I'm listening to Joni Mitchell sing "Chelsea Morning" and can't help but wonder, is this about Chelsea in NYC or about a girl named Chelsea. Either way, it's nice.
I have been working .... relentlessly over the last say... 6 months, since September... on a record, at least the first half, with my sister Leah Crutchfield. Our band is called "Coldwater Jane". Which came from my husband and I driving over Coldwater Canyon in Los Angeles and my middle name, which also happens to be my mom's middle name as well as my great great grandmother Martha Jane, who, according to family legend was pretty close to a saint. We wanted something that sounded like all the 70's music we love so much!!!
We have written 5 songs with Wayne Kirkpatrick and Kevin Kadish, that have tried to chisel out the core of what two 20 something sisters are. And I hope they come across as honestly as they were felt when we wrote them. We started tracking back in October and Wayne & Kevin have co-produced the most perfect front half of a record Leah & I could've imagined.
So now the songwriting, at least momentarily, is done.. and the recording, the overdubs, the vocals have been sang and sung and comped. I sit here awaiting the final mixes which I heard yesterday at the studio, and they sound beautiful. I am so proud and really elated. We have worked so hard, and put so much heart into this and I can't wait for people to hear it. Don't get me wrong I am terrified as well. It's like sending your baby to kindergarten. Not that I know what it's like, but every time I finish new music I imagine that this is as close to what that must feel like as I can personally relate to.
I will be posting it on our myspace in the coming week!!!
I read a book about a year ago, "Cure for the Common Life"... and the author said find something that really brings you joy, so much happiness it doesn't feel like work. And this does. Say a prayer for Coldwater Jane!!!!
brandon jane
