10 days before MY/our album is out!

So, yeah. I do music, and there's an album coming out. It's coming out soooon. Like, ten days sort of soon. And we have a little promo video to show off, which is here (sorry if it starts automatically, I personally can't stand when that happens on blogs and it's been happening to me lately. New setting??. If you know how to stop it, let me know! ;) ) ANYWAY, here is the video:



And here is the official press release:

Published on 1 Jul 2013 

Official Press Release 

New album "Into the Red" by International band Woody's a Girl to be released in digital and limited edition physical formats on Friday 12 July, 2013. Containing a mixture of dark and heavy rock, psychedelic pop, whimsical acoustic, and choir like vocals, "Into the Red" is a diverse palette of 12 catchy tunes presented by two people from two different hemispheres. Written and sung by Trisha Farnan from Perth, Australia, and musically performed by Billy Bedard from Bakersfield, CA, "Into the Red" marks the first release from the international duo. Be sure to check out "Into the Red" when it becomes available through CDBaby, iTunes, and the band's Facebook, as well as directly from the band members themselves (contact them directly through the band Facebook). More details to be announced as the release date nears. Meanwhile, check out the band's promo video for the album for a taste of several tracks. Full album tracklist is as follows: 

1. Yes, New Loving 

2. Ten Times Ten 

3. Fall on Death 

4. Debutantes 

5. Adventures 

6. Back Flip 

7. Rock Face 

8. Beyond Pale and Ageless 

9. Red 

10. Glossary Head 

11. The Obituary 

12. Song

So there you go! In case you haven't detected this already, I am soooo not good at promoting my 'wares', so this is weird and awkward for me. But I know it has to be done! And it's good practice for when I do finally release a book in some format, someday. So here I am! In related news, I'm pretty sure the DHL dude tried to deliver my copies of the CDs today - MAN that was quick! - but of course I wasn't home 'cause I work full time. So I'm going to see if I can get them delivered to work! ;)

And yeah, that's my surname. Everyone gets it wrong. All the time. Sometimes even I get it wrong, but that's more a typo thing. ;)

[O&AM] I might be a mad cow [but I AM a songwriter!]

I was born in 1980 in a building outside a little almost-town in England (I shared a photo of the building itself back in May in this post). I do think it's cooler to say I was born in a field, but still, technically, only the building was in the field, and my parents and I were in the building. Because I spent the first eighteen months of my life in the UK, there's potential I've got mad cow's disease. Or, rather, that I'm a carrier. Even though I was only there until the end of 1981, I'm still banned from giving blood today. And of course mad cow disease (the human form) is still an issue today (as indicated by this article).

I find it hard to believe I'm really, truly a mad cow, and yet I could be that one in four thousand that (allegedly, possibly, maybe) really does carry it around in her bloodstream all day long! I would dearly love to give blood, and I always feel deflated when those blood drives are going on and everyone who doesn't donate is made to feel guilty for being such a selfish loser. But on the upside, I get to say "I can't give blood 'cause I could be a mad cow."

Naturally my friends all say, "So that's what the hell's up with you, you crazy biatch!" but strangers generally just nod politely and move on their way. ;) So, there you go. You learned something more about me today (even if you already had an inkling that I was potentially a mad cow!).

In other news, this:

This is actually a poster advertising ... my upcoming album release. I shouldn't really say "my", because this is very much a joint effort, and in fact much of the effort has been on the other person's part (Billy Bedard is a legend and he knows a lot more about how to create an actual album than I do by now!). But they are my songs, and it's my voice, and it's got my artwork in it. So it's all pretty exciting.

Soon enough there will be a little promo video to release that just has a bit more artwork and a few snippets of sound from the album. As soon as I have that, I will share it here!