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SPRING!

Happy.]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#18 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#17
My little girl Ella is 7 months, and I am enjoying a little more time and energy to devote to creative pursuits. I am performing locally a couple of times a month, writing new songs and learning covers like Pieta Brown's "Loretta" (a great song about the state of the world and the sometimes overwhelming task of balance).

I recently discovered another Santa Rosa local, Petracovich, who is also a mama. Her music is beautiful, described by pitchfork media as folktronic, and the lyrics have lots of free association about local imagery and the colors of feelings. She performed on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic- one of the best radio shows ever- and showed off her beautiful pregnant belly to the camera, which is so beautiful and brave of her! I hope to catch her live soon.

I have sold out of my first run of CDs. My debut ablum "Smoke Rings in the Sky" is still available on itunes, Amazon, and other online retailers. If you are looking for it, ask your local indie record store to order it for you (available through Redeye Distribution.)

I am talking to local venues about hosting a singer/songwriter night locally. I want to connect with songwriters, play live, and bring in my talented friends and colleagues to play. I know there is a great audience for singer/songwriters in Sonoma County, and I feel lucky to be here in that respect and so many others.

I am ready to start teaching and consulting with singer/songwriters and vocalists at my teaching studio. In my teaching adventures prior to my 7th month of pregnancy, I taught a huge range of students and topics- ages 6-30, piano, guitar, singing/songwriting, and voice. I discovered that my real passion lies in teaching voice and singing/songwriting. I love teaching voice because I have been learning about the voice for so many years and love the internal and external journey of it. You really have to look inside to sing powerfully, in a physical and emotional way. Then you have to figure out how to present yourself externally. It is a deep and rewarding study.

My favorite student was a 14 year old singer/songwriter. I started writing about this time and it was so fun to help my student to develop her ideas and learn to accompany herself and think about her songs in a structural way. I enjoy being able to teach guitar, piano, and music theory in this context. I hope to teach many singer/songwriters and vocalists in the coming years.

The family label, Omega-records, is up to great, mind-blowing projects as usual. King City and billboards on bay area rooftops. I feel lucky to be privy to the wonderful madness.

Hope to see you at a show this spring!

Alison Harris
www.alisonharrismusic.com
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Also, if you like my music, you can buy it on itunes! Or, if you want the physical product, it's available on lots of sites (just google it) including amazon.com.

Love you!!

Alison
http://www.alisonharrismusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/alisonlharris
and my blog: http://alisonharrismusic.blogspot.com/]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#14 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#13 http://alisonharrismusic.blogspot.com/

Check it out!! Write to me! I miss you.]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#13 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#12 http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#12 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#11
We played Seattle last night and woke this morning to an awesome view of the city, space needle, the Experience Music Project, and all. Seattle has some beautiful old buildings, bars, and lots of trees. We've been seeing posters everywhere for The Crooked Jades, who are also on a West Coast tour. Last night they happened to be playing across the street from us at The Tractor Tavern. I skipped over there and caught a few minutes of their set. It was good to see some other road worn musicians playing an amazing blue-grassy set.

We played the Conor Byrne pub, a beautiful old bar with a sweet piano. I confess, I went over my set time a little because I just had to play Guilty at the end! The whole show was recorded, so hopefully I'll be able to share it with you soon.

Ok, we're off to stuff ourselves silly on Seattle clam chowder. . . Upcoming stories include the Pig at Pacific Beach, Bellingham Hotel Madness, Santa Cruz Fish Feed, Chico Full Moon, and. . .

Thanks for checking in! Drop me a line.]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#11 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#10
My dubut album "Smoke Rings in the Sky" was recorded, mixed, and mastered in the Mission District of San Francisco at Different Fur Studios with Producers Pat Brown (Tegan and Sarah, Gomez, Black Lips, Violent Femmes, Kate Walsh, Rodrigo y Gabriella) and Chris Chu of the Morning Benders. Both of these guys are making leaps and bounds in their careers. Pat is the head engineer and owner of Different Fur Studios, which is putting out amazing projects such as the itunes exclusive Tegan and Sarah EP. Different Fur studios has seen the likes of music giants such as Herbie Hanckock, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, and David Byrne. Paul Stubblebine (The Grateful Dead, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sly Stone, Santana, Joan Baez, Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, who mastered the album, wowed me with his magical ears and beautifully gorgeous gear. His studio also housed an espresso machine and Paul pulled me a very nice espresso shot, which won my heart immediately.

The album is being manufactured and distributed by Redeye Distribution (Bjork, Sharon Jones, Jamie Lidell, Daniel Lanios, Liam Finn) and is due out August 5th, 2008. I'll be taking it on tour all over California and the Pacific Northwest during the month of August. Accompanying me will be the sincere and magnetic Dave Mulligan, who recorded his album with Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips. Look out world, Here I Come!!

Check out the press quotes about the album in the "Press/Reveiews" section, including comments from Rhapsody, ABC Radio, SF Magazine, KALX Radio, Liberation Media, and Hatcher Pass Records.]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#10 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#9
On my last day of recording this weekend, I was scheduled to do vocals all day. Bofore singing, I decided to clear my head by walking over to Paxton's Gate. It worked like a charm. It alters one's mind state to walk into a store where they are selling owl droppings wrapped in foil- silver for mice bones and gold for bird bones.

During the summer before all of this album stuff came about I was talking to Matt Mullins, who I worked at Bus Stop Coffee with, about art for the album. He offered to do it for me, and I told him that I had a vision for sketches of owls and crows. Just last week he contacted me and asked for recordings of the songs so he could start working on them.

I walked into the back room of Paxton's gate and there were two paintings by the same artists, but in different styles, hanging side by side. A crow in one, an owl in the other.

Trippy. magic. I bought a tiny succulent to keep my company while I sang.

I love magic.]]> http://alisonharrismusic.com/news.html#9 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Alison Harris and The Barn Owls - Alison Harris - News