Video by Marco Sanchez
Music by Sara Lewis
rules of the road.
You know, as a musician and a performer, it’s just this constant cycle of learning things. You think you already know a lot but you’re always learning more stuff. Here’s what I’ve learned in the past few weeks of shows (2 of which were release shows for the album):
#1) Don’t let your back-up singers look hotter than you.
#2) Have available more than a $10 bill to make change for CD sales.
#3) Have about 4 more rehearsals than you think you should.
#4) If possible, provide alcohol for free. You will sell CD’s like Girl Scout Cookies in a crowd of college students.
#5) Own the stage like you’re belting Jewel songs in your bedroom.
That is all,
S
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ALBUM AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP
Dear internet,
My album is finished and complete and looks and sounds amazing. I would like for you to hear it. Come listen to it here, and buy a digital/physical copy if your heart desires! –> http://saralewis.bandcamp.com
Hope you enjoy!
Love and hearts,
Sara
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ALBUM UPDATE!
I am writing to you with a huge smile on my face because all of the materials for my album are finally off to production! After a little bit of delay, the mastered songs are finally done and ready to be sent out as well as the artwork. (I have included a little sneak peek of what the album art looks like below.) In just a few short weeks, hundreds of copies will arrive at my doorstep all pretty and new!
Those of you who donated to my Kickstarter will be receiving copies of the album either in digital or physical form by the end of March, and on APRIL 13th (mark your calendars!) I will have an official unveiling of the album to the public at THE LIVING ROOM in New York’s Lower East Side. Woohoo! – In the meantime, I will be playing a few shows here and there (as listed below) and getting ready for the album release party.
Hope you guys are totally enjoying this near-spring weather we’ve been having (at least here in the northeast!) and I really really hope to see you guys at the big show!
Love,
S
UPCOMING SHOWS:
3.10 @ 3PM – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1
3.30 @ 8PM – Sidewalk Cafe
4.13 @ 8PM – The Living Room (RELEASE SHOW)
ALBUM ARTWORK by Jenna Mallett:
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my songs are almost ready to leave the nest! nervous nervous nervous.
The winter is cold, yo. The other day I walked outside with wet hair in braids and the ends of my braids were completely frozen in under 10 seconds. This is New York, people. This is how we roll with winter. I hope very soon it will actually SNOW so we can have a reason for all this coldness! So glad I’m inside a cafe right now, warm and toasty with a cup of earl grey tea in hand. 
The winter has also made complacent this album process. The holidays put a hold on things for a few weeks there, but now we are back on the ball! Mastering and artwork should all be totally done by the end of the week if all goes well! So so so exciting. Then it is off to the manufacturers sometime next week. My beautiful baby is about to fly the nest. Not ready not ready not ready not ready. But also SO ready.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
In other news, I have a show in Brooklyn this FRIDAY, JAN 20th @ 10PM at Pete’s Candy Store. You should all come cuz it’s free and my friend Yoni Gordon is doing this wacky thing called the Yoni Gordon Orchestra right before my set. He emailed a bunch of musicians, asking them to learn his songs, and then we’re all gonna come together and perform them on Friday unrehearsed. Could be amazing or completely disastrous. We shall see! And then I’m doing a full band set with all my original songs at 10:00. Should be a pretty fun and interesting evening of music! I hope to see some of you there.
Anyways, that’s all for now, mis amigos. The cold has also made me feel lazy about writing a post any longer than this.
But I love you all, thanks for reading. It means a lot to me.
Love,
S
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the life tests
Sometimes when I look at the state of the world, I feel like Cindy Loo Hoo on Christmas Eve, standing in awe as the Grinch steals Christmas away. Most of the time I see things in the simplest bubble gum rainbow sort of view, that everyday has the potential for great things. That you can find pleasure and beauty in little moments. And then when something happens that causes me to question that, I feel as though my world is completely shaken. I have trouble separating isolated events from the bigger picture, and take those little moments to mean that everything must be completely horrible if something like THAT can happen.
Everything is not this way, of course. They’re just life tests — moments that question how badly you want your dream, and what you’re willing to give up to chase after it. I had one of these tests yesterday, as some important people in my life questioned whether a decision I was about to make was the right choice, convinced that it was going to sabotage my music career. So I had to stop and think. To realize that they were right. And to give up that less important desire for the greater cause of my music. My music is like my child. This ever-growing and precious spirit of mine that is so dear to my heart. I have to be careful to protect it all the time, to make sure that I am doing all the right things to ensure it’s success. And that’s a tough job sometimes because it really does involve giving up a lot, to work my ass off to support myself and it, and to not let other people’s naysaying get in the way of my confidence in pursuing it.
Here’s to everyone that is pursuing a dream of their own. I hope you are not letting anything get in the way of what you want to do more than anything else in this world. I hope you are able to find people and money and resources behind what you believe in, in the same way that I have been so lucky to do. I thank the stars every night for giving me such a beautiful life. It’s a hard path that makes me break down and cry sometimes, but the rest of the time I would have it no other way. Thank you, world.
Cheers.
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power tools and salsa dancing
Hello glorious friends. How were your Thanksgivings? Gluttonous I hope.
Life gets better and better all the time. I have, for one, taken up salsa dancing. Win. Also, I used power tools recently to help build a bar, AND I’m going to see the broadway show Lysistrata Jones this evening. And these activities have all been on dates. Fancy that! (He pays for everything. I’m dating up, yo.)
In other news, 10 days till I go to Woodstock to finish the album!! Woohooo! Stay tuned amazing beautiful people.
Love,
Sara
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