Gateau

 gâteau by lesbrewskis

It's been years since Brian and I have written a song. Let's just say it's been as long as before Elliott was born, and we still lived in beautiful Monterey. I picked up the bass in 2006 but I've written poems and essays a lot years ago and have been forced to take piano lessons like any Filipino child. I tried the whole guitar thing, but my fingers, as my friend Lisa has described are "swan fingers" so it's only capable of bass playing.

A few weeks ago, we decided to go do some book hunting and maybe finally unpacking some boxes we've ignored to open and I found my said poems. Tons of them, and after reading them, I was in a writing mood again. Brian also has this ukulele he bought way back in 2004 on his trip to Kaui. He's hasn't really dabbled with it too much yet, but he came up with this amazing riff and we just went to town in writing. It feels good to be back on the music writing world. My friend Lizzie has also been an inspiration since she has been doing outstanding work in the music writing/playing scene.

Life has just been needing a lot more sass, and digging through that old box of stuff was like digging back into old hobbies. I even went back to reading. Reading nothing but facebook lately has been making me feel dumber and the need to go back to school or pick-up an old hobby seemed to be what I needed. I picked the latter because that school thing is pricey. I needed inspiration, and a change of pace. There was a deep craving for even more creativity. Maybe I'll even make another short movie, and there is a project I'm working on that I'm hoping to do before this year is done.

Thank you to my wonderful husband for the great ukulele riff and to my dear friend Lizzie for inspiring me to get back on the music train. <3

I hope you all enjoy the demo. I sure did as it made me want Hawaiian food today and caused me to make some.