Clare's Journal

It’s 1:13am on Sunday and I just got back after the first official day of Musexpo.    After the fire incident last night and getting only a few hours sleep we dragged ourselves out of bed to breakfast on Beverly and Wilshire with some friends.  Then we moved over to the Ramada Plaza Hotel on [...]

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At 3am this morning we woke to the sound of sirens.  Daniel got up to take a look and saw 5 fire trucks, pulling out hoses and numerous police cars outside the hotel.  We decided to go down and have a look.  We were slowly getting dressed when suddenly there was a bang on the [...]

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So, I’m off the plane.  I’m back in LA!!!!  The 12 hour plane trip was a little tough this time.  I’m feeling like I might be coming down with something and I was feverish and headachy.  Anyway I’m here now and it’s fabulous.  I was determined to beat the jet lag, so I had the [...]

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I have won SongwriterUniverse ‘Song of the Month’ for my song ‘Come Back’.   As the winner, I receive a feature article written about me by Dale Kawashima, a music publisher, A&R executive and music journalist.  It is a online magazine based in the US and averages 75,000 hits per month.  It’s a great time [...]

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I arrived in Sydney on Thursday to attend the 3 day event, Song Summit (a music industry conference).  It brings all music creators together under one roof to reflect on the art of music, to encourage networking and to learn from some of the best in the business.  There were a range of master classes [...]

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I’ve just gotten home from filming a 3 song live dvd. Over the past couple of months I’ve realized the importance of having live footage, something I really needed to do.  I booked out a studio which had a beautiful orchestral space attached to it with a huge 9 foot grand piano.  Daniel recorded the [...]

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