December 11, 2008

a. new. ep. is. coming.

That's right, folks.  I've been working on it for a few months now with my friend Cam, and we've approached it from a completely grass-roots and low-fi perspective.  In translation, that means I don't have any money to spend on studio time, so I haul myself to Cam's apartment in Brooklyn and we sit in his living room, ask his wife and cats to be quiet, and hit the record button.  We do that for six hours and head home, get up the next day and start over.  It's kind of fun.   I'm hoping to have five new songs to share by the end of it, and thanks to the suggestions of fellow musician Allison Weiss, I'll be releasing it digitally AND physically, but this time I'll be doing all the packaging myself.  This is awesome because it'll be extra-special and sealed with love.  I'm hoping to launch all this by the end of January.  Huzzah!  

October 28, 2008

STORE IS HERE!  Finally, a store where you can buy any Lauren Zettler memorabilia currently available :)  It's up on the links page - or click HERE.

October 2, 2008

Okay, okay, I forgot to update you.  You can get the LIVE FROM L.A. FREE DOWNLOAD by clicking HERE.

It is officially fall.  The days of Indian Summer may show their beautiful faces every so often this month, but it's here.  I get nervous when it starts to get cold.  Personally, I love it.  I love sweaters and boots and hats and hot chocolate.  But musically, I get anxious.  It's hard to get people out on the cold.  But I can't just hibernate.  Maybe I should tour somewhere south?  If anyone wants to host a house party in some warm weather, you just LET ME KNOW and I'll be there.  Everything is negotiable :)

September 5, 2008

Holy cow, where did the summer go?  A few quick updates!  The Red Cross Fundraiser I played in Indiana last month raised over $1300!  A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out (there were over 100 people there!).  I've been laying pretty low the past month or so....trying to take a comfy approach to recording some new material and plan out my attack on the rest of the year.  I say "plan" loosely - it usually doesn't work out so well in the end, as the universe generally just likes to throw things at me and then point and laugh as I try to  figure it out.  The pieces land where they do and I usually make it out okay....I think it's a pretty entertaining way to lead a life.  Anyway, be sure to visit Myspace to hear some new stuff, and come back in the next day or so.  I have a LIVE FROM L.A. EP that would like to find its pretty little FREE way into your equally pretty hands...check ya later ;)

August 11, 2008

Well well welllllll.  A lot has transpired over the past few months, but apparently I've been lazy to update.  Since May, this site has gone LIVE!  I've written a few jingles, played some great shows, and made plans for new recordings (hurrah!)  So keep your ears to the ground, there will be more LZ news rumbling around soon.  Perhaps the most notable event this summer was my show at the Hotel Cafe.  I forget the first time I became familiar with that venue...years ago, the further I delved (word?) into the singer-songwriter genre, the more I heard about it.  Enter musicians like Cary Brothers, Priscilla Ahn, etc, I put it on my "Goals" list.  Six months after I quit my job, due to good connections and an actual CD of recordings, I made it happen.  And then it came and went and it was great and now it's over and I've got to work on some other goals.  It's always a whirlwind and a let down, all at the same time, when you accomplish something and it ends.  I've got to work a little harder on the whole "be grateful that it happened, not sad that it's over" bit, but I think some of you know what I mean.  Anyway, this is turning into a full-out blog instead of NEWS tidbits, so I'll bid you farewell.  Come back soon. 

May 31, 2008

I was tempted to make up a whole bunch of previous dates, filled with fun information. But this is the relaunch of my website, and I think we should keep things honest. Also, for the period of time that this is short, there won't be a silly scroll bar to the right of the page, and I really like it when that happens. Everything on the page looks so much cleaner that way.

Speaking of clean, I really need to clean my shoes. I got caught in the middle of a torrential downpour in the middle of New York...the dirty streets got wet, which makes me feel like they're even dirtier (when in reality, perhaps they're cleaner?), and my feet were soaked. I have to add that this happened after I went to the 10a.m. screening of Sex and the City. I went that early because it's half-price. Who knew I would be so entertained by the number of grown men in attendance, all by themselves! So sneaky. They thought they'd get away from ridicule by going early. Well little did they know, I would call them all out on my new website.