Sunday, May 29, 2005

Entry #162

Ah life; it is so beautiful here these days. Spring is gorgeous in New York. I walked around Brooklyn checking out a few stoop sales today (Sunday) and played some music with a bassist named Byrne Klay. Yesterday we walked around Soho and had a great day just tooling around the city. Right before the rain came we took the subway home; it started as we were underground. Time certainly does move faster on the weekends. Last Wednesday night I met Dave Dawson and some new musician friends down at the A&M Roadhouse for the blues jam hosted by Big Ed Sullivan. I am looking for a lead guitarist and a bass player so I had some folks meet me down there and a few of us got up and played Summertime. It is always fun to get up and wail! Seriously, that is the most fun thing to do. 3 fun things; Swinging on a swing set, standing in the ocean and, wailing at a jam. It was fun walking around Brooklyn today in the sweet sunshine. I listened to my ipod. I have some great music on there. We are going to Santa Fe, New Mexico this week! I am so excited! I love the desert.   Sorry for the lack of paragraphs; this is just a ramble!   ~Jessica Star~  

Monday, May 23, 2005

Entry #161

I played at Pier 63 last Saturday for the Harbor Festival. What a trip! I was at the end of the dock, a place called The Frying Pan, on the stage. The combination of the room and the water below made quite interesting acoustics. It was not really an echo, more of a watery reverberation. There were two little girls dancing in the middle of the room; they looked like butterflies! I had a great time playing. That is really all I have to say right now!     ~Jessica  

Monday, May 16, 2005

Entry #160

Life; what a journey! Here, it goes very fast in many ways including life lessons. There is no sparing the lessons here. Today I played at the Fabulous 5th Avenue Street Fair with my friend Helen. It was really fun. The sky was overcast and it kept barely showering on us all day. We were on an uncovered stage so we had to keep our eyes on the weather the whole time. It was a fun day. It actually turned kind of hot towards the end. I saw some folks that I have met through playing in the subway. You know, there is a lesson that goes something like this; when you let things in life just flow and not try to control the outcome, it goes a lot better. Today was just that. I mean, you have to do your work and your job in making things happen but there is a whole level that you cannot control and that is where the beauty is. There were also a bunch of sweet stoop sales today that I went to (and scored at). I do love a good stoop sale; they are the NYC equivalent to the garage sale (because most of us do not have garages). To all of you who read my travel log and do not sign the guest book to let me know that you were here;               Whassup!!!!!!!!!!!   Ya! I love to hear that you read what I write! I changed the pictures around on the gallery page so check that out. Alright, This is the conclusion of this entry.   ~Jessica    

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Entry #159

Yesterday, Friday the 13th, I played music with Helen in preparation for the show tomorrow on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn at the street fair. I went to the most rockin' party last night at my friend Rose's Upper East Side rooftop! My friend Alan Watt from Northern California is in New York so he met me there with his daughter and we partied! What a view! It was so nice out too. It is really spring. Tomorrow I play the street fair; that will be fun. Once again, rock on! Jessica

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Entry #158

One thing to remember is to keep your sense of humor. If you do not have one, develop one fast! Humor is so crucial, at least in my life. Your perception IS your reality. What kind of lenses are you looking through? I have another thing called, " Be good to yourself day". It is simply that when your inner critic starts beating you down "being helpful" well; you counter the thoughts with pretty much the opposite of what your inner critic is telling you. If the voice says your ugly, look at yourself in the mirror and see your inner glow! If they say you are hopeless, that is exactly when that sense of humor comes to rescue you! Laugh at the critic! It is not easy because that inner critic has spent a good deal of time working on you and probably in a means to make you a better version of yourself. Most of the criticism is self-defeating and unhealthy. Ah yes, I do deal with my inner critic. I spent some time today recording one of my songs, "The River". I am really liking how it is coming along. Also spent time finding my new band. Yesterday I played briefly in the subway. The energy was kinda warped down there and I took the hint to get above ground, just as the police came to do something I did not really want to know about. It is all energy. Did you know that before the tsunami hit the land, the animals knew to go to higher ground? Intuition is our guiding voice (not the inner critic!) and keeps us safe and in the right flow. Wow, what a lot of advice I have today! Mostly it is for me to remember but if it helps you on your way, rock on! Enjoy, Jessica

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Entry #156

From a conversation with a new friend; "You must be a very concious person to see the beauty in others. Yep, life is a real challenge eh? I love living my dream. So much to say on that topic! It is hard. It is easy and it is hard all the time. Even when I lived in N.California by the beautiful ocean and went to the beach all the time, it was easy and it was hard. Balance seems to be the thing to strive for. I think we are all born with a dream and it is our responsibility to develop it and build our lives in a way that helps us to live our dreams. Tricky stuff though, really. Then you have to make it look easy! Good luck! They say the world is completely upside down as far as honor and truth getting hidden in the background and selfishness and materialism being the attributes that get applauded. Good luck listening to your inner guidance!"   keep your sense of humor or, develope one fast!   Jessica Star

Monday, May 09, 2005

Entry #155

Hey cats! My goodness, it is SO beautiful here right now with spring doing its thing! Today I played in the subway at Jay Street in Brooklyn. I like the Brooklynites. I played in Penn Station last week without any amplification and that was silly. Actually, it was humorous watching all the people running this way and that for their trains as I was singing and playing in this huge space where no one could hear me. Someday I will laugh at all these experiences. Rock on, rock on, rock on!   ~Jessica