September's significance...

Reasons for September's significance:

1. It's Spring! Time for new beginnings.

2. The sun is starting to warm everything up :)

3. There are new songs to be written!

4. My first loungeroom gig is happening this weekend in Gosford. Excitement!

5. It's only two months until we start recording small steps - Part Two!

6. It's less than three months until we head up to Port Macquarie for Festival of the Sun! (www.fotsun.com)

7. And a new video will be coming soooon on YouTube (www.youtube.com/lissashows). Watch out.

Enough reasons?

:)

Love Lissa

I Heart Kirribilli

I am playing at an art exhibition in Kirribilli tomorrow night.

Exciiiiited!

All the best to those prize winners who are soon to be announced!

http://iheartkirribilli.com/ 

Feel free to pop on down and be amazed by the talent in the community of Kirribilli!   

Oh why don't you try living inside this head, this head of mine...

I wrote this big, babbling and blabbing post about identity and the creative process and my frustrations with it all today. But then the lyrics of a song I wrote came to mind and I realised that this is why I write the music that I do - to express stuff that I find difficult to say otherwise!

Lies

There are thoughts deep inside
That my mind says to no one else

If exposed they'd cause an incomprehensible mess

There are things in my mind

Of which I try to remind myself

But the doubt prevents you from thinking at all

Oh why don't you try living inside this head, this head of mine?

Oh why don't you try living inside this head, this head of mine?

There are words like "I can't" and "I'm not" that keep pulling me down

But I guess I choose to engage in battle

"...cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music." - Julia Childs

I obviously love creating music and am much more confident at it than I am at cooking, but lately I've really enjoyed spontaneously trying new recipes and making up my own too! It's a bit like making music - you try putting new ingredients together and eagerly await the final result. Often it can be a pleasant surprise what you come up with!

Anyway here's something I made the other day. Night actually. In fact, I decided at 10:30pm that I wanted to make cheesecake. Don't ask me why - I just did. At about midnight the cheesecake was ready and it turned out to be a light and fun dessert! And here's the amusing bit...I found the recipe on the back of a pack of cereal. But I did modify the recipe quite a bit along the way, so here goes (and apologies in advance for the unamazing photo! Hehe...)

Mini Ricotta Cheesecakes with Strawberries

To make the base:

1 crushed up packet of Nice biscuits (any biscuits will do but I like Nice biscuits because they're coated in sugar, making the base nice and sweet!)

Melted butter (sorry I'm really bad with amounts...just enough to moisten the crushed biscuit and help it stick together slightly. Just stir in the butter bit by bit until it's enough.)

Cheesecake filling:

300g of fresh ricotta cheese

250g (a pack) of cream cheese

The point of what I do...

I read this quote today...

After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.
Graham Nash 

I had to stop for a moment 

and catch my breath.

I do NOT want to stop feeling my songs 

when I sing them.

I don't want to lose grip 

on the reason I wrote them 

in the first place.

I must remember who I wrote these songs for

 so that I am moved 

to sing from that place

every time.

Perhaps this is wishful thinking 

but so far I think I've managed

to not lose sight

of the reason for my music.

May I perform well - yes.

But may I feel more and more deeply

every time I sing to an audience...

otherwise I believe

I will be doing them

a great disservice.

I could no longer resist the blog!!

Well here I am - didn't quite expect this, but yes I am now part of the blogging community. Basically a great way for me to update friends and fans about where my music is taking me (and everyone else who dares to get involved!) and also to let a little creative steam off at times.

So I don't really have too much to say right now at 1:30 in the morning, but I DO want to tell you about a gig that is happening THIS FRIDAY.

A cute little cafe named Pablo and Rusty's.

Singing by Lissa

and DJ Dick-Smith.

Artworks by Judith Smith.

Coffee by the amazing coffee people.

Enjoyment by all.

And if you haven't already, have a sneak peak at my new video at www.youtube.com/lissashows to find out about more upcoming dates!

Talk to you soon

:)

xoxo