Krista Parrish

I have to admit I've been a little behind on my blog! I've been enjoying some time off, can you blame me? I have been writing some new songs and working on arrangements with my band & now I'm really itching to get in the studio and finally start recording the new album. I may get the guys to do a video blog of a new song with me this Friday, we'll see! I'm excited about the new music!!! I'm playing more electric guitar these days but not putting the acoustic down, it will be a nice balance. There's also a handful of songs written on piano and this time I am not going to arrange them for guitar, I'm sticking with the keys! We chose a song ("EVERYTHING") I wrote earlier this year but have only performed live once (recently at the Virago show) for our first official music video, cannot wait to plan this video with our buddy Brad Allen who has shot us live a handful of times. Here are the lyrics to the song (if you have any video ideas, feel free to email them to me!)

"Everything"

Written by Krista Parrish 2011

I watched the seedling turn to green

I watched the waves across the sea

I watched the sunrise in my mind

I realized there’s no such thing as time

I realized that everything was mine

I climbed a mountain in my heart

I watched the fear fall apart

I saw a mirror in my mind

I found all that there is here to find

I realized that everything was mine

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

I felt the rhythm in my soul

I felt the love I was meant to know

I saw the vision over and over again

Until it became my only friend

Until I could stop asking “When”.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

I am the love that I possess

I feel the freedom in my chest

My heart forever beats in time

I realized that everything was mine

I realized that everything was mine

I can't believe it's August! I haven't blogged or updated much this summer and I do apologize for that. It has been a transitional period for us, our music and our careers in general. I didn't book many shows this summer b/c I wanted to focus on writing, recording, a music video and some music related opportunities that are presenting themselves. I've been stepping lightly for long enough. I'm ready to get to work, get out of the planning process and dive into a new adventure. I left Cinderella Records and we are unsigned again which is actually GREAT b/c now we can focus on the best road to take and who to let in the car with us. We're working with a new manager who is really helping us with connections in the music industry, music licensing & publishing and overall direction. Breedlove offered me a sponsorship earlier this summer and though the process has been a little slow, it's official! A few guitars were shipped to me just last week and I chose the guitar that I will endorse-I really love it. This alone has been a huge stepping stone and it's amazing to have them behind me as an artist. I have a photo shoot on Monday with the guitar and a promo photo along with a bio will be added to their website under their artist link, how cool?!! We are working on a few things that it's a little too soon to talk about (really exciting stuff!!) so, check in time to time on the website & I’ll be keeping everyone updated through our newsletter, facebook page and  official site. We will be headlining an amazing benefit event at World Café Live (downstairs) Sunday September 11^th…if you’re in the Philly area, stop by, it’s a rockin’ lineup and all proceeds go to the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center, a wonderful place in the city that helps homeless vets. You can read full details in the TOUR link ;) Peace.

I had a blast playing with Trevor Gordon Hall last night. We were special guests for the Stretched Strings Concert Series with Tim Farrell. I finally got to do a show solo, all instrumentals with tap, finger style and percussion except one song (Skywatching). I also got to unveil two songs I've been working on which were received very well. I'm thrilled with the way they turned out & the crowds response. This was also my first time seeing Trevor play and it was INCREDIBLE!!! He plays with a kalimba which was crafted just for him with the help of some people over at Martin Guitars and attached to his guitar, this boy has major coordination skills. It was a great music match so we plan on booking something soon, stay tuned for those of you who missed last nights event :)

I'm planning on doing a video blog, maybe tonight if I can get up the energy. I want to update you on "Never Say Goodbye", the song I planned a snippet of in my first video blog. I played it last night and I'm psyched about it! I also want to do a video of "When Corey Comes Around". I did a video 3 years ago when I first wrote it but it has evolved a lot since then so I want to share it with you. Of course I will include it in my set May 14 in Bethlehem so if you're not busy, come out and see it live!

RECORDING UPDATE: We are making plans to get in the studio to record a new EP and a few singles for other artists consideration. I'm ready to get these songs out there and into your ears! This EP will include PRETTY FEELING, HEAR ME OUT, THIS IS HOW I FEEL & more...

peace

This past weekend was quite the adventure. We submitted months ago to showcase and attend this music conference in Cape May called "Singer Songwriter Weekend" & we got in! Not only did they accept us to perform but they also chose one of our songs (Skywatching) for their exclusive sampler that all the industry and conference goers take home with them. we also got to interview and get airplay that entire week in Cape May on 101.5 with Phil Broder, cool guy!! Our set went really well and Steve and Mike sand backup for the first time on Pretty Feeling. There's some bootleg footage of that but not sure it will make it out or not haha. We made a video blog of an acoustic version of the song in the hotel room the day of our showcase so I will edit that and put it up soon. Here are some random phone uploads : )

ON THE BEACH

IN THE STUDIO DOING MY INTERVIEW WITH WCFA 101.5

CHECKING OUT THE BOILER ROOM (where we performed) PHIL BRODER SHARED WITH ME THAT THE BOILER ROOM IS KNOWN TO HAVE CELEBRITIES ESPECIALLY CAST MEMBERS FROM SNL ; )

STEVO & MIKE @ THE BOILER ROOM

STEVE @ CONGRESS HALL WHERE THE CONFERENCE & SOME SHOWCASES WERE HELD

CINDERELLA RECORDS GETTING READY TO RELEASE

Playing With Pendulums

The last two months have been a rollercoaster for me. There have been SO many ups and downs. I was unfortunate enough to have two car accidents about three and half wks. apart from one another. Both accidents were caused by deer. The first accident totalled my green VW Beetle, the first car I ever bought on my own 7 years ago, me and the bug have a lot of good memories. Luckily I was unharmed in the first run in with a deer and I was grateful for that. I've heard so many horror stories. Infact, the same night I hit that first deer, someone hit a deer up near lake galena, it went through their windshied and landed in their front seat dead. That person was very shook up and thankfully the deer did not kill them. I got a new car one week to the day after my accident and it's great! It's the perfect gig car (honda fit sport). On my way to a lesson on a Weds evening, I was driving on County Line Rd. and a truck was coming the opposite direction, a deer ran frantically across the street, the truck hit the deer with such force with the corner of it's front bumper, the deer flew through the air and landed right infront of my car (this one was big and had antlers). $3000 dollars worth of damage to my brand new car, two weeks in the shop & this time a shoulder injury for me...needless to say, ever since, driving has been the root of horrible anxiety for me. My mother in law blessed my car with holy water when we got it back and I bought some deer wistles to be on the safe side. So far so good! My shoulder healed up nicely and after a string of bad luck, things are really starting to turn around. We've been on a radio promo expedition all over the US and we're getting played in all these other states, I've never experiences album sales like this. We'll get played in a city and the next few days, all these orders for the new album come in from those cities through various online distributers, it's SO cool!! We are also playing live on various college radio stations and interviewing which is a lot of fun! I'm right where I want to be & ultra excited to get started on recording some new songs!!! We are also getting ready to get into a music video project for Easier Said Than Done. We'll be headed to New York for some shows in December & January which we're totally stoked about! We'll be doing some touring this summer which will include at least one Philly date, we're still working out the details but everything will be listed in the schedule as we confirm bookings. Some film and television licensing is on the horizon as well as some big fundraising benefit shows that we are proud to be apart of. 2010 was a big year for us, we released our first album as a trio, went to #1 on the rock americana indie music charts in two categories the week we released, opened for national touring acts including Acoustic Alchemy and played some really cool music festivals. I think 2011 is going to be even more amazing! Cheers to never giving up, cheers to following dreams and cheers to all of the people who have bought my album!!

Check out this video used to sponsor Doylestown Hospital and the Hear Her Heart Campaign, educating women about their heart health. Krista's song "Mexico" was used in it.

Video courtesy of

Montage Show Productions:

 www.montageshow.com

I feel so honored that my new album is in so many cd players, ipods & mp3 players!! In all my musical endeavors, I have never had Cd sales like this. It's amazing and heartwarming!! I never wanted to live a life on the road. My goal has always been to tour lightly but make a living at being a recording artist. To finally have a substantial income from making music is a dream I've chased a long time and it's coming true thanks to every single person who has supported me through buying my new album. Cheers to you! I look forward to making music for years to come and wouldn't be able to do it without you. Thank you so much :)

I cannot go without blogging about our show last night at Sellersville Theater. It was by far one of the best times I've had in a while. Our friend Brad videotaped the show so that will be coming to youtube soon : ) Another friend took photos so we have the whole event documented!! Thank you to all the people last night who dug our vibe, chatted with us, bought our CD and signed the mailing list!! The coolest thing was the audience wanting an encore!! We couldn't give the audience another song since we were only openers & the theater is on a tight schedule but standing on stage hearing "ONE MORE!!!" "ONE MORE" was thrill enough : ) We are psyched to have a growing fanbase and it's great to meet new people and talk music!! ...and of course thank you to everyone at Sellersville theater who made us feel like rockstars last night XOXO

Looking forward...

It's been a busy summer but autumn (my favorite time of year) is looking even busier. We played Stir Fry Music Revival on Saturday (pics coming soon), we have our show and cd signing at Best Buy tomorrow (Weds 9/8) and then we rock Virago Friday 9/10 :) We've been thinking of renaming the band though we can never really agree on anything. The trio is about the three parts that come together to make a whole and using my name for the band name sometimes misrepresents us in a way. It's not all about ME! People will come out and take photos and most of them will be of me leaving us with none of the full band, interviewers will call me for the interview, sometimes press leaves out the word trio altogether! So, we are brainstorming. I like Art...

Artist: Preston Reed

Album: Handwritten Notes

http://www.prestonreed.com

my favorite song: Tractor Pull

amazing, intriguing and inspiring...

This made me laugh so hard that I could not resist blogging about it. My friend who will remain anonymous sent me an email this week telling me that he had this great date with a girl, which happens rarely, and after they parted ways for the evening were left with a blissful feeling they both did not want to end. So they text back and forth and finally decide to meet up in the wee hours of the morning. One thing leads to another and they end up in my friends car (use your imagination)! He puts the radio on and there I am singing sweetly into their ears. This freaked out my friend so much, (he explained how awkward hearing my voice was during this intimate experience since i'm like his little sister in...

Often people ask what tunings I use and I usually don't try to explain or share them when I think someone will not understand what I'm talking about, it can get pretty boring pretty fast when you don't understand music theory. So, I've decided to unveil the tunings I use on my new album right here in my blog! A very common thing to do is tune the 6th string down to a D, this is called drop D tuning. Everything else stays the same except for your 6th string. I do this on Skywatching & End To Beginning. It just allows you to have a deeper tone for your bass lines that lie within your guitar parts and works really nicely when you're playing solo and don't have the rich sound of a bass guitar...

I received an email yesterday from a friend whose boyfriend heard "Mexico" on his way home from the airport on WXPN. Very cool! Mike, Steve nor myself have actually heard us on the radio yet but we are so happy that our music is being played on WXPN and regularly no less! It's very inspiring & exciting.

We have a slew of shows coming up starting with Kennett Flash this Saturday 7/10. I am particularly excited to play this show b/c we've never played this venue before, we get to share the stage with an awesome act, Nini & Ben and the town is lovely and inviting. Steve and I took a day trip up to Kennett Square last weekend to put up posters and flyers, help promote the show. The store owners could not have been more receptive and helpful to...

Wow, 2010 is really turning out to be AWESOME! We have some great shows ahead of us, playing Tri County Performing Arts Center, Sellersville Theater, a great music festival (Stir Fry Music Revival), headed to NY And DC to play in August...I'm SO excited! We've been focusing on a couple new songs I'm really psyched to share in the upcoming weeks at our live shows. I've been experimenting with some new rhythmical ideas on guitar while singing especially on this one new song (YOUR FIRST TIME IS MY LAST), it's really coming together and the bass line and drums kick it up a notch...we've got Mike kickin' it with this tribal earthy beat and Steve and I are keeping it progressive, lyrics are sexy and haunting yet it's upbeat in an indie rock kind of way that...

My enthusiasm for music and life is at an all time high right now. The sun is shining, the scent of fresh cut grass is in the air and we're gearing up to play First Friday Doylestown tomorrow! We cannot wait to unleash a new song we've been working on. (Thank goodness the forecast is clear for tomorrow night!) I wrote a new tune titled, "This Is How" in March (24th to be exact). It's not a fancy song, the chord transitions are interesting & progressive but it is simple picking and strumming under very intense vocals. The bassline is so pleasing to my ear. Go Steve! The drums further intensify the emotion of the song. Though I would not classify the song as an "upbeat" one, the tempo is not slow and we definitely rock it out....

This was a fun show! Unfortunately, there was a glitch in the sound on my first two songs of the day: (Happy Guitar & The Ground We Lay On). We were unaware of this b/c it was super loud in the monitors on stage. The audience cheered anyway! We sported some awesome T-shirts with inspiring prints by Anonymous Grafix. I'm sure there will be pictures coming soon!!! I love playing festivals, gazing into the infinite sky, puffy white clouds, sunshine & patches of aqua blue…so inspiring & comforting! It also looks like this park will be welcoming us back for larger festival events so I will keep everyone updated!!!

...and there was funnel cake! Ya don't get that at every gig...

I am told to blog about our CD Release Event. So here it goes. Great night. Didn't reach my pillow til' 3am-you know it was a good night when you get home in the wee hours of the morning. It was great to play  all the songs on the album with the band. I enjoyed myself as did the guys and I think the audience was pleased : ) The weather was PERFECT unlike today, rainy, cold and miserable. Ew! I'm working on a ton of new stuff, my brain is being pulled in many different directions right now. I've started at least three or four new songs but have finished nothing. I've begun writing some words to a few things but feeling empty lyrically. I've already begun thinking about my next album...I know, psycho right? Can't help it! I really want a harp...

Our CD release is finally right around the corner! We could not be more pleased to have a #1 on the indie music charts in two categories, a sold out CD release show and an album we truly believe in! Can't wait for Saturday! : )

http://iacmusic.com:80/genre_chart.aspx?Genre=Folk/Acoustic+Rock/Americana

Easier Said Than Done is currently #1 on an indie folk chart topping 2, 550 songs!! You can hear it here on the website in the listen section : )

Friday night was my official last session where all the finishing touches were achieved and now the album is in Glenn Barratt's hands to be mixed and mastered. Words can not express the excitement and feeling of satisfaction that is within me right now. For starters, we could not have chose a better engineer/producer to work with us on this project. We are so blessed to have all the stars aligned. My mom was a huge support in this process and we could not have done this without her. Of course, Corey was with us every note of the way, guiding and inspiring every move we made. He is such a big part of my music and who I am as a person and artist. It just makes sense to release his double disc album,...

We are literally two tracks away from completing our 2010 album. I'm giddy! It's been quite a journey and we were lucky enough to have some of it video documented which we will release on youtube and our official website when all is finished. When I first began to record this album, I wasn't totally sure if I was in the right place, working with the right people or even if my heart was sure of which tracks to use and not use. I had a deep connection to about 20+ songs that I felt belonged together and I did not want to separate them. Over time, with much patience, things became clearer and the answers stood before me like a bright light. That light lead me to morning star studios in Spring City, it shined...

I think 2010 is going to be a great year! We're off to a good start so far. We have two more sessions in the studio with our producer and then it's in his hands, the mixing and mastering...while myself, the band and my team plan the CD release event, choose pictures for posters and CD cover, do interviews, spread the word and gear up for our summer shows etc. It's so exciting and slightly exhausting but I'm ready!! I did a shoot last week with a fabulous photographer, Colleen Stepanian, that went very well (you can see some photos in the "look" link-more to come soon!). Some people have commented, "where's your smile?". This album is edgy & I wanted the pictures to portray the mood of the record. So far, my two favorite songs...

Here in sunny California for new years eve...couldn't ask for anything more. I am soaking up the sun and enjoying the beautiful scenery but most of all relaxing before 2010 takes off. 2009 was a year of writing and recording. 2010 will be a year of sharing and performing. This paradise inspires me and hopefully will linger with me back to the east coast to hold me over until PA warms up. I'm so thankful to have devoted fans who believe in my music but more so find pieces of themselves in it. We are looking forward to touring this spring/summer and especially coming back to this paradise to play shows and lay lazily on the beach. So here is to 2010, Cheers! Love, Krista

As many of you know already know, we have taken Corey's music to a producer, James Stapleford (he recorded my last EP and live at Chaplin’s) who has cleaned up the home recordings, mixed and mastered them, along with adding some texture and some of my harmony vocals and other vocals etc. Well, it's done!! I'm freaking out, I haven't felt this happy in a long time. No one deserved this more than Corey. We have two albums worth so we may decide to release one at a time or do a two disc album. The one CD has Corey's earlier music and the second album is where his music matured to and was headed before he passed. We will be releasing around his birthday, January 20th & we are still figuring out the details for...

And so it is yet another October gone (my favorite month of the year). No time for a melancholy attitude, too busy with our new album! We posted some stuff (video of Hola Nino Hermosa, audio from The Ground We Lay On & Happy Guitar) from our session last Saturday which in my opinion went very well, was fun, exciting and productive. I cannot wait to get back in the studio! I got my boys singing behind me now on a new song that we are working on (not recorded yet) and it's so nice to have that deep full male range as a gentle foundation to the tone of my vocals, I really dig it! We will get to experiment with a lot of the new and old KP material & new Tapestry material at our show on the 4th up at ...

I LOVE Andrew Bird. I'm so inspired! I just cannot get enough of his amazing music. I think he might actually be my favorite artist right now and usually I do not have a FAVORITE b/c there are so many that I like, I can't keep them straight half the time. Everything he does just strikes a chord within me, his melodies, his violin playing adds so much intensity to his songs, he is unique and his lyrics are really interesting. I can't say enough good things about andrew bird. check him out:

http://www.andrewbird.net/

Fleet Foxes, "white winter hymnal" & "he doesn't know why" some of the most beautiful harmonies i've heard in a long time.

Imogen Heap, "first train home" she just keeps getting better and better.

Phoenix, "lisztomania" fun & i like the ending.

Yo La Tengo, "today is the day" dreamy.

Jeff Buckley, "lover you should have come over" oldie but classic and always hits me the same wonderful way I first heard...