PASSION

There are days when I think it's time to quit. Than I play a show, look at the pictures and my heart starts to smile again. The stage is my home.

And of course having such amazingly talented friends like John King helps. He's one of my photographer friends. Great person with an I 4 The Unique! <3 xoxo JVB

Queen Of The Dragonfly

Playing our first show in Hollywood was slightly disappointing yet affirming to me that it's time to move on. Do something different. Step it up. Performing the new song felt great and so appropriate. It is time for a new chapter. Time to explore and move out of this box I've outgrown.

One thing I'm grateful for are the friends that came out. It means the world to me.

I did a few costume changes which was fun, definitely want to bring the theatrics back to life, mix music with performance art. I'm curious and excited to see where I'm heading as an artist/performer. ;)

We stayed till the end of the night, it was freezing cold out, we went to Toi, (a cool thai place on sunset that's open till 4am) with a handful of great people having fun conversations and yes, we closed that place as well.

Priceless!

First Big Accomplishment!

It's taking me some time to get back into "work mode" but I'm not beating myself up for it. Been doing my workouts and that's a good start. I decided to focus on Otto's Daughter till tomorrow's show. Than start working on my other projects including OD.
So excited to be playing my favorite new song "Onto The Next One" tomorrow night and super proud of the guys for pulling it off in two days. Now; all I gotta figure out is an outfit and fun stuff to throw at the crowd. ;)
Today's biggest lesson:
Don't wait, don't delay, don't over-think or over-analyze, follow your gut, dive in and just do it! Take some risks! Do one thing every day that scares you. ;)
xoxo JVBeast

Onto The Next One

Taking a walk at 7:30 am is so refreshing, the crisp air, the morning frost on the grass and leaves, hardly anyone out. Everything feels so pure and new. It was pretty chilly for LA, than again, I'm not a morning person, maybe it's normal? I ended up walking for almost an hour, my dog Bolt loves the park as much as I do, sometimes I'm not sure who's taking who for a walk ;)
Crazy ideas pop in my head all the time and I usually dismiss them or save 'em for a later date. I've been debating whether or not to throw a brand new song at the guys and have 'em learn it for the show on friday(I'm still learning it myself) And so I decided to Just Do It! They got the song via e-mail a few hours before rehearsal. I wrote the song "Onto The Next One" last year after several weeks of writers block. It's become my new favorite, it's where I'm at in my life, it only seems appropriate to debut it at the first show of the new year.
In the past I'd often let someone convince me that we're not ready...truth is...we're never ready. I know what we are capable of, and I'm tired of playing it safe & being comfortable. Our first rehearsal after 3 months was a mess, but I'm confident we'll nail it tomorrow. ;)
ch....ch....changes.......