andrea ball

roasting chestnuts over an open fire.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:20:00 +0000

this photographer has inspired me today... thought I'd leave you with the same sense of love! I love this! find him HERE

MERRY CHRISTMAS, see you tomorrow!

guest dj, songs for sunday!

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:12:00 +0000

This week I asked my friend Niki to put together a playlist. She has great taste in music so I'm proud to bring you her choices. I do have to mention that one of the songs I could not find anywhere online- Marc Bolan and T.Rex "knight" so if you find it you should let me know, it wasn't on itunes!

There was another on her list that I only found on elbo.ws it's Bosque Brown and you can listen to "So Loud" HERE It's worth it, I purchased the cd-so definitely check her out. Here are the other songs she listed!

december 20th

Niki is a stylist at Bang! the salon, check out her amazing styles for Donna Baldwin HERE and her profile on Bang's web site HERE. She first cut my hair 6 or 7 years ago!! she's excellent!

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Hi out there! I'm so excited about 2010, I just want all of you to know that I think it's going to be the best year so far!
here's why:
*dial tone is coming out!
*We are playing fantastic shows... yes! i updated some of them on the side bar.
*I don't work for crazy insane people anymore! ya! so thankful!!!!!!!
*and overall I just have a great feeling that good things are coming...
so I can't wait to make new goals for 2010! ya.

anyway some of you know that I love posters... I really want to own these in the new year:
(buy these here)

it's been a lovely day so far... (joe we missed you)! just eating breakfast with the guys and hanging out. carl rang my door at 7:30, hence the blankets on the couch, that's way too early....

oh and i got new hair...

10 things I would like to blame other people for....

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:55:00 +0000

1. first and foremost, I need to blame the government for administering aids and hiv, actually I blame Kanye for making me suspect that. ha ha ha!

2. I would like to blame the fact that I occasionally buy a fountain soda drink on Angie Oatley, before I met her I never drank soda. YOU!!!!!

3. I blame you CARL for making me sing "NEW YORK!" for days! and for causing me go listen to Alicia Key's new album. YOUR FAULT! oh and Joe I blame you for the phrase "fair enough" and I blame you that carl is saying it just as much as you are now. ALL YOUR FAULT!!!! : )

4. I would like to blame Michael Jackson for the ring tone that is on my phone right now. if he was still alive it wouldn't be there, I also blame him for it being 1.99.

5. Patrick Ball, I would like to blame you for making me say "yo" all the time. Clearly that is your fault. I blame your wife too, somehow she plays a part.

6. I blame Beyonce for the word "Boo" or "my boo" yuck!!!! yuck yuck!

7. I blame chris Kuehl for my addiction to bat for lashes!! LOVE HER!!! Chris is an amazing photographer, he took this picture of me at the top of this page. see his photography HERE.

8. Susanna, i blame you for the fact that i watched a david grey video. And for (terrible terrible) "the yes men fix the world" this is her, she is to blame.

9. I blame Frederic Chopin for sometimes crying when i hear this:

Nocturne in D flat major, Op. ...

10. and finally i blame 2012 on SARAH PALIN. I don't know why but she needs to be blamed for something, and why not for this? thanks to everyone who thinks we're all going to die. Life is so much better that way.

goodbye, I'm going to go play music now. LET ME KNOW WHO YOU'D LIKE TO BLAME. i think this is a great topic.

ahhhhh!

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:08:00 +0000

HELLO WORLD!

i just want to say that I loved this painting when I saw it at sputnik and I randomly found out who painted it by stumbling upon their website HERE.

love this:

do you see the painting behind us? I want to buy it now. if you are reading this and you bought this painting I think you should re-gift it to me!!!! : ) does anyone know who painted this? is it kinsey too? I know someone out there knows!

anyway I have to run off, but more about this artwork later.

xo,
aball

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:00 +0000

december 13th

free download just for you

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:53:00 +0000

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

i'm really getting into the holiday season this year. I designed these cards for my own christmas cards, but I've decided to make them a free download for all of you. Below each preview is a link where you can download a PDF file. This will be on 8x11's and you can print them. i outlined them in grey on the PDF so you know where to cut them. They are 4x6 cards so you can buy envelopes or I also added a link to envelopes you can make yourself. (these cards fold in half, obviously)...ENJOY!!!

DOWNLOAD HERE:

This is the first of my many art projects to give away/sell. I'm working on tee shirts and hoodies. And my company...

YA MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

beautiful

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:28:00 +0000

In the last two days I had two very old old men come up to me (separate occasions) and tell me I had a beautiful face. One of the gentlemen told me my people (czech's) were the most beautiful people in the world. This week has just been lovely, people have been so nice to me. I'm not sure why but I'm liking it.

the botanical gardens are amazing this year.
me and sue went by ourselves because no one else would brave the cold with us and it was totally worth it!!!!
Go there!

i want you to be happy.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:32:00 +0000

baby it's cold outside.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:11:00 +0000

"I love your glasses"

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:54:00 +0000

hello! Last night was fun, if you came thanks!!! Everyone was so chummy last night, I must have hugged 25 different people. Strangers would come over and say hello and then they would say "oh let me give you a hug" it was really funny! I don't think I've experienced that before! I thought it was great, really.

Today for songs this sunday I put one band on the list, basically because I LOVE THIS!
She is Russian Red. And o my goodness this is my favorite music right now. i LOVE IT. LOVE IT LOVE IT. can i tell you that I LOVE IT! ya and I only put 4 of her songs from "I love your glasses"

december 7

beautiful... i want to take pictures this fantastic...

photoshop.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0000

I admit, i'm a photoshop junkie. I think I have an addiction. I hope carl doesn't mind me posting these pics, but I really do need to take new pictures of someone so i can plaster them on this blog, ha ha.

here is the after then before...

ok i'm going back to photoshopping.... see you later.

OH come to our show at the meadowlark tonight!

I'm just inspired!!!!

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:19:00 +0000

I am going to record a song tonight. I'm embarking on another recording, just can't stop myself. I think I'm going to put together an ep of solo guitar songs that you can get with Dial Tone when it comes out. I'm just inspired!!!!

The song I wrote this afternoon is called HEAVEN to HELL. Here are the lyrics

you were an angel, falling from heaven
because paper and glue taught me not to trust you.
Rain fell from the skies, Like tears from your eyes
and we floated down so softly

How much will you pay? how much will you pay?

You wear your darkness like it was all you intended to be
Somewhere between heaven and hell is where you fell in love with me

hell is somewhere you always knew you were going
and you left me with every single debt you owed
maybe one day you'll hit the ground and I'll hear
you say, I'm sorry for every single thing I stole

how much will you pay? how much will you pay?

you wear your darkness like it was all you intended to be
somewhere between heaven and hell is where you fell in love with me

how much will you pay? how much?
cause I know this is gonna cost me.

these songs sound old maybe one of these cowboy and indian pics will have to be the cover.

what is this song about? Two lovers falling from heaven to hell of course. ha ha ha. I don't know you come ask me on a day where I feel like telling you.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:17:00 +0000

the last few days have been strange. As I sit here thinking back on it, I'm in awe... I have to say if another person calls saying they've been arrested I may need to take a vacation. o my. If I told you the last 10 interactions I've had with people you'd think I was a counselor at some mental hospital. wow.

well on a completely different note. I love this photographer. everything is insanely beautiful... larajade.co.uk

songs for sunday. on monday. ha ha.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:21:00 +0000

sorry for a day late but hey. all of these i love. steve earle, well, that's more for fun... "colorado girl" funny.... and cute.

sunday nov 28

love this...

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Last night I was a part of a really cool program brought to you by the city of denver. "piano's around denver" They painted piano's and put them around the city for people to play, so fun! So they hired me to play for a while last night, I'll have to post pictures later but here are two of the pianos they had on the streets:

I've also been trying to find the website where you can sponsor Boulder Acoustic Society's mustaches. I unfortunately can't find the page, but for now they are passing out fake stache's for everyone at their shows. Love it! Let's start a mustache graffiti gang? you in?

This little "missed connection" goes out to my friend daylene. I read this blog a while back from sophie blackall, and well she illustrates the missed connections section of craigslist. I'm glad i wasn't the only one who found it entertaining to read that section on occasion!

see her other illustrations HERE

On another note i want to let Tom's know that I really hope the kids I buy my toms for get a sparkly par of shoes. I have the gold ones and sometimes I just wish the kid in Africa had the gold pair too! I'm just going to pretend that they do. And for Christmas i'm going to buy myself the sparkly black pair and pretend the kid in Africa or Thailand is sporting his sparkly pair too. One day I'd love to take tom's to kids, i just love it.

BYE!

songs for sunday!

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:37:00 +0000

hello out there.

today i'm going to go write new music in my secret music writing place.

i have songs this week. ya for some really great music....

I added this song by coconut records because I love the line where he says "i wish you'd put yourself in my suitcase" so cute! Then this song with bon iver and st. vincent is just beautiful and the combo of there voices make me melt. Anya marina sounds exactly like metric's emily haines which i love because she's like the accoustic version of a great band. ha ha, funny but it's true, maybe they should make a band together since i'm starting to wonder if it is emily trying to release her music in another name, but i love the song: satelite heart.

sunday november22

DIAL TONE

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

so i have a date for our cd release. mark your calendars for march 19th here in denver! and Dial tone will come out on the 16th of march on itunes.

i'll let you guys know when it's up for pre-order....

come see us at the meadowlark on december 5th we have a new bass player which is really exciting!
come see carl play some awesome beats....

see you there!!!

UM i almost fell over with laughter, again.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:00 +0000

so I just got asked out by a teenager. yes. What is this? my life is hilarious, strange things are constantly happening to me. I mean do I look so young that a teenager would feel comfortable asking me out? ahhhhhhhhhh! this is so ridiculous. Yeah he asked me for my number and I laughed so hard I almost fell over. geez. you know who has great gene's that I think could be mistaken for a teenager?
bjork.
Look at that face-

well I just stopped in to tell you that story. I'm going to play a show tonight... I will check in here soon.

oh and go HERE and download this beautiful holiday music by my beautiful friends:

austin...

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:00 +0000

i like this city! although i haven't seen too many people my age, i feel like most people who live here are 38 with kids. but overall a lovely place...

some dude came up to me at this coffee shop and told me i had great legs. While I'd like to take that as a compliment it was so SO STRANGE.

this was a free glass blowing shop/class.

hotel. so great. I want to own a home that looks like this...

o my:

magical forest...

celebrities and me hanging out.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:48:00 +0000

so i'm in austin! it's fun, I came to see my brother and well just wonder around. it's funny I saw jim from the office at the coffee shop this morning.
he did this awesome pose for me when i snapped a photo:

then he looked at me and said "hey let's hang out" so we did, we drank coffee and talked about how he was cast in the show. good times!
ha ha. ha. ha ha. jk.

well i'll write you a real blog with austin photo's when i come home but for now i'm going to see peter bjorn and john! wooooo.

songs for.. ummmm. monday?

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0000

ok i'll admit i'm all over the place right now, i didn't do songs for sunday because instead I went to the Dirty Projectors at the bluebird last night... so let this be an alternative to that,

with bjork:

I have to say this band was crazy. They had some amazing moments- mostly when one of the girls were singing. Dave Longstreth (the lead singer) was too much for me! They did do 2 accoustic songs which were amazing! The electric stuff all started to sound the same and the details of every song were so over the top. so there you have it- I like their song two doves, and stillness on the move, and I can appreciate how out of the box they are... but it was an intense show and so out there that i'm not sure i would go and see them again. I take that back, if Dave would stop singing and turn his electric guitar down a notch or two I would return to see them again. ha ha!

photo shoot

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000

i'm finally using my sweet camera. And my skills are improving....

this is Jessica Sonner she is a singer/songwriter here in denver and one of my good friends. You can hear her music HERE

well i have more to show you but i'm late!!! so i'll have to post again later, plus put up some music to listen to!

helllllo out there.

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000

paper heart

andreaballmusic@gmail.com (andrea ball) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:00 +0000

i want to see this movie. looks cute!!!

i love the girl who says "take somebody to applebee's and get them hot wings" ha ha!!!