New Year...New Idea

Happy New Year!
Well over the last few weeks I've been considering somethings, and an idea popped into my mind...why not gather up songs I wrote in 2012 and record a whole album? For Christmas my sister and I got a whole bunch of new recording equipment so I'm pretty stoked to get started with that, and my brother and I both pitched in to buy some electric drums! So now the silence has been demolished by the banging of drums along side with piano, guitar and singing! Hooray!

Lately I've been trying to improve my work by at least 50%. Before I liked to whip a bunch of songs up in a week, but now I know I can perfect my work. So I've gone through a bunch of songs and chosen my top 10 to really work on :)
Luckily I have a sister who can sing so when we link together its fun!

Well nothing to exciting, ready to head out on adventure though, getting a little bored right now. I watched a music video by Linsey Stirling and made me just want to fly over to Africa and jam on the piano right there and then...but thats kinda impossible right now.

So all the best to you guys in the New Year, hope it's safe and successful. I'm crossing my fingers that I can get performing this year but I won't hold my breath.
I'm planning on going to some old folks home this month, if I go I'll make sure to bring the video camera so this blog can be more interesting

Have a good one!
Savannah :)

Eating a Sandwich

I was just eating a sandwich in front of the laptop when I discovered that I haven't written in like....months. Lame eh!

Well hows that little thing called life been? Splendid AND busy.

I don't know if I ever posted this, but I decided to start playing the guitar. (Youtube is my all time favorite teacher btw) My brother and Dad are always jamming away on the guitar so I thought "Hey, I'll give this a swing...." And discovered another love of mine. I have countless recordings but most of them are meant to make me look retarded as I attempt to sing....but I'll record some serious crap I've made up and post it on here later.

As y'all know I went to Guatemala for the summer and HOLY POOP I went through withdrawal's from the piano! Usually whenever something gets a little overwhelming I escape to the piano, where my mind is put at ease and I literally can relax, or can get excited....depends what I play :) But 4wks in total without the piano was a killer for me! I seriously got stressed easier, even got a little claustrophobic  with people and constantly found myself tapping on my knees while I walked the streets. (I sound like some druggy)
But something scary happened when I got home...I forgot to play the piano!!! I had broken a well developed habit and now I sometimes forgot!! The reason being is for 4wks I had to tell myself "No, there's no piano here to play!" So when I got back, I still had that mindset. But it's okay now because I've "convinced" myself that the piano is downstairs just waiting for someone to play it!!

I've been super lucky lately, in fact this whole year has gone by smoothly and it seems like everything just clicked into place :)
If any of you don't know I do English horseback riding - working on getting over those jumps. I've been taking lessons on and off for about 2 years? Anyways, I've got some advice to offer. HB riding teachers are fantastic, and they can make you improve fast, but once you get to a certain level YOU have to take it over. I pretty much lived in the walk and trot, partly because not a whole ton of students do HB riding, so your teacher wants to hold onto you as long as possible. But I ended up getting a fantastic job, that if I muck out stalls I can ride whenever, wherever and for goodness sakes however!! I getta go to the ring and just ride! I practice everything I've learned for hours, I've even cantered around and I've had fun!!

I've also gotten insanely good jobs, allowing me to make a little extra income for spending/saving money. I personally would advise everyone to look for jobs young, because it's getting harder and harder for kids to get jobs now a days, just because there are so many. But if you can write that you have experience on your resume...then you may have just got your ticket it :)

Well thats it for now....have a good one!!
I'll post some crap later on :D

Sincerely Savannah

Demo

Last night I was bored and tired, but didn't want to go to bed. So I grabbed my Dad's Ipad and went to GB (Garage Band). I was just playing around with different sounds so I thought I'd mix them all together...this is what I got :)

Enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb4YEcqVfQo

Sincerely Savannah

Music Photoshoot

Hey y'all!
Righty so I'm a little bit retarded considering I got you all hyped up about hearing the titanic and then I forget to post it...so you'll have to excuse my slowness but I am experiencing some "issues" with my computer so it should be up and running within the week :)

So my sister likes to take photos so we went out went one evening around our yard and captured some pretty darn good photos :)
Here they are!

Titanic - Part 1

Okay folks, sorry for not keeping up...Its been pretty busy round here.
Next week I head off to Guatemala! Don't expect a blog post about that for like a year?
I've started learning the guitar just for the fun of it, but I feel more drawn towards the piano. (I'm not in lessons, youtube is a good enough teacher for me :)


Okay I really want to do something different with piano, I wana go far now! I've been working hard and I think I'm at the stage where I'm comfortable sharing my talent. I don't just wana be the girl playing downstairs in her bedroom anymore, I really wana go out there! So I've started recorded, posting on youtube and perhaps I'll go to the old folks home or something...just for a start. If you've ever heard of Jon Schmidt thats what I wana become like. When I'm jamming away and not following any notes and just playing and having fun MAN its AMAZING! Seriously guys! It's freaking awesome. I can't really "explain" how much easier it is to just let you fingers find the notes and not your eyes? Hard to explain. Anyways one of these days I'll record myself just having fun and post it...

So...my sister is a fantastic singer and she really likes the titanic song, so I decided to learn it...part 1 at least. And I deleted my earlier post with River Flows In You as I've made a few improvements...so I'd thought I'd share this with you instead :)

Sincerely Savannah :)

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars :)

Alright so I made this blog...and used it like once? Pretty lame! But that's about to change :) I'd like to dedicate this blog to my piano :) to my experience's that have led me to where I am today and to share more and more about the person I am and the person I want to become. Lets start at the beginning...I actually don't know/remember where that was but I'll wing it :) I was raised in a musical home and naturally I just picked up an instrument and started playing, following in the footsteps of my siblings. When I was about 6 I started taking piano lessons and thanks to an amazing piano teacher for making playing fun :) Then when we moved back from Utah 2 years later we had sold our piano and were looking for both another great piano teacher and a piano. However my love for the piano hadn't been discovered and I didn't really pay any attention to the fact that we didn't have a piano. So finally we found an amazing teacher again who made playing the piano become fun and lively. I became in love with the piano!! After awhile though I found myself running in circles. I didn't feel like this teacher was allowing me to expand my abilities and I wanted to be pushed harder and to go far, but not in the way my teacher was offering. So thats when I made the decision to stop taking lessons and attempt to wing it myself...have to say that was the best route for me! 
Because I have no problem heading downstairs and playing for hours, learning new songs and pushing myself higher and higher I honestly have to say I don't think I would be like this if I had stuck with a teacher (Piano teachers are amazing, they can make you fall in love with the piano, give you a passion/desire to learn) For me knowing that no one else is going to push me downstairs I've actually pushed a button in my brain telling me "Its time to practice!" And for some strange reason my reaction is "Yay!" 
Beside our piano is 2 french doors leading out to a lush green lawn filled with flowers and buzzing bees. I decided to open the doors and start to play one day...holy crap this may sound cheesy but I swear I started coming up with all these new tunes and my mind was so clear and claim. Piano is like my peace, whenever I'm in a bad mood nothing settles me down more then hearing the sweet sound of the piano ringing through my ears! Even when Im out with friends and I either get bored or overwhelmed I'll start tapping my fingers trying to settle my brain :)


I think everyone needs to find a passion, not only because its something to do besides going on facebook, but it allows you the peace and security each and every person deserves. It can be crafts, baking, sewing, an instrument or a sport, if you really have a strong passion that you are driven towards, I advise you to not let it pass! 
There are so many talents and blessings we've all been given, don't let them pass. I couldn't even name the amount of times I used to want to give up on the piano, I'd get stuck on a piece, get fed up and frustrated...not worth it! Just keep pushing yourself! 


Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars :) 


Sincerely Savannah