I intentionally haven't played out much this year, as I'm focusing my energy on writing, recording, and attending to the details relating to starting a business. However, I've been playing at grocery stores, and some farmers markets. Food-related gigs are great. They pay me nicely, and I get to charm the passers by and draw people in for a moment of music in the midst of their day. Everybody wins.
It seems appropriate for me to be playing at stores. My dad has worked in grocery stores since he was 16 years old (he is now 55.) While I wasn't raised to be much of a foodie (we were a poor blue collar country family, and my mom hates to cook), I've certainly grown into one. I love nothing more than simple quality ingredients done well. I shop the edges of the grocery stores for the freshest stuff. I cook a lot. I love to eat. I eat a lot. And then I clean 8-10 houses per week and stay super trim. People ask me all the time if I eat, which makes me sad.
Healthy diet + hard work + music = healthy happy Daisy. Yay balance.
I called my dad yesterday to tell him about my upcoming gig. I'm playing today at a grand opening for a fancy new HEB grocery store. Usually when I tell my dad about anything relating to my current life, I can hear him glazing over. My dad is a simple man, and also very religious and conservative. No matter what I tell him about my music, he thinks all I do is hang out at bars with the drunks. To him, live music is something that only happens in bars, which he perceives as sinful. When I told him about my grocery store grand opening gig, something shifted. He told me he was proud of me. I think he finally understands a little bit more about my life and what I'm doing.
May you be nourished, may you be well.
Happy day to you!
<3 Daisy
It seems appropriate for me to be playing at stores. My dad has worked in grocery stores since he was 16 years old (he is now 55.) While I wasn't raised to be much of a foodie (we were a poor blue collar country family, and my mom hates to cook), I've certainly grown into one. I love nothing more than simple quality ingredients done well. I shop the edges of the grocery stores for the freshest stuff. I cook a lot. I love to eat. I eat a lot. And then I clean 8-10 houses per week and stay super trim. People ask me all the time if I eat, which makes me sad.
Healthy diet + hard work + music = healthy happy Daisy. Yay balance.
I called my dad yesterday to tell him about my upcoming gig. I'm playing today at a grand opening for a fancy new HEB grocery store. Usually when I tell my dad about anything relating to my current life, I can hear him glazing over. My dad is a simple man, and also very religious and conservative. No matter what I tell him about my music, he thinks all I do is hang out at bars with the drunks. To him, live music is something that only happens in bars, which he perceives as sinful. When I told him about my grocery store grand opening gig, something shifted. He told me he was proud of me. I think he finally understands a little bit more about my life and what I'm doing.
May you be nourished, may you be well.
Happy day to you!
<3 Daisy