Vanessa Jourdan

Hello, friends!  Steve Ochoa, Paul Antony and I had a great two song acoustic set at Harvest Christian Fellowship last night.  I don't think I've ever played a venue with such an amazing sound system, not to mention the lights and staging.  There was even fog, y'all.  Anyway, if you'd like to watch, you can follow the link below.  Make sure you choose the "Full Service" option, not the default "Message Only", that way you'll get the music portion at the beginning of the service.  The Harvest team does two songs, then we play two after that.  Enjoy!

http://www.harvest.org/webcast/player.php?section=archive&event=1&id=1370

Oh, my dear friends... What a crazy year it's been.  Kickstarter funding was a success, we went back into the studio (Paul Antony, Steve Ochoa, and some other familiar faces), and things were going along swimmingly.  Then something called life happened, quite literally.  My producer Paul Antony and his gorgeous wife Natalie welcomed little baby girl Heaven into the world in the fall.  It was a brutal pregnancy, and a quite terrifying one, however God worked one miracle after the next, and now both baby and mommy (and daddy) are healthy and beautiful, and maybe happier than they've ever been.  And now Paul's ready to get back to work on things like my project, which has obviously taken a back seat to more important business.

All told, it's been about a 6 month break with no recording at all, which has been frustrating, but it's also been a blessing.  I've had some time to "work on my craft", and to tweak some songs that I thought were all ready for recording, but turns out they needed a little help.  I thank you for being so patient with me, particularly those of you who funded my Kickstarter campaign.  Your money is still being put to good use, and you are going to get a cd out of this, I promise you!  It is now a very realistic hope that the cd will be in your hands by mid- to late-summer.  It would be much sooner if I didn't have this darned full-time job!  Sigh... Maybe that's the next campaign:  Help Vanessa Quit Her Dumb Day Job (Which She's Totally Thankful For, Don't Get Me Wrong)!

So Sunday, April 1st will be our first day officially working on music again, and getting "Beloved Vol. 1&2" finally, actually, concretely finished.  And I really believe it's going to be great.  And it's been so long now that I actually have nearly an album's worth of new material, so you might see two releases from me this year! 

Love you all!  Thank you for reading this, because if you're reading this, you care.  And after having been kind of hidden away and under wraps the last few months, it's good to know that someone cares.  *sniffle*

xoxo

~Vanessa

Alright, friends, just wanted to give you a brief update and let you know that we are officially back in the studio now that "Beloved" has been funded through Kickstarter because of your gracious and incredibly generous help.  We have already begun tracking 3 songs ("Disappointment", "Never Too Late", and "Let You Lead") and Steve Ochoa is going to lay down some drums for us this coming Wednesday.  I am also still writing and have another 5 songs begun that I will be finishing in the next few weeks.  Looks like thus far we will be finishing up in late spring/early summer and I couldn't be more excited.  I have never felt this kind of anticipation about a project before, because it has been such a "group effort" already, and the push I've gotten from all of your Kickstarter support has really lit a new fire under me.  It's awesome,...