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This is an amazing and crazy summer of singing all over the country and then back to Nashville and then to Kansas City. Tons of shows, lots of support, lots of new songwriting, lots of jazz, guitars and Cadillacs. Heh heh! I have been nominated for best jazz solo artist in Kansas City this year and I’m in awesome company. Kansas City has such terrific solo jazz artists, I’m not sure I could ever choose or even know how to make that distinction, but I feel really honored for being listed, none the less. In Nashville I am getting myself thrusted into the community and still getting settled. Being there half the time lends to feeling like I have only half a face. Plus, being on tour for 3 out of the 9 months I have had residency there probably adds to that feeling. However I am determined to find kindred souls and continue the songwriting work I have begun there. My production company has started work on several different projects this summer including drafting a video series for artists in development which is personally my most exciting twist. Of course the positive execution of this independent tour and the fostering of a possible European tour is hot on the discussion table. Personally I’d like to get another record out and another tour together within the next year and a half which financially is huge since I am self funded but I am trying to be innovative about new ways to engage folks in the process of music with honesty and integrity. Business in music has always been elusive for me until somehow about a year ago I got shot in the ass with a “figure it out and stop being sad, dummy” feeling. Everyday it’s like I’m going in for a huge test I haven’t studied for but if I don’t show up it’s an automatic fail. So I might as well take a shot, ya know? Anyway today I am feeling like things are gonna work out and I’m finally far enough away from this tour that I can piece together what happened and start something new. Which I always love to do.

Till next time
This is MBird
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I’m really excited to get to be a part of the festivities this Summer out at Town Center Plaza. I’ll be playing with the amazing Bob Bowman on Bass, Paul Smith on Keys, Danny Embrey on Guitar, and Tim Cambron on Drums. Come on out to the East Drive on Thursday, July 15th from 7-9pm!!!! http://www.towncenterplaza.com/go/Poolb.cfm?MallID=998&FPURLID=2129971016

I’m in Boulder, Colorado and Im writing very quickly to say hi and let everyone know the tour is going terrific!!!! I have been editing and putting together our tour vlogs on you-tube under MBird so everyone can watch them and just generally vibe with us goin strong!!! The road is making me a little nuts I think but not in a bad way…just in a new way! hahaha! It’s been five weeks and 13 cities so far and I feel like every day kinda blurs into the next but I want to keep up with the radio stations that are playing the new record and with the fans that we are getting in all the cities. So I’m calling everyday and trying to keep putting things out there. The venues have been awesome and very accomodating:))) For what started as just a radio tour has certainly become more than that. It’s an everything tour consisting of live radio performances, talks with newspapers and magazines and of course live venue performances almost every two days. Incorporate that with two people, my moms car, and a song-writers book of music and it’s making me a different person. Kudos to all who have gone before me and to those who are coming. Follow me on twitter @mbirdmusic, youtube and facebook!!! I’ll write more soon the west coast half of the tour has begun!!!!

Love you all

Megs

Whenever we begin a new year I always go through a transition and an excited review of my year.  This has definitely been one of the most important years of my life.  Thank you to everyone who supported me this year and welcome to those of you I am just meeting.  I have sprinkled these last few years with survival and what I consider to be the beginning of my real life.  The deep waters of transformation have delivered me fresh and healed and I’m ready to meet the world again.  Specifically in ’09  I’ve relocated and I love it. It’s a blast, I’m meeting new people and having a ball.  My first MBird tour was a month ago in Kentucky and I loved it!!!!  I’ve started putting together a live jazz record to release this fall (’10).  I’ve been working with kids in theater, dance, and music while continuing to write music and play jazz clubs.  I’ve finished recording and began the release of my original record “Over The Bones” and will be embarking on a radio tour in the spring of ’10 that will drop me somewhere in Europe by summer.

“Over The Bones”  at www.mbirdmusic.com has helped to direct me creatively and supply me with seeds to plant all over this country.  I feel I am serving my gypsy nature and supporting my belief in great live music!!!!!  My motto is “All the towns I can play and all the people I can meet along the way bring me half way home to my heart”!!!   All of your comments and enthusiasm about this record have encouraged me to really push this tour and to move my music face to face and up close and personal.  Thanks for all your support and keep writing on our facebook fan page and follow my tweets at

Happy New Year Everybody

Megs

Ladies and gentleman check out our new site www.mbirdmusic.com

We are really excited about this project it was recorded in Nashville TN and Kansas City MO we have videos and music ready for listening anytime and you can find me on facebook and myspace as well to check out our touring schedule.

Keep your ears open as we begin a new jazz project in the late winter early spring too…

My best to all of you and you can find me on itunes and cdbaby

Over the Bones 2009′

This is the Time 2009′

Little Jazz Bird 2007′

Track 13 2006′

Live the Dream,

Megan Birdsall