This is my theme at this stage of the game.
March On! While there is a need for pleasure and comfort music brings,
I, Miss Kristin, shall rise to the call, and March On!

“March On” is finally complete and presently in design stages for album artwork and manufacturing. We hope to have the CD up on iTunes, Digstation, Amazon.Com and CDBaby this Mid May.

March On was composed entirely by me, Miss Kristin and I produced it as well.
March On is a real “dream come true” for me.
The songs mean a whole lot to me.
I poured my heart into them and honestly, they are one of the greatest gifts of my life. I have high hopes of touching and reaching people with their cool feel and encouraging words. So today I am so thankful.

As far as instrumentation goes, you will find me on all vocals, much acoustic guitar, a few songs worth of bass guitar,12 string guitar, all keyboards, and most drum programming with percussion production.
I also did the mixes myself and the mastering. I feel pleased with the outcome and think the tracks sound sick! (You know I mean great!)

The guitar work with the mad electrics and sick bass playing is the wonderfully talented and great Tom Landry. Tom also did a lot of the 12 sting work and all the J200 stuff. I would say he is low key on this collection, (for Tom) compared to how he usually rocks. (We do have another album already under way where he busts it up hard and makes quite the grand stand!) Tom is like an Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page. One of the greatest guitarists of all time…and he’s mine!!!!
(I am such a lucky girl) So if you desire to hear more of Tom now, be sure to check out his guitar playing on “The Runner” at MySpace and also he did a great job on “Amazing Power” which you can find on Digstation.

On again to other players; We had Craig Martin on Drums for “Potters Clay”, and Robert Holme on drums for “March On” and “Love Never Fails”. I was blessed to have the creative Suzanne Weller on harp and flute for “Love Takes Time” and Michelle Pollace Mills for bass guitar on the same song.

I love all the songs, but I think my favorite is “Instant Decision”.
I just love the whole feel of that song.
It’s kind of sad and happy. And I think it brings out the actress in me as well.
I also love “All For One People”, and “Love Takes Time”.
Oh my gosh....I love them all!!! (hopefully you will too!) Let me know ok?
And thanks for listening and supporting NEW Miss Kristin music!

kisses,
kristin

The whirlwind of change blows ~history in the making~

Change happens and all around change is what everyone is talking about.
From our government elections to big business on Wall Street, change is inevitable and it will continue to occur for good or bad depending on how we see it through our own eyes.

However we may view and judge the changing events that fill our lives, it is one thing to go with the flow, and quite another to get caught in a cloud and not be able to see and freely move with necessary growth and adapting. In other words, blocking the flow and experiencing stagnation.
I believe this happens when we unnecessarily attach to people and outcomes.

“Desert Seas” is finally complete and we are releasing the collection on the Big Fuss Records label November 15th 2008. I am thankful for the journey. Some things are worth the wait.
I am not a perfectionist but a realist and lover in creating my music.

It is most important for me to gather and express all possible emotion in a moment, creating a moving and heart touching lyric and melody. This is the basis of a great song. All the production in the world will not help a song that just doesn't have heartfelt feeling!

Today with the music industry changing rapidly, and with myspace being such a great portal of exposure for the independent artist- one has to follow their own heart and do the best they can with what they have got because it really does come down to touching hearts.

I think a lot of the highly exposed and marketed manufactured rock and various other highly produced pop style music is waning on the everlasting and sell-ability mostly due to deeply touching the listener. This music sounds cool when you first listen, but then the craving for it does not exist frequently because it is missing something very real. (my personal opinion) It is compressed and processed to sound cool, contemporary, and big. Some think this steely production is called “radio ready”.

Well I am all for great sound, and I will continue my journey in learning to become a great producer.
But I choose not to spend thousands of dollars on processes, and more of my thousands on marketing.

My goal is to tug on your heartstrings and with “Desert Seas” I embarked on a journey with a friend who left me with half the bag, and am I glad he did. My sound genius friend got me going by doing a bit over half of my mixes on “Desert Seas”, and he blessed me with some of his great gift. He is really amazingly talented and has an outstanding ear, but he is a quirky artist guy who needs to be free to do his own thing most of the time. He does not work well on time schedules and unfortunately has a heavy load just living, and because I have a large body of work, my needs are to be as self sufficient as possible. I choose not to be dependent on others! No, I will not be like Guns And Roses, (keeping my fans waiting for the next 10 years) so, I proceed and follow my heart by doing the best I can with what I have learned and what I have within me. We do learn best from doing, and I've learned alot from this last production experience and have stepped up my game. I thank my friend for this.

I'll continue to keep my recordings relatively organic and perfectly blissful in heart pounding emotion. It's a new age and a new music game. I think its all about getting real.

Just like the elections, and I encourage you all to vote. Find your voice and use it!
Be real and honest and unafraid. That is my advice and the way I choose to live my life.

Check out “Desert Seas” if you are interested in an instrumental “New Age” listening journey.
This music is healing, uplifting and relaxing. Perfect for in your home while going about your bliss.

Purchase the cd at http://cdbaby.com/misskristin8

http://myspace.com/misskristindesertseas

Let’s start with my earliest writings, “The Secret Of Your Heart”.

This album was written first, but finished and released later than “Trouble Child” and “You Cant Hide Love”. “The Secret Of Your Heart” features my earliest writings and is a very 80’s rock style. This was my coming awake album, the time when I realized my gifts and desire to express myself. The title track did pretty well and charted on radio for a time, and really all the songs are special and tell my story. But by far my favorite track is “Stardust”. I wrote the song thinking of my brother who died years before. He was 19 and got hit by a train.(or jumped into one)(I will never know) but he was my best friend growing up and this event devastated me and my family. I could never really sing “Stardust” live, I was too broken.

Now years later, it is a joy to sing and a most beautiful track.

Other fav’s on the “Secret” album are “The Only One”, “Never Give Up” and “One For Me”. I guess at this time of writing I found my purpose and reason for living on. “Little Child” was a testament to that. “Little child, now dry your tears, it’s a new day, now don’t you fear”.

Next in line, “You Cant Hide Love”! “You Cant Hide Love” was the beginning of my journey with Robert Berry assisting in production and creation of the musical parts. This was also the beginning of my alliance with Alison Daniel as artist and visionary. Two great unique people and many other exceptional musicians went into the making of this classic rock jewel. “You Can’t Hide Love” should not be missed if you are or become a real fan of Miss Kristin music. With songs like, “Sex Weapon”, “What A Feeling”, and “The Earthquake Song”; this collection is the most timeless collection I’ve ever produced.

It garnered much attention overseas, and put me on the rock star map. Now my personal favorite song from this collection is by far “Rockin Away”. Chances are you will hear it live at one of my shows one day. “Rockin Away” came at a time I had realized that rock and roll was my true love and what I came to the planet to do. I’d loved and lost multiple times by then and made a conscious choice not to marry and have children but to devote my life to music. How nuts is that? It seems against everything we women live and stand for, but for me it was my truth, and still is. There’s more to the story, but I’m still “Rockin Away”.


Next came “Trouble Child”. “Trouble Child” was my funnest and the beginning of my new age sounding music. I was steering in a new direction and it was exciting! I’ve always had people attempt to classify me and this collection had them guessing. Was Kristin Contemporary Christian? New Age? Rock? Pop? I called it “New Age Folk Rock”. My hope was to be real, and not worry what people thought, just to be me as pretty and as ugly at times as it was.
“Trouble Child” tells the beautiful story of finding my way to loving myself and facing the judge within. Don’t miss this song (Trouble Child) it is excellent.


Every song within this collection is really something special to me as it tells my story. I was in jail at the time when I wrote most of it. I was busted for drug possession, (thank God) saved my life. Meth, and coke…whatever I could get my hands on. It’s not a new story so I won’t go into it. I’m just glad I went through it and came out the other side. My other especially favorite track from this collection is,
“Love The Most Excellent Way”. Please have a listen or download the single from Itunes. It’s heavy, and well worth the listen.



Stay tuned for Part III of My favorite things blog: