Last night I performed a CD Release Concert for my third album, Serpent Tales & Nightingales. It was so much fun! We sold out the venue (Dowling Music, Houston, Texas) and after the performance we all went over to The Black Lab for English style supper and drinks.

I was fortunate enough to have the event sponsored by Runaas Resources public relations, and Minute Man Press of The Woodlands, who provided our BEAUTIFUL event programs – I was totally blown away by how pretty they were and I highly recommend Minute Man Press' services. I'm definitely going to comission them for future projects!

I was also sponsored by photographer Sarah Mitchell Shivers and LeeRoy Holmes Photography. Here are some of the AMAZING photos that LeeRoy captured. There are more on his flickr page which you can visit by clicking here.









See the whole collection from LeeRoy Holmes Photography here.

And here’s some from Sarah Mitchell Shivers:



















So if you need event photographers for an upcoming wedding, party, show, etc., think about contacting LeeRoy Homes Photography here:

LeeRoy_Holmes[at]yahoo.com or www.Flickr.com/jojopet

I am so pleased with their work and blown away by all the beautiful shots!

Set List from last night:

Guildencrantz
The Bedroom Door
The Search
Praying to the Walls
Blackbird
Avuncular
Little Bird
Red
Glass
The Mad Mad March Hare Acoustic Exposition
Foundling
A Chance to Die
The Haunting
Mercy
The Promise
Snake

DVDs & YouTube Videos Coming Soon!!!!!!!

Check it out: http://blogs.chron.com/peep/2010/03/jennifer_grassman_finds_hope_i.html

Joey Guerra, Music Editor & Critic for The Houston Chronicle reviewed Serpent Tales & Nightingales!!!  It's a great review and will give you a good preview of the album (and the performance Saturday!)

Meanwhile .... I got my braces off!!!!!!  Say "Hello!" to the new me:





Thank God the cats still recognize me! (o:

Dear Friends,

Tomorrow is my big NPR performance at Houston KUHF and I am home with a head cold. Don’t worry, (it’s nothing too serious!) but I’m going to have to take it easy for the rest of the week so that I’m in ship-shape condition for the CD Release Concert on Saturday!

I do this to myself fairly frequently; I get so excited and immersed in a project that I forget to eat meals, loose sleep, and just generally expend more energy then my body can reasonably generate. The upshot is that I wind up getting sick. So, today I am curled up in bed with my tea, my kitties, and a good book. I am quite sure that if I rest up, all will be well (pun intended). It’s really more of a precautionary measure; I’m sure if I took a decongestant I’d feel fine – but I’m being overly cautious in light of Saturday’s big show!

Unfortunately, this means that I will not be able to promote the concert or the CD over the next week as adamantly as I had been doing for the past month, because I need to recuperate. If you would be so kind as to take up the banner for me (invite your friends to the show on Saturday, post mini reviews of the CD on your FaceBook, etc.) I would be endlessly grateful!!! It would save me a lot of work, and I would have less on my mind as I force myself to relax (not an easy task! Lol.) So, if you’d do me that favor, I’d really appreciate it.

Meanwhile, tune in to KUHF (88.7 Houston National Public Radio) at 12PM/noon to hear my play & sing 3 songs and answer interview questions live on The Front Row on Tuesday, March 2.

Anyway … that is all! I hope you all had a lovely weekend, and a wonderful rest of the week! See you Saturday!!!!!

Love,

Jennifer

Today I am impersonating my Twitter friend and fellow blogger, The Bloggess, who I happen to know is really named Jenny (and she doesn’t have a sexy little cap like me!)


In all seriousness though, I am practicing various hairstyles for my CD Release Party on March 6!!! You see, the last thing I need is a Saturday-morning-freak-out because I can’t decide how to fix my hair. And you know what they say, "practice makes perfect." Who are "they" anyway? I’m going for a vintage look … but I have never used curlers before, so we will see what happens!

By the way; happy birthday to Kaitlin Grassman, Wade St. John, and Valerie Hartzell. If I’ve left anyone out, please email me or throw a sheep at me, and I will rectify the situation.

Hi Everyone!

As most of you know Serpent Tales & Nightingales released on Feburary 14. What you didn't know is that DiscMakers, my printing & duplication company, which is based in New Jersey, got snowed in by the severe winter storms and fell behind in production. Despite the odds, DiscMakers went to town working overtime (on the weekends too! I felt so bad!) Then they overnight air shipped the CDs to me. I don’t think I can sing their praises enough! I GOT THE CDS TODAY!!!

And what a bizarre experience to finally receive them too. I was euphorically happy, anxious to read all the liner notes and hear all the songs, and just generally so utterly overwhelmed that I really thought I was going to be sick. Here are some pics ...




Thank you so much James, Jennifer and everyone at DiscMakers for my BEAUTIFUL NEW ALBUM!!!! You guys are the best!!!

Love (xoxoxo),

Jennifer

These are the lyrics to my currect showcasing song, Blackbird, featuring vocals by Swedish singer and actor Mathias Blad. Don't forget to vote on the home page for this coming #MusicMonday's new showcase song from Serpent Tales & Nightingales (o:

You can purchase a digital download of Blackbird, or any other song on the album, or the whole CD by visiting the Music Store.

thanks! xoxo ~ Jennifer

BLACKBIRD by Jennifer Grassman Copyright 2010

The Lord of the Flies has risen
Beelzebub takes his stand
Leviathan’s Flame is kindled
He offers to you his hand
And your heart is ravished with his sweet words
The Prince of the Power of the Air releases his …

Blackbird sits in the tree
Staring straight back at me
The blackbird just as before
Crying the omen nevermore
I can feel the tempest rising
Deep inside it grows but I see
So I am free

The fountain of Truth has gone dry
The Tree of Eternal Life withers
And yet I am nourished by it’s sweet fruit and
What I eat of is what I am, yet the …

Blackbird sits in the tree
Staring straight back at me
The blackbird just as before
Crying the omen nevermore
I can feel the tempest rising
Deep inside it grows but I see
So I am free (indeed).

Today is a lucky day.

1. I sold Serpent Tales & Nightingales CDs

2. I sold tickets to the Serpent Tales & Nightingales CD Release Concert

3. I got some cool news from DiscMakers (more on that tomorrow)

4. A sweetheart at a major entertainment magazine helped me figure out how to submit my CD for review (cross your fingers for me …)

5. Some potentially cool booking opportunities have begun to open up (we shall see …)

6. I finally got around to mending hubby’s pants (he’ll be so happy …)

7. I submitted proposals to over 10 music industry contacts in hopes that cool beans will be produced (cross more fingers for me …)

8. It’s only 3PM … I still have time to practice!

Off now to tinkle the ivories folks! More tomorrow … in fact … a BIG announcement tomorrow … so get really excited … but keep your shirt on … but still get REALLY excited!!!

Love!

Jennifer

This is the photo I uploaded and submitted for The Texas Monthly Magazine Cover Competition. The theme is: The Bucket List: 63 things every Texan should do before they die, including ...





ROTFL!  This photo was part of the shoot we did out in Washington County for Serpent Tales & Nightingales

For more info on the contest you can visit:

http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/magazine/covercontest.php

Love!

Jennifer

Once upon a time in a dark alley where the shadows lie
There flew an absent minded fat blue bottle fly.
As she was careening through the dank humid city air
She caught her wings in a silver spun spider’s lair.

“Oh! Just my luck; I have become hopelessly stuck.”

“Dear oh dear what have we here,” the spider said serenely
Her voice was like a melody, her body like onyx
“I am a blue bottle fly, Oh please, I beg release me
I’d never harm a hair on your abdomen.”

“If I let you go,” said the spider, “I will starve alone.”

“No, oh no, believe me!” said the fly pleading earnestly,
“If you will but release me then I will be your friend.
I will come and dine with you, I’ll bring you other flies to chew
But above all I swear to you, you shall not be alone.”

Low and behold, Spider began to the cords unfold.

But to that poor fly’s chagrin, the mandibles plunged deep within
And as the numbness crept over her body, Spider said,
“I almost released you but for one reason I eat you
You offered up your fellow kind just to save your skin.

And who wants a cold friend who is a Benedict Arnold?
I may be lonely. Better that then your false company.”

And so ends my story, and although it is quite gory
I think we all can take a bit of wisdom by the by;
Faithful friends comfort you, but selfish hearts desert you
So bare in mind my story of The Spider and The Fly.

by Jennifer Grassman, February 5, 2010

OK. So I was craving Kosher hot dogs (I answer to a Higher Authority) but we didn't have any buns and I didn't feel like going to the grocery so I made some biscuit dough  .......



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Lol.  I know, this has absolutely nothing to do with music ..... and I'm not even checking my spelling .... Sorry. Lol

Jennifer (o: