Sweet Good-byes to San Francisco

She's a song bird, she's a plane, she's a shooting star!

Hello All! Beautiful people far and dear...

'Tis true, I have been aviating around the planet a bit this past month and half. Exploring Portland to Texas. And I should probably let you all know that I am hitting the road in a moving van Friday and waving sweet good-byes to San Francisco.... Helloo Austin! Amazing synchronicities, signs pointing, and symbols strengthening my soul, have led my spirit again. With the 5 months of strict recording ahead of me (Creature Sessions), opening into a bigger recording studio space and bringing new energy into the rooms with me, will set this album on fire! Although I adore my little studio here in the heart of the city by the bay, everything is bigger in Texas, (that's what they say:) Austin has really captured my heart and soul! Some of you know that I am writing a manifesto on the creative lifestyle and my journey/process. My good friend, Alban, encouraged me to write about my intuitive nature and life as the "work" that I do. My music and art are really just the discipline I use to learn about myself. My work is more about following the directions of the All Knowing Universe. Trust me that good "work", art and spirit, writing and performing are Austin's voice to me.

Onward... the subject of writing, art and music and other adventures:

Thanks so much to TRUE SAKE! For having Michael perform and publishing her spotlight writing for their 5th anniversary! If you have a second, please read the article Michael wrote about True Sake, and what they wrote about her! As a lover and enthusiast of rice wine, she was honored to get to write and perform for her favorite store in Hayes Valley! Love you Beau, Miwa, and Lynette!

In case you haven't heard of photojojo, check out this great resource for photography online! Michael, her husband Mathew, and her brother Sebastian, recently modeled for photojojo's upcoming book of cool projects you can do with photographs, as compiled from their newsletter techniques! Michael modeled hand bags and spy cameras on her pink scooter. And Michael, Mathew, and Sebastian were immortalized into dolls of themselves:) Be sure to get a copy of the book when it comes out! Super fun projects!

As a side project, Michael did some production designing on a short film and spent a few weeks score composing and learning Sibelius. With this software, Michael is learning to arrange sheet music for big pieces. (Michael hopes to release a book of her sheet music alongside Creature Sessions.) Michael searched out artists to commission props for the film, and with great luck found Molly Friedrich and Jake Von Slatt. These exceptional artists are the revolutionary heart of the great steampunk art of this era! Molly built Michael the aviator creature goggles she wears in the picture above, and has been a great inspiration to Michael while defining the visual apect of her new record. The concepts of blackbird, her spirit guide, traveling, being from the stars, and an aviating creature of the sky, are being assembled. Thank you Molly for my beautiful goggles as I travel, body and spirit! And thanks Jake for the great write up on your site! If you want to be blown away and inspired with the genius of today and the aesthetics of the past, try to make their show, Anachrotechnofetishism, in Seattle, WA - Oct.3rd.

Also, hook up a good friend and let them know about how to sign up for Michael's Creature News. Just enter their e-mail address at the top right of the front page of creaturerock.com. We love meeting more music lovers!

HUGE LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!!!! -----

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