dog days of summer

I am not going to lie. I can smell fall in the air and I have been wishing away these dog days of summer. I am not the kind of girl to not embrace the moment. But the sun has been beating down to the tune of 90 degrees here in Nashville and every time I feel a tiny breeze it makes me long for October. And today we are almost there. A little closer to labor day weekend and a little further from summertime. Leah and I have been working on our record, writing, recording and backwards and forwards again. I kind of sound like Willy Wonka! My childhood crush. (Who wouldn't wanna be the companion of a man who owned a candy factory!)

Anyway, back to Coldwater Jane. It has been amazing. I feel lucky. To get to work with Leah, who is this beautiful, honest, and extremely talented songwriter. She takes nothing that concerns making music with a grain of salt and everything wholeheartedly. Which is an amazing quality when it comes to being an artist. She has had many cuts, and yet has decided to be in a band with me. I am honored.

And Kevin and Wayne our producers and co writers are so extremely talented. They have taken every song to heart. And seriously crafted what we are doing sonically. Their list of credits is astonishing, and I feel grateful to have them take time out of their substantial careers to help begin ours. Our label has been amazing. I mean really amazing. We are the luckiest girls in Nashville. Truly.

Yet, here I am wishing away summer. I am so excited for you to hear this music. I hope I can post some on our myspace soon. Oh, we have a twitter and facebook set up now so if you have those please look us up. I will post links below. There are studio pics and video and whatnot on our facebook.

I guess that's it for now. It's Sunday, I just ate a giant turkey burger and quite frankly.. I need a nap!

Peace & Love,

Brandon Jane

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I'm sorry it's been so long! When I tell you all that has been going on I am sure you will understand. In order to get there, I guess I should start here. When I was 13 years old I made an independent gospel record. I spent my teenage years in the family band, touring from church to church  in a van singing and playing. Tearing down and putting up a PA system, homeschooling and traveling for the pure joy of music & the dream of a record deal one day. As a kid I could tell you who played on each and every record and even who ran some of the labels. I love music, I even love the music business. I moved to Nashville when I was 17 and have spent the last 10 years of my life writing songs and playing music. I have played for too many labels to count, written with some incredible writers, and even been a sideperson of sorts. Been knocked down, gotten back up, been knocked down again. Always loving music. Always with the dream of getting a record deal. The last time I picked myself back up was over a year ago. My sister and I decided to start a band out of the sheer joy of playing together. Kind of like when we were kids. I have talked about "Coldwater Jane" in this blog. It has been such a pleasure creating this music with her.

14 years ago I became an artist. 

Two months ago I got a record deal !!!!

Coldwater Jane signed to Universal Records in May and we are thrilled! Our record is supposed to be out sometime next year. We have been writing and recording and working nonstop. I look forward to keeping you abreast of everything going on. But more than that to encourage you, do what you love and don't give up. I know it sounds cliche' but I am living breathing proof dreams really do come true. We have a long way to go. But no matter what happens in the future, or all the heartache of the past. It was worth it!

Happy to be here.

Brandon Jane