How would you describe me to your friends?

It’s week 2 of “Music Success in Nine Weeks”: This week’s task? Create an “elevator pitch” that entices someone to check out my music if they haven’t heard it before.

Here’s what I’ve decided to do to get this week’s challenge done. Rather than write what I think I sound like, I thought it would be interesting to put it out to you! What do YOU think I sound like? By that I mean, if you were going to tell a friend to check out my music, how would YOU describe it?

To figure this out, I’ve created a short survey (Four questions plus one bonus question and a couple of feedback questions for the draw.) It would be amazing if you could take 5 to 10 minutes to fill it out for me.

Click here to take the survey!

Everyone who responds (limited to the first 100) has the opportunity to enter into a draw. (Be sure to leave your address at the end of the survey!) One winner will receive something homemade by me! (Not sure what it is yet, still got to make it. But I promise it will be lovingly made by my hands ‘n mind just for you!)

The survey is be limited to the first 100 respondents, and the
Draw date is Saturday January 21st at 1pm PST. so hurry!

Thanks sooooo much in advance!!
xo Karyn

Don’t forget to take the survey!

Nine Weeks of Wonder

This week officially kicked off my participation in Ariel Hyatt’s Music Success in Nine Weeks blogging challenging (winning the camcorder last week was just a bonus!) What I hope to find out over the course of the next two and a bit months is what does it take actually take for an artist (aka me) to get music out into the world?

Every Monday morning for the next nine weeks, follow me as I adjust the elastic straps on my toot-a-horn hat and try to get a handle on how to use social media tools in a less clumsy manner than I do now. :) I expect I’ll be talking as much about my philosophical views as about how-to details.

So, to that end… let’s kick off week 1 with a wee musing on hope…

Click here>>What The Mayans Can Teach Us About Setting Goals, Or What Are You Doing December 22nd, 2012?

What are your thoughts on the importance of hope? Leave your comments on my blog!

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Does Anybody Ever Win These Things?

Ten days into the New Year, I made a most fortunate discovery at the grocery store. What better reason to start blogging again? Check out my first post of 2012: Does Anybody Ever Win These Things?

Sing Along Everybody!

Here’s a video from a living room concert I played in Germany last month. It comes courtesy of my hosts Conny and Guido (Conny took the video), who have started a groovy living room concert series called “Where The Birds Fly” in Dusseldorf. (The link takes you to their facebook page.).

I love LOVE the sing-along at the end of the song. Do-doot doot!!!

I’m curious what you think! Leave your comments here, or better yet click through to Youtube and leave them there.

Happy Holidays!

Here's to you! Hope you have beautiful holidays and a happy New Year!

I want to take a moment to say thanks for all your love over the course of the past year! It has been uber amazing and inspiring. *sigh* That love’s gonna carry me well into 2012. And I look forward to seeing you there! xo Karyn

Here are some pics I took of my little Charlie Brown Tree. Just a couple of branches from the spruce out front. Take that, Martha Stewart!

Did you get my email?

I sent out a note to my newsletter this morning, talking a bit about my recent tour and my new video. Woo! Wee!

All new subscribers from my recent European tour have been added to the list (hallo!). If you did not receive an email from me today please check your spam folder! Your newsletter may have inadvertently landed there. And if you *still* can’t find the email, please sign up again! Over the course of the tour, a few of the sign up sheets got tattered and a couple of addresses were pretty hard to read, so it’s quite possible your address didn’t get inputted properly. :( Ahem. Sorry about that.

Signed up awhile ago and didn’t get today’s newsletter? Did you change your email address? You should sign up again!

And if you didn’t receive it because you’ve haven’t yet signed up for my newsletters, don’t despair! You too can subscribe to my newsletter, and get email updates sent directly to your inbox! Yes!

Meanwhile, back in Canada

I am home again after an amazing three weeks in Europe, and am greeted to a foot of snow here in the Cariboo. My first European tour was – in my humble opinion – a huge success!! Twenty-two days, twelve-dates playing in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland. I was treated to such fabulous hospitality by my various hosts: in addition to the incredibly warm reception to my music at my shows, I sampled many tasty local foods, drinks and cultural events… including of course, the requisite glass of Glühwein at the German Christmas Market in Dusseldorf. :) Now I’m sorting through hundreds of photos… and as soon as I can, I will post a travelogue about my adventures.

Meanwhile, enjoy this video of one of my soon-to-be released songs “How The Tiger Lost Her Roar” filmed during my stay in Zwolle, Netherlands.

Recorded live in the Kringloop aka awesome second hand store on Saturday November 26th, 2011. The bustle you hear in the background is that of shoppers swirling around us, scooping up excellent deals. One of the best places I’ve seen for second hand clothes, my friends!

Thanks Patrick, Brian, Reid and Tom from Inde Krinloop.nl! Check out their many more videos of artists performing live on Inde Kringloop Youtube Channel.