my shell

Lately I’ve been feeling a bit like a turtle with all this time I spend hiding out in my apartment. Its cozy quietness soothes my soul, and allows me to not be around people too often. I can be pretty shy most of the time, which my good friends choose not to believe because they see only the outgoing side of me, but the truth is, more than half the time I choose alone time. It helps nourish and prepare me for when I have to interact with people. My shell time.

Last evening my roommates and I had some friends over for dinner and we sang songs about the beach. One of them talked about turtles making their way to the sea.

 

It’s very comforting to think about the beach amidst this approaching winter. We were lucky to have a gorgeous 65 degree day today with lots of sun, and apparently it’s supposed to be that way for the rest of the week, which is pretty darn wonderful. But I imagine that the coming weeks don’t have too much of that in store. It is November 9th after all.

WENCH had a show at a venue in downtown Bennington called Knapps Underground on Friday. It went really well — lots of friends showed up. There were light effects and a fog machine! Sweet! We made a little bit of money from selling baked goods. Tee hee. It was really swell.And we started recording on Saturday! We’re anticipating having a full album by the end of the semester!

Then Saturday I went to this event called Pizza Jazz Big Night at this local farm. A BEAUTIFUL round building, with colored bottles decorating the walls, Christmas lights everywhere, and fresh, brick-oven pizza. There were some with pear! Mmm-mmm. SO heavenly.

 

Ok, be well my sweet peas.

Sara

 

 

lyric contest 3rd place

Hi friends,

I’m long overdue for a post. Sorry dear ones.

In newest news, I found out a few weeks ago that I had been selected for the American Songwriter Mag Amateur Lyric Contest, but just the other day discovered that I received 3rd place and get a bunch of free stuff!!! Check it!! — http://www.americansongwriter.com/lyric-contest/current-winners/.

eeeeeeee. So I’m totally stoked about that. In other news, our band WENCH is going to have a show in downtown Bennington, VT at a place called Knapps Underground this Friday. We’re so excited for it! We’re hoping for a large turn-out. And on Saturday we’re going to start recording our CD! We recently added another gig to our tour schedule as well! It’s at the Hopewell Valley Winery in Hopewell, NJ on Feb 5th! We’ll be updating our tour schedule on our myspace as we start to get everything confirmed! So check it out every once in a while to see if there will be a show in your area.

Also, we’re still raising money for this tour. We are so excited for this opportunity and we hope you are too! So please support our cause! You can donate here!

You guys are so great! Please keep reading and thank you for being such wonderful, supportive fans!

Love,

Sara

tour tour tour

WENCH is doing lots to get ready for our winter tour! Anything at all you guys can do to help would be so appreciated! If you know of anyone that can help set us up with a show in the New England area, please email me! saralewis7@gmail.com

Also we’re looking for support in dollar form as well. We have an online fund-raising site that is helping us gather enough support for tour! Please donate if you can!! — http://www.feedthemuse.net/wench

Thanks guys!!!

recording, radio show, gigs!

Just got done with my 2nd recording session for my EP. Went really well. I think it’ll take at least 2 more sessions until it’s totally done. Wooooot!

And I’ve got my radio show this week on Wednesday. Busy week for music!

I have some solo shows coming up in the Jersey area:

Sat 11/28, Time TBD — Cafe Improv, Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
and
Thurs 12/17, 9:30PM – Triumph Brewery, Princeton, NJ

Come out if you can!!

Be well,
Sara

WENCH tour!

Hey guys!

New music news!

I will be airing on the WBTN Bennington AM radio station on October 21st from 1-2pm. So tune in if you’re in the area! I’m going to play 8-10 songs and do an interview with the station. Should be great!

Also, WENCH (http://wench.bandcamp.com) is hastily planning for our winter tour, and we’re looking for shows in the New England/Mid-Atlantic regions. We’re looking for people with connections at venues who can help us set something up. Email me at saralewis7@gmail.com if you think you can help!

We are also trying to raise money to cover the expenses of the tour and we would LOVE for you guys to show your support by contributing towards our cause! Every little bit is going to help! You can do so by clicking here —> www.feedthemuse.net/wench !!! In exchange for buying a few gallons or gas or groceries for us, we will show you where your money has gone and, depending on how much you donate, send you a free WENCH CD or T-SHIRT! So worth it!

Thank you so much everyone for your love and support! Hope you are all enjoying the lovely fall foliage!

Cheers,

Sara

wench

Things are going well with the band. We’ve been doing a lot of tour planning, starting to contact people in the cities/towns we’ll be stopping in to see if they can help us set up a show and/or let us sleep at their houses. It’s going to be a process, for sure. Hopefully we’ll find some luck! We’re playing in an event called “Fall Fest” this coming Friday, which is basically a conglamoration of student bands playing in celebration of the lovely autumn season (which is GORGEOUS in Vermont right now, btw). And then we have another show booked in town for November 6th, which I think will be us and a few other local townie and/or Benn. College bands. We shall see. But the guy who’s organizing it is super nice and his whole deal is to try to get more of a happenin’ music scene in the Bennington downtown. Yeah!

Here’s a picture of us from an event we played at last weekend.

CHICK POWER! Woooot.

Love, S

lyric contest!!!

I got selected for the American Songwriter Magazine Amateur Lyric Contest!! Woooot!! It will apparently be out in the Nov/Dec issue!

So excited!

-S

gamelan and jitters.

You know that kind of sleepy where it feels like you’re doing an injustice to your eyelids by forcing them open? Sadly, this is where I am at 9:44pm on a Tuesday evening. Long day.

But DUDE. Just got sent an invite to see this crazy band that’s playing at Bennington this coming Thursday. They’re called Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan. They’re pretty much exactly what their title explains — a Javanese Gamelan band that does an electric set with instruments made out of trash!!! Check them out — http://www.myspace.com/electricjunkyardgamelan. Pretty crazy stuff. But in the best way possible.

Performed twice in music workshop this evening (a weekly performance opp for music students and non-music students alike to perform and receive feedback from other students and faculty). I performed a solo song for my voice teacher, “Sisters of Mercy” by Leonard Cohen. And then my band Wench played a song of mine called “Be My Man”. I was really nervous for the second one. Feels weird to play in a rock band in a somewhat formal venue.

Anyways — goodnight! I’m going to sleep.

buzzing

Sorry I’ve been totally neglecting to write this past week. Things are pretty crazy around here. But good crazy. I think.

Julie just dropped the rough mix of our recording session in my box today. I can’t wait to listen to it! I’m slowly moving towards becoming a real recording artist!! YEAH. That’s a pretty exciting thought. Once I have a good-quality CD recorded there’s going to be so much more I can do to promote myself, especially since everything is about the internet these days. I can put the new songs on my already-existing music sites (website, myspace, bandcamp, etc.) and then also send my songs to radio stations (online and off), indie music blogs, online magazines and newspapers, etc. This term I’m going to be writing songs for my senior show in the spring, and I hope to record those songs as well and add them to this EP to create one full-length album. Yay!!!

You can also check out my website (in addition to here) for updates about my musical happenings. www.saralewismusic.com

Be well! —- S

laughing for the sake of laughing

Have you guys ever heard of laughter yoga? Check it out here! It kind of seems like a practice for crazy people, but it’s actually been proven to have amazing health benefits. I’m doing a project on it for my psychology class. Tee hee.