Spring sprang

I stopped by HB Woodlawn in Arlington today to check in on the kids I taught last quarter. We'd done a series of classes on songwriting under the umbrella of creative writing, and I really had a ton of fun with it / them. Learned a lot myself, and I think / hope they did, too. Anyway, they are awesome and didn't seem to mind me popping my head in today...

I'm looking forward to the show in NYC on Thursday. The Rockwood is a cool little place that has a great vibe - I'm excited to be part of it and to have met some of the community there. Will be good to mix things up with some piano playing - some of the songs just seem to work to better that way.

I'm not into this hot weather already. My favorite time in DC is Spring and it seems we're getting cheated out of it right now. I know I shouldn't complain about 85 degree weather, but I'm going to. ha. It's okay... we like what we like, right? I wonder if I'd really like San Francisco weather - I'm thinking I would... Or maybe it can be hot, but it has to be dry. Tucson here I come. Anyway, I hate talking about weather. Let alone the weather channel.

Been feeling some songs brewing lately but with all the other work to do they've been patiently waiting for the time to come out. Excited to see what'll be next. I'm still really into these songs that are on "Keep Talking" (it's crazy sometimes how the press cycle can dictate new songs not being new for me anymore, but, I guess so goes promotion) - I think once more people start to know them they'll become even more fun to play - so, hopefully they can keep growing in a way. I love when songs do that.

My coffee cup is empty and my computer battery low. I must sign off. 'Til next time.

Inaugural post!

Had a great show last night at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC. I'm really looking forward to playing there regularly. It's really comfortable for folks there to listen, and the piano adds a certain element... just really nice.

It's into full-on promo mode for the release of the new album, "Keep Talking." I'm just excited for the songs to get out there and be consumed... the response from pre-orderers has been fantastic, so, I'm just really glad that people are connecting with the songs.

I guess I'm fully getting into the online community... just interested in connecting wherever possible. The new youtube channel -- www.youtube.com/user/lauratsaggaris -- should be pretty cool. Will be fun to do some recordings and post them to keep in touch.

I hope to open up a bit about stuff outside of music here as well, but, that'll have to wait 'til a future post. If you have a question you'd like me to answer here, feel free to send it along to laura@lauratsaggaris.com and I'll try to get to it when I can and post the answer here.