The Lullaby Album

So I have this friend, see, and she's a concert pianist. She used to only perform others' works, such as that of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and the like.

But a few years ago Jenni decided to start composing her own music.

The first album, The Key of Sea, was released, oh 2 years ago, give-or-take, and I loved it. Not just because she's my friend (check out one of her many blogs through the Sleepless in Seattle link to the right, or go to her music website by clicking here: JenniferThomasMusic.com), but because it's really very good.

Well, of course, she took her time getting a second album out. I get the impression that becoming a new mom was somehow more important and required more attention than making music to appease the masses. I suppose I might agree with her.

Anyhow, her baby inspired The Lullaby Album, and from the bits and pieces I've heard, it is going to have been worth the wait. I've posted one of her YouTube promos for this new album on the right, so please give it a click, watch it, enjoy it, and if you like it...

Buy it.

I do not get any monetary compensation for promoting the album. I just love the music, and she's a really great friend. So, of course, I want her to succeed. Which she will do without me plugging her music. Still, I want to.

If you go back to one of my older posts, I have a photo montage of Cordelia, over which I dubbed some of Jenni's music from her first album.

Stills

Ok, so I promised to put some stills in the blog this time, but what can I say, I love to be technologically with-the-times. So I compromised. Here is a slide-show I put together made up of various pictures taken starting the day Cordelia was born up until a couple of weeks ago. Please note, not all of these pictures are in chronological order, so if she looks suddenly younger it's because I put the photo in the wrong place. Please forgive me.

The music I put this slide show to is "The Red Aspens" from the album "Key of Sea" by Jennifer Thomas. This was done without prior permission from Jennifer, however she has since given consent (as noted in the comments). 

Please visit her site: http://www.jenniferthomasmusic.com and if you like her music, buy it. I do, and I did.

I'll be adding a Halloween post soon, though I'm not sure when.  I got a very brief video of Cordelia at Trunk or Treat, but we'll have to see if the light from my camera is bright enough to have made the video watchable. 

Ahh, My Child, the Prodigious Wonder

Cordelia has loved music from the moment she was born. The first song she ever heard was Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer, sung to her when she was but a day old by her daddy in and attempt to calm her down. And it worked. Since then she has seemed to have an affinity for music, and is drawn to pianos and piano-like instruments (such as organs and her little-tyke piano-xylophone thingy).

Last week at church, Cordy and I were tracking down Tammy who was still in the Young Women's room (for anybody who is unfamiliar with the LDS church, "Young Women" refers to girls ages 12-17, so the "Young Women's" room is not the lavatory, it's just a room where the young women meet). I opened the door and Cordelia pushed through and climbed right up onto the bench and started plunking away. I pulled out my camera-phone and took the following vid.