“Talk Shows On Mute” (Incubus Cover)
I have such a tween girl crush on Brandon Boyd right now! 😍 I’ve been so obsessed with this song since seeing Incubus for the first time on Sunday for […]
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My Life as a Roadie with Meg & Dia on the California ‘Happysad’ Tour
“Woke up this morning with the weirdest case of the butterflies,” I wrote that Tuesday morning on my phone. Just the day before, I got a call from a band […]
“Silver Wheels” into “Crazy On You” (Heart/Nancy Wilson Cover)
Where does your mind go when you’re sitting with yourself all day? Meditation. Breathing. Floating with this one. This song has always been one of my favorites that has never […]
Solo Travelers Wanted
About two months ago, I had my eyes set on countries and destinations fit for solo female travel. As a creative, it’s natural for me to want to seek out new people […]
“Bite The Hand” (Boygenius Cover)
For the next installment of my September “mini-series”… The music of super band Boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus) has been taking over me in the past month. There’s […]
Re: “Plastic Love” (Mariya Takeuchi 竹内 まりや Guitar + Keys Cover by Gabriel Basco & Rachel Ann Cauilan)
My dear friend Gabriel Basco added some lovely keys over my guitar cover of Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love” last week, and I’m loving the little digital collaboration we’ve got going […]
“Plastic Love” (Mariya Takeuchi 竹内 まりや Cover)
This 1984 Japanese “city pop” which took over me last winter has always had such an infectious vibe — infectious enough that I finally decided to revisit it and record […]
‘Brittany Runs A Marathon’ Film Review: A millennial’s guide to turning one’s life around
In Brittany Runs A Marathon, we meet 27-year-old Brittany. She’s young, broke, lives in New York with her “social influencer” roommate and feels miserable at her dead-end job. She spends […]
Ten Years and Half a Million Views Later
I just realized my YouTube has had up to HALF a MILLION views across my channel since starting it 10 years ago. I never had any intention for it except […]
To the “Gypsy” that Remains (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
As an acoustic player, I’ve been having a little fun creating some backing tracks and little percussive fillers to go on top of my guitar riffs. (If I don’t have […]
“Candy” (Mandy Moore Cover)
Something I recorded quite some time ago. And of course a song from one of my biggest role models as a kid growing up. Would you believe the first song I […]
Midsummer Wanderers
There’s something about the summer how things seem to slow down, days become longer, nights become warmer, and you loosen up a little. You forgive yourself a little more for […]
Two Years Later and Summer Beginnings
Two years and 24 blog posts later. Wow. I’ve gone through a lot in the past two years — and it seems as if those years have flown by right […]
“Lose Yourself To Dance” (Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams Cover)
I’ve been rediscovering Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories album all of June, and I’ve been feeling this funk-guitar track for a while now. Since I’ve no drummer or any other kind […]
Something About The Fire, and Something About Us
After weeks of back-to-back road trips, days spent under the desert skies of Coachella and a weekend celebrating the running community at Big Sur, May continued to bring me more […]
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