.

Approximately 7 hours later, we are still not done with the second song quite yet, but we had to build the song from nothing into a viable track. Next session will include the completion of Tom's rocking guitar tracks and the recording of vocals.

I hope that you can all feel my excitement about the recording... these guys are great.

You can check out their website at www.myspace.com/earthworkrecording

and special thanks to Chad Eric at www.myspace.com/chadericmusic for sending me there!!!!

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

What Took Me So Long?
Current mood: excited
Category: Music

One by one, old MP3's of my recordings are disappearing from my website and the web. Sure, a few will remain for now and over the next few months there may be some home studio instrumental recordings posted from time to time.

But really, what is going on with Barrie and Company? I don't know why this is happening now, but I'm excited to announce that very soon we will begin the recording of my next album. This time it will be done the right way from start to finish with a professional team of musicians and recording engineers in a wonderful recording studio. Why now? There is no answer except it's time for it to happen. Finally, I'm giving into the creative voice calling out saying... "Lady, it's time for you to finally do this the right way." So tally-ho... here we go... right here in Ohio. There will be no Nashville, NYC or Los Angeles for now! Thank Goodness for that... Amen.

As soon as the details are a hundred percent certain, a bigger announcement will be made next week... but I believe I have found the right place and this will be one project that you will not want to miss! Thanks to my friends for all of your support for my writing. :-)

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