Release day!

It's official! In the Light of Morning is available on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp starting today! So excited to share it with all of you.

Official website

Happy to announce the "official" Montclaire website is finally up and running. Hope you like it.

http://www.montclairemusic.com/

First post-album-release show!

 

Super excited to be playing this show with the guys of Lost City. It's a part of the Musicfest NW therefore it is sure to be a fun time. I start at 6pm (yeah, kinda early), but the good thing is that after the show I can enjoy all the other amazing bands playing that night. Details here.

New Music!

Super duper uber excited to share one of my new songs with you all for download on my Bandcamp page. The other tracks will be released Sept. 4, but for now...I hope you enjoy!

xx,
Sabrina

I'm gonna do this.

Wasn't planning a trip home to Hawaii anytime soon...but got the call to play this show with some of my favorite Hawaii indie artists at the historic Hawai'i Theatre and I couldn't pass it up. If you are in the 808...I hope to see you there!

Writing Christmas songs

It's probably too early to talk about the Holiday Season with the sun shining so brightly out and the fact that we haven't even gone past Labor day yet. However, A project has come up for me to either write an original Christmas tune or cover a classic. In the moment I responded with, "Yes, I'll write my own." I knew exactly what I was stepping into. A big writing challenge. What may come about might be the biggest cheeseball song of them all, but I hope not.

I have tried once before to write a Christmas song a few years back but it didn't stick. It is about as difficult to write for me to write a Christmas song as it is for me to write a traditional love song. I mean those really sappy songs too that you hate to admit it but are really good. It runs the risk of being uber cheesy (snow, reindeer, mistletoe) or being oddly too contemporary where basically a pop song gets the word love changed for Christmas (wink-wink). There is a small...very teeny-tiny window where it can work; where the melody and lyrics harmoniously find a home together. So I am throwing down Barney Stinson style and said "Mission Accepted!"

In the meantime, I am digging up some old Christmas pics and videos from my childhood for inspiration. This one scene from "Frosty the Snowman" always gets me. I think it has something to do with the little kid who cries out "Oatmeal!" when trying to think of names for Frosty. I can't help it. I had to share.

Teaser #3: "Cowards"

My friend Toni Wong visited me from Hawaii this week. She has played music with me a bunch and it was nice having her in town to talk about music, go camping and try out new restaurants. She constantly had her camera with her and took a few clips that have been mashed together with part of the song "Cowards" from the upcoming EP. So here you have it...teaser #3. Enjoy and pass it on! xx