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2013: Year of the Dream
January 7, 2013 in holiday, music, Portland Oregon, Reflections, Wisdom
Huge year. Huge.
First full year of not working a straight job. Of being a full-time artist. Successfully.
First print article feature.
Made a bunch of pieces for a Hollywood pop-up store.
Which led to a piece for a Hollywood wedding.
Which led to a photo on People.com.
Two big successful tributes.
All-female rock revue launched.
Dream School Salon for Creatives coaching group launched.
Moved out of a shared space into our own gorgeous, little apartment.
Visited two tropical islands, played music and made art on both.
Major breakthroughs in my mental/emotional/spiritual health. (Gratitude? Check. Forgiveness? Check. Miraculous, daily.)
Music expansion: ukulele, shows, collabs, and even a little EP.
And friends…so many new old friends. Feels like I’ve known them for so long already.
Cinnamon Girls: Women Sing Neil Young
March 19, 2012 in music, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon
On February 25th 2012 I produced an all-female tribute to Neil Young at Mississippi Pizza Pub in Portland, Oregon. It featured over 20 performers and was the first event of its kind I’ve done out here on the best er, west coast.

L to R: Marilee Hord (fiddle), Alexa Wiley (guitar), Renee Muzquiz (lead guitar), Gina Noell (in the back), Alex Nicole, Rachael Rice, Christine Havrilla, Darka Dusty. Photo by M I R I Photo
I knew that when the Facebook event was at over 100 rsvp’s I was in trouble…the evening sold out before it began. It was a kickass night playing with women I’d barely met. Despite some technical difficulties (hello, no stage monitors) we rocked…hard. Here’s a YouTube playlist of the entire evening:
Exactly two hours after the show ended I got on a plane to the Caribbean to visit my dad. More on that in my next post.
“dream eyes & god catchers” art show with kate sprout
October 12, 2010 in art, craft, decor, doilies, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, interior design, leather, music, photography, print, sculpture
Portland, Oregon tour!
November 8, 2009 in music, travel
So Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and I are out in PDX playing some shows as a trio…mostly as “Mister Casual” at the Laurelthirst Public House but also some Cosmic American stuff thrown in here and there. We’re packed in a VW bus which just today ran out of gas, so we got in a different VW bus to get to the gig. The schedule is here:
http://www.myspace.com/mistercasualsings

Dan Haley is Mister Casual
concert posters i have made
October 13, 2009 in design, music, photography
Here are some examples of my promotional materials for my own band(s) and events:

Concert Poster Collage using original record purchased from Exile on Main Street in Barre, VT -- this is the one that went in the window of Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier.

Detail of Some Girls Concert Poster Collage

Poster for Documentary Film about Koko Taylor

Concert Poster for my Opening Show for Birdie Busch -- showcasing my Poladroid fascination

Concert Poster for Claire's of Hardwick

Concert Poster Design for a Solo Show

Concert Poster Design

Poster Design for Daniel Haley

Concert Poster for Daniel Haley

Concert Poster

Poster design for Katie Trautz

CD Jacket Design for The House Carpenters: simple, effective, and cheap to print, glue and fold!

Concert Poster

Poster Design for Anais Mitchell

Concert Poster for Dave Keller Solo Shows

Concert Poster for Dave Keller Band

Concert Poster

Concert Poster Design for The ImproVisions

Concert Poster for the ImproVisions

Concert Poster

Concert Poster for Show at Higher Ground
psychedelic retro vintage rock posters
i will always love retro psychedelic rock and movie posters.
but Tadanori Yokoo took it to a whole nutha level:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert poster, 1972

Movie poster: "The Trip" with Peter Fonda, 1968
i mean, how crazy are these? i love the how the registration is deliberately off, like in those turn-of-the-century offset screen prints or the WPA propaganda posters from the 30′s and 40′s.

"The Trip", 1968
[and is it just me or does the woman in this poster totally look like Marie-Louise Parker?]

"Cochin Moon", 1978
pretty sure they were done without Adobe Illustrator. this gives me hope.
(images via pinktentacle. even more TY awesomeness here)
sheet music art
June 21, 2009 in craft, decor, music
got a bunch of old sheet music and liked the vintage looking fonts and stuff…so I spray-tacked them to some scrap pieces of foam core and thumbtacked them on the walls of our music room:

the raw materials

above part of the cd library

sideview

above the piano, on either side of a piece made by sandra mudge (i could devote several posts just to her work)

it's hard for me to find cd's so i made alphabet cards





































