Day 29: February 27th, 2010
Betty Soo 

      Sometimes, you just need a little shake-up to get things to how they always ought to have been. With her most recent release Heat Sin Water Skin, BettySoo adds some welcome edge and grit to the heartbreaker ballads and bell-pure vocals she's come to be known for. Her previous work has earned multiple her songwriting awards (including Kerrville New Folk, Wildflower Festival, and Big Top Chautauqua Songwriter of the Year) and After her shows, Betty Soo regularly gets greeted with praise comparing her music and vocals to everyone from Ruthie Foster to Sheryl Crow to Joan Baez. When listening to Betty Soo’s music get ready for a good surprise.
www.bettysoo.com
          

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  • Bettysoo - Without You
  • Timmy - Clean it Up

Yesterday:
Rob
Mattson
 
Tomorrow:
Charlene
Dicalogero

I suggested the idea of 'cleaning' as a place to jump off from with Betty Soo.   She did a great job of running with it and I made the mistake of listening to her song  before I'd finished mine up.  (I've spent the whole month waiting to listen to other folks songs until after I've finished mine so I don't get influenced).   In any case, I did my usual thing of writing brainstorming a bunch of words and seeing if that triggers any ideas or inspiration for me. 
      Um... not really,  plus I had the added burden of feeling like there was one direction I really couldn't go--the driection of Betty's Song--which is a bit like trying not to think of an elephant.   In anycase, I eventually went with a totally literal interpretation of the song and finished everything up this morning.  

Timmy Riordan

     Timmy has been called ‘the hidden gem” of the Somerville/Cambridge music scene. In February 2009 he wrote and posted 28 songs on his website. This year he’s doing it again.  He has also decided there should be 8 day in a week (in honor of the Beatles of course) and has invited 32 of his songwriting friends to support him through the month by each writing a song themselves. Over the last summer he recorded 8 of those songs on a CD entitled “Peter Let Me In.” Each CD includes an original cover, hand-drawn just for you in Sharpie by Timmy. Proceeds from this hand-crafted album are all going directed to the making of “New York’s Ignoring Me” his next studio album to be released in summer of 2010.