music-aholic

hi. my name is amber, and i am a music addict.

music is a huge aspect in my every day life. it's almost constantly playing, and it's something i look forward to. my 'obsessed' column on this page are the songs i'm currently stuck on and can't get over.

i get stuck on certain bands for a while too, or i'll 'rediscover' a band and not be able to change my ipod from them. my current band obsession is frightened rabbit, a little scottish indie rock band. my affinity for accents might have a smidge to do with this.

my ipod has been on them, non-stop, for about three weeks now. thank you courtney for introducing them to me.

scott, the vocalist, his voice isn't the prettiest thing around (well, his scottish accent helps that though), but the music is oddly addictive. i would say his voice falls into the same category as jeff mangum of neutral milk hotel, the best worst indie voices. i think i'm drawn to these kinds of bands (kevin devine being another, who will definitely be up here. i get stuck on him all the time) because i can't sing. i like the fact that, even though their voice isn't perfect, they've made it. even though they're inspiring, i do NOT see a music career in my future. ha.

awkward goodbye

today my best friend, courtney, left for school in portland, oregon. she came to visit me on my lunch break and say bye. she also brought along gil to photograph our goodbye. it kind of felt like paparazzi haha. a camera following us wherever we went, but it was fun.

it was really hard to say bye, but exactly one month from today i'll be going up to portland to visit courtney for her birthday, as i mentioned in the previous post. we called it our awkward goodbye, because awkward friends have awkward goodbyes. i've lost my best friend, my show buddy, my partner in crime, and my shoulder to cry on. bbm and video chat will be heavily used to keep on touch while she's gone! i have always wanted to do a roadtrip too...

here's some of the fun pictures. gil is an amazing photographer, check him out at gil riego photography.

whirlwind

oh life! it gets in the way of things sometimes! just a random update...with no specific purpose.

so, after six months i've moved out of the apartment in burbank. i won't go into detail for the mere fact that i don't find it nice or appropriate and that this is a public forum, but i'm sure we can all put two and two together. the move was nice though. it gave me an opportunity to get fully organized and really figure out what i need, and what i don't. i'm absolutely in LOVE with my new room. it's finally the room i've always wanted and it feels like me.

in all this change happening in my life i've found new motivation, and it feels GREAT! i'm getting started on my baby line, a good place for me to start...now i just need to find the time. i've got sketches done and i'm starting my test run of things. as soon as everything is set up, i have a meeting with fred segal. that wont be for a while, but it's SUPER exciting! i'll post pictures and more information as i have it.

i have quite a bit of traveling coming up, which is always fun. i love airports and planes. traveling always gives me inspiration and ideas, so i'm quite stoked.

in September i'm going to visit my best friend in portland, oregon (where she's going to school) for her birthday and we're going to go see kevin devine perform, one of our favorite indie musicians. she'll have been in portland for about a month when i go visit her, i think it's great timing. i think she'll be excited to see a familiar face. i know i'll miss hers like no other...

from portland i'm heading over to boise, idaho to visit family. then in october i'm going to visit my dads 'sister' and her family, who i haven't seen since i was a small child.

going to a couple new places has me very excited and should be fun and inspiring. it'll be interesting flying alone so much, but shhh...i'm really excited to try it all by myself.

me and my best friend, courtney