Mr. Noodle

Guess what? I'm busy enough these days that that's all I have in my pantry, but I'm busy enough that I can afford to buy real food. I DON'T buy real food because I'm sleeping, 'cause I've been playing so much, and cause I get up and start getting ready to play somewhere else. Or teach, or host karoake or whatever it is I have to do these days. Also, I was in B.C. enjoying the sunshine and doggies and nephews.
But now that you know about my sensible diet and my busy, busy nights, I'll tell you about some thoughts I had about a conversation I had last night.
So I'm minding my own business, playing "Diva Night" at Overtime in Sherwood Park, and of course, on Diva Night, the place is filled with drunk dudes heckling me, and I, in return am heckling them right back, but less drunk and more witty. This kind man comes to my rescue with a fistful of twenties (as in twenty dollar bill y'all) and I'm suddenly a hundred dollars richer. And alot more willing to play Bon Jovi to the screaming idiots in the front row. I get off stage and thank him and his friend and we start talking and they ask "so what are you still doing here?" as in the same line from Piano Man, I'm so good what am I doing playing in bars still? Well I don't know if you guys know this or not, but everybody I know is super fucking talented and they're not rich and famous yet either, even though every woman I have worked with in the last 3 years or so ALL sing better than Katie Perry, Taylor Swift, or any other rich and famous lady "musician" you've probably ever watched on MTV. Other than Adele, she's sincerely talented.

Anyway, I took it in stride and told them that it takes work and time and blah blah blah but my brain's going back through other times when someone has said "you're so lucky" "you're so gifted" "what are you still doing here?" and I want to tell them hey, try walking into this very fucking bar, telling them you sing and ask them to pay you as much money as I get paid, and as often as I play, and suddenly you'll find yourself knowing all the songs I know, all the training I've had, know all the talented contacts I have, and your band will suddenly be formed and they'll magically know all the songs that you've recorded on your past two albums, and you'll suddenly have all the experience that I've gained in the last 3 years. I'm not LUCKY, I've worked hard to get here! And I can say that I pay my rent with music, so what if it's in a bar? What's wrong with this bar anyway?
I didn't say all that to them, but I graciously accepted the (slightly too spicey) ceasar they offered to buy me, and got paid, and went home, and got up and have the rest of the day to do whatever I want to. Which is to tell you about my diva night.

Thanks for supporting me friendlys! And thanks for not heckling me when I'm on stage, even though I'd probably say worse things right back to you, get fired, and wasted, and have to find other ways to pay my stupid phone bill.
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Bus-aaaay

I never really get... "busy" i get distracted. Not even really distracted, I just think too much about whatever's happening and don't remember to do some of the little stuff. Like my blog! But I like my blog, so I figured I'd say hi, and just remind you that I'm here and making obnoxious drunk music on stages around alberta.
like the other day at Crown and Anchor. I pick up Beat Boss Robot and he's like "you wanna smoke a joint?" I, obnoxiously say yes I do. So we do.
I'm having alot of fun for alittle while, loading gear was never so funny, and the bar owner asks me "What the hell is so funny?" I'm just grinning and loving the heavy weight of drums and pianos in my arms. That's all. And I'm high.
Then we get on stage. Whoah. Not so fun anymore. Should've remembered that fun-pot-smoking-times don't happen in public. They should always be restricted to my friend's basements on weekdays.
So don't smoke and sing kids.

So other than narcotics, I've also been doing other things, one of those such things is obsessing in my own brain about what I want my cd to look like. The damn thing sounds so good and is just sitting there waiting for me to pick up some of the non-musical details, it's a shame and I should be kicked in the balls for taking my sweet obsessed time with it. (I'm also in charge of finding a new place to live tho, so I'm quietly obsessing about other things unfortunetly.) But I think I may have decided. I won't tell you, but I can feel that I've decided because I'm suddenly on everybody involved to get the fucking ball moving again! So have no fears childrens! It will be done soon, and you can see soon!

I'll be Overtime in Sherwood Park this weekend if you care for duelling raging pianos! I'll also be in Red Deer at Local's pub Friday the 12 and Olds for the 13th. Jump on it!
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Love and other musical schmoopy stuff

Not gross kinds of love, love like when a puppy walks by and you get all "Oh my god! A puppy! schmoopyloopywoopyoopy!" kind of gross stuff. So not too bad unless you're crazy about dogs like I am.

I think I like music again! I say this with a sly little eyebrow raise. It feels good! I got to do alot of things musically that I liked, that pushed the musical end of it rather than the gotta-make-rent-and-get-these-shit-heads-drunk-to-make-ANY-money-let-alone-rent kinda music stuff. Maybe it doesn't hurt that theres a possibility one of my nemisis's (nemisi...? whatevs grammar geeks, I can play the fucking piano) is actually leaving town!
Have I told you about my nemisis? (somehow make that plural, I have more than one) Kyle told me I have let too much anger and hate into my heart and that I'm on the path towards the darkside. (starwars. What? You live under a rock or something?) I'm Anakin Skywalker. Not quite darthvader, because I'm not evil, just heading there. I can't help it. I don't like these people and Kyle (or you for that matter) can't make me. So poo on you.
Either way, one of them is leaving, and it lets all this love and rays of sunshine and puppies and singing cupids into my heart, which I guess counteracts the hate and scary darkside stuff. So maybe I'm cured?
I just have to get rid of everyone I don't like, and crush their careers (don't worry, it's no one you like either so I'm not robbing you of good music) and take over the world.
Actually that's probably how the whole MuthaFuckin Famous Campaign started.
Dunno. Can't remember. Got too drunk this weekend.


Make sure you're checking out www.Tiffhall.com for my gig dates! There are ALOT this summer! (woot! make money money make money monaaaay!)
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summaaa time

Takin' alittle break this weekend.(I need it after a gong show like Dead City Prom! I INOW you weren't there, and honey, you fucking missed a shit ton of fun, so poop on you!)

My mom might come visit us soon, my brother's having a baby so we're all thinking of that instead of music and junk.

BUT

The mixing/mastering/stressing about rawlco deadline is DONE. And my guts have returned to normal again. There's money laying around to help with the printing and stuff like that, we've picked a time for the "release", and life is good. Life is preeetty good. So I'm not travelling anywhere, not singing anything, probably not doing my hair, just following Kyle around like a little love sick puppy and waiting to have another adorable nephew to love to death. (I also have a niece who i love to death)

Have you heard some of my new tracks on reverbnation yet?

http://www.reverbnation.com/tiffhall
(Mixed and Mastered and Recorded at Phoenetic Sound in St.Albert by Jeff Olson) (Produced and co/write by Jesse Peters)

Go there, and listen to Money. It's the album version, mixed, mastered, hosed down with febreeze so it smells nice... the whole works. Tell me what you think. You likey? You think "No, that's nothing like "Karma" Why tiff why?" Whatevs, just tell me what you think of it. It's about me being broke, which if you read this blog, I'm sure you know this about me anyway, but it probably sounds nicer when I sing it than when I type it.

Anyway, enjoy your weekend dudes and dudettes. I'm going to!
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Names names smames schlames schlnames

There is endless work to an album. I'm sitting here listening to the premixes, and just read an email that says Jeff at Phoenetic Sound will have it mastered pretty effing soon, as in take a few days off and get back to it by the end of this week. And it sounds GOOD. And it doesn't have a name yet. I have NO IDEA what to name this fucking album. "The New Fabulous" came so easy, as a joke pretty much over drinks before a duelling piano show, and now not too much is coming for this one... maybe I'm not having enough fun or drinks... wow thats not fucking true at all, I feel like these past two weeks have been extraordinarily drunk, more than I usually am.

It'll come to me. Don't worry, well maybe do worry, I might be drooling laying on my back in a gutter trying not to puke when it finally does come to me...

Lets fucking hope not!!!!!

I'm doing some fun things this weekend, maybe thats when inspiration will hit me. (or a fucking bus) I'm playing at http://www.nightofartists.com/ Night of Artist's 15th anniversary show Friday night, and I'm super excited about it. I think music and art should be besties, atleast facebook friends, and follow each other on twitter and all that shit. I gotta rush outta there and get my ass to the Overtime in Sherwood park right after, so I can't stick around too long and be artsy with my new artsy friends, but I'll try. Plus I'll be there early for soundcheck and I can be artsy then. If you wanna come msg me I've got some cheap tickets! thenewfabmusic@live.ca
Also, Saturday night.... wow. We'll be playing Deadcity Prom!

They have an arch, and prom pictures, and I met a sax player at a house party that will also be playing. She was as drunk as I was so we probably can't remember each others names. But we'll see each other at Deadcity Prom and have a slow motion moment, a sappy romantic comedy moment and run to each other or something gross. It'll be all big hair and big titties. You'll like it, don't miss it, at Dead City Prom this Saturday @ Mead Hall.
I haven't played Mead Hall yet, I think they usually do heavy metal kinda stuff, but Deadcity is the Fab Tiff Hall's friend, so they picked us to get in on this stuff, and I'm going to find a prom dress and zombie makeup. Not 100% sure if I'll be the only one dressed up or not, but I like it anyway.
Kyle says if I got bit by a zombie he'd shoot me in the face without even blinking an eye. I told him I'd let him eat me and we'd be zombie lovers forever. I also wrote this next entire album about him and how much I love him, so prepare to puke from cute love overdoses.
No don't! It's fun I promise!

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Happy tuesday!

We're headin out to Red Deer this weekend! I always get into mischief in Red Deer.

No I don't. I get drunk on "Stage" and encourage the locals to take their shirts off. True story!

I was almost rich the other day. The bank made a mistake (which SHOULD mean I get to keep that money... fucking jerks) and double deposited something into my account, and I phoned them being like "there's $900 in my bank account." "yes...?" "I'm a musician. That doesn't happen. I sure as fuck didn't WORK for that money...where'd it come from???"
They took it away and the world is right again. Don't worry.

But I do have some money, the Indiegogo site helped raise about $460 ish and I'm super proud of that :)
My mom helped me out a big chunk o' dough and it pretty much means that the album will be mixed and mastered by the deadline and I will remain intact! Rawlco will NOT have to cut my head off and stick it on a pole on their front lawn as a warning to other Rawlco recipients on finishing your project on time! Thanks Mom.

So in return for her generosity, I'm trying to arrange to have the band come out and play a big ass show and she can tell all of B.C. to come and watch and we'll get famous. But to get people to come to that party, I'm trying to set up a small tour of the area, so that maybe we make some "fans" (I still have a hard time with that... no one is a "fan" of mine) (it's weird. you try it. but seriously, not jokingly...its weird) So I'm a busy busy lady!

So if you like Red Deer, come on out to Local's Pub and watch me "perform" teehee
http://www.localspub.net/bands.html

Also, move to B.C. cause theres gonna be a rad party out there probably in Sept and it will involve some more "performing"
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indiegogo

Hello all, my indiegogo campaign is complete! Thanks to the many that were involved, and preordered the new cd, the old cd, or even a large fluffy thank you card, which I will be making as soon as the CD's are DONE and I can mail everything to you all at once!!!!

It really meant alot to me to open up my email account and see that there were new contributions to the indiegogo site... that anyone has ever heard my music and actually BUYS it is amazing to me! In my own brain I'm just a wanker with a couple of pianos trying to get someone to take me seriously while chugging beers and playing "I'm a Barbie girl" if there's a five dollar bill attached to it. That anyone knows any of the words to my songs, or even took a guess at what they could mean seriously blows my mind.
This project really means alot to me because it's a progression from some of the "New Fab" songs. Some of them were from the group of very very first songs that I wrote, and that was a long time ago, these are newer, more recent, and show a maturing (ha!) in my songwriting. Or atleast a progression, proof that I'm actually aging and growing up in atleast one aspect of my life.
I'm not there yet though... we still need more mullah before I can pay Jeff at Phoenetic Sound for all the mixing and mastering, but this bought a good chunk of it!!! Every bit helps, and the fact that people care enough about listening to more music by me to give me some of their hard earned money to give to Jeff is amazing! Thanks to everyone who ordered:
Brittany Jansen, Heather Hawkins, Daina and Jan Semotiuk, Morgan MacKay, Lacey Barrowman, Gary and Cindi Williams, Eva Kreider, Tamara Lowe, Lesley Pelletier, Dale Heinrich, Thea Shukaliak, Mandy Reider, Rhonda MacLeod and one anonymous friend who didn't even give me their name!
Thanks to everyone who posted the campaign on their facebook or twitter or myspace, thanks to everyone who showed their friends and family! I'll have a listening party as soon asap!
In the meantime, I looked up "Tiffany Hall" and besides all the murder trials and one link that said "People you will see in Hell" (not me dudes, apparently there's a murderess named Tiffany Hall that has nothing to do with me!!!!) there is one link of a jamaican girl singing and here's the link to that! Please enjoy some more music by Tiffany Hall that will NOT be appearing on my second album (you'll have to look her up to find out more about this different Tiffany Hall)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzax2642RoY

diy sales!

I just read an interesting article about "selling" your album, I think this is a good point, and it's something I'm gonna focus more on: lying! Making shit up about junk and selling it on ebay! (Shit, i missed the point didn't I?)



http://www.diymusician.cdbaby.com





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Bloggity

I've subscribed to an interesting little musicians blog, and they send me newsletters right to my email (which I check a ton) and I just thought you dudes might find it interesting:
www.thornybleeder.com
go there, subscribe if you're interested in reading up about what the "experts" are saying and suggesting about being an indie musician. I read a few here and there, but for the most part I've decided that no one's telling me what to do with my life, and this whole being a musician thing has turned into my life, not my job. So you're not the boss of me!
Also, I've got alittle gigarooni coming up with an interesting band: REND

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/REND/146270328751809?sk=info
That's their facebook page, you should start stalking them immediately. Like this friday at Expressionz cafe. You know a band's going to be fun to play with when you meet up with your pal Jesse Peters and he says "You're playing with REND? She's got a killer voice" Jesse doesn't just like anybody, so good on ya Carol-Lynn Quinn! (she's the lead singer guysssss)
They've got a soulful, groovy jazz thing going on for themselves, so I think it'll be a good show. I also promised the boys in my band there would be trunk beers. That is beers from the trunk of my car, for anybody out there with money that can afford to buy booze inside of the bar you're hanging out in.... (we're not in that category)










Anyway, check out REND, and thornybleederbloggy thingy! Or don't and be miserable.
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Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER MUTHA-FUCKERS!!!


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Juno Fun!

I lay on the couch watching the junos last night, I missed the first bit, but Drake was pretty funny... I think they need to do more cut-toos like the grammies and oscars and that stuff... lets see our Canadian "celebs" out in the crowd, what are they wearing? Whose their date? Whose sitting next to them? You know that stuff is my favorite at the other award shows. I like Canadian content and we had some great people up there, but I like fancy clothes and knowing whose buds with who, I like thinking of them all friends and bullshitting with each other in little breaks between announcers or whatevs. It was a nice little break though, I felt like a had a crazy weekend. I got called up Friday evening by Ajay (bass smackin' pimp daddy) they needed a singer stat for that night. Oh no! We hadn't played three sets with each other yet! And the drummer hadn't even heard a bunch of the originals! But we were a brave little band, and we did some shots and drank some beer and made it work. Surprisingly well actually.... pretty hilarious for the sound dude who got the special treat of watching Ajay and Drew calling out changes and sections to Kurtis (beat boss robot) so he knew what the hell was happening. And me too, someone usually had to give me an eyebrow if a bridge or something was coming up. Nothing wrong with getting alittle face time with either of those handsome studlies! wink wink Then we played for the National Wheelchair Curling Championship and that was also a blast! I just tried to post a video of the fun gladiator shots that Erin Craig and her hilarious mom Cathy were pouring up all night. Here's a link so you can see it: it was pretty funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTHK3uZE2k&feature=player_embedded
I laughed anyway. And drank...uh 4 atleast haha!

Now I'm preparing for a rehearsal tonite for the Crown and Anchor with Sean Burns this thursday night. Fun fun fun times at Crown and Anchor, every time. Phil likes to tease me that no one gets drunk like Tiff Hall at the Crown the night before she has to do Breakfast TV at 6 the next morning... but its not true haha! I stayed soberish that night ;)

Come on out though! We'll be playing origials for one set and then Sean Burns takes the stage and I met him once. He was funny!
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Something out there weren't right...

So... I'm giddy with stress I think. I have been progressively getting happier, wide-eyed and busy tailed since this weekend. Bring it on! Cause I think I'm having a mental breakdown...

I think I've been going about things very very wrong. I blame bad advice, too many music blogs about how the internet is changing the music biz and not having enough mullah. I need some mullah to progress with my new stratedgy, which is go out more and meet all the fun musicians, promoters, bar owners, tour guides, garbage collectors, librarians, polliticians (I introduced the band to the Mayor of Edson when we played there. We tried to get him to wear a "mutha fuckin fab" pin... no dice, it was election time) anybody. I'm sick of sitting in my office by myself "promoting" myself. It's not working! You know what worked for me in college? Being a drunken buffoon. Everyone wanted to hang out with me. It's in my soul, that's what I really want to do, and it's not the first or last time I've said this next tasty bit of advice: I do all my business over jager. All of it! It's "networking". But seriously, it is.

I know right? You think I'd be fucking famous by now, I drink that shit (and puke it back up the next morning) like it's going out of style! (which, it is not, or ever will)

It's my new PLAN. The PLAN is to get alittle more work (like a little bit of a dayjob) and some more students, and always more gigs, if you'll let me! (please let me play in your club! I swear we put on a good show!) <- (my new presskit should just be a video of me on my knees begging "please book me!" would it work?)
And I'll pay my bills (kinda) and just go out more to more places with my buddies and meet their buddies and know everyone in my industry. That was game plan in college, not practicing or emailing people, and it was working a fuck of alot better than what ever it is I'm doing now...

Anyway. I'm starting this PLAN, and I'm putting it into action this saturday at the Jasper Place Curling Club. It's the 2011 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, and we're booked to play a full rockin' three sets. Got some new friends in the backline for this show, Josh and Nigel, and you've gotta meet 'em. So come on down! It's $5 at the door if you didn't go to the tourney, which you can! Go! I bet it'll be an adventure! But also come to our show, we're super stoked, and I will be a "networking" machine. aka: drunk as shit.


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One day at a time!

So I am not exaggerating when I say I have $2.07 in my bank account haha!!! Damn rent time...
But I'm surprisingly having one of the happiest weeks I've had in a long time. And I only have to wait til this saturday before I have mullacka again. So it's good that I'm enjoying myself. I had a lesson with a little girl I teach, she must be about 9 or 10 or something like that, but she's more organized than me. I want her to run my life actually, but she'd probably take one look at it and run the fuck away. Even her 10 year old judgement is probably better than mind haha! But we were learning a new song, and she played it through hands seperately and then I asked if she wanted to give it a shot hands together. She kinda looked at it and was like uhh, no I don't think I'm ready, it's too hard. So I told her we were gonna break it up into smaller chunks and just play hands together for two bars, then we'd stop, look at the next two bars, then play all the way through til there and so on. We just broke it up and did little bits until we'd gotten half way through the song. Turns out it wasn't as big and scary as she thought. I'm like see? That wasn't so bad! We can play anything no matter how hard it is if we just break it down into managable little chunks! And I think "oh em gee... did I just say something profound? Even just a little profound? Shut up no way" And that's the way I've been living my life this week, just tiny little chunks at a time.
And it's worked so far. None of my bills are going to get paid any faster if I'm freaking the fuck out about them... I know when the money's coming in and I'll pay them then. I can't until then anyway...
I also recieved donations on my indiegogo campaign, which boosted me up alittle too. Not much, but people are poor like me, and STILL believe enough in my work to give what little they could to help move this thing forward. It really gave me the warm tinglies.
You know what else gives me the warm tinglies? Collaborating. And for some reason, opportunities have started showing up in my inboxes to do things, make music, create stuff with other talented people, and I really really enjoy that too. I think music is a community thing... back in the tribe days we'd all be playing together as one, and I like to do things that way today too.
So I've stopped stressing and suddenly things are coming my way. Oooh... oh so spiritual or something. All my praying to the porcelin God must be paying off... or I just have a drinking problem.
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Don't forget to check this out! Help me make happy music for happy days!

Mullah!!!!

Hello bloggy friends!

You might have already seen this on your various different social networking sites that I also am on. But it's very important for me to tell you alittle more about it!

This is a campaign to help raise enough money to finish this album. I've got a new deadline from Rawlco (the most generous grant peeps from magic 99) and I've got to get this little bitch all finished up!

I worked very hard on this, taking different grant proposals and biz proposals that Natalie Harper had worked on in the past for me, and tried to make it super easy to understand. I know that alot of people that are not musicians wouldn't know right off the bat what a each job was, or how much something like that would cost, and as a not very smart person explaining music to SMART people is hard hahaha I'm talented in the ways of rockin' out, not so much in the ways of teaching or writing. So the point is I worked my tail off on this site! And I think it looks pretty good.
It's pretty simple too, you can donate money to the cause, and it has a list of what you can get for whatever amount of donation money you give.

I want to add a couple extras, including belly dancing via youtube by popular demand: your choices would be the Reverand, Drew or Ajay haha but I haven't run this over with them yet. And if you contributed enough money, I bet I could talk them into it (note: talking them into involves alot of beer which also aint cheap)

But this album is working out to be an incredible thing, but it just comes down to "It's fucking expensive!" All of it is! Please, check out the site, and tell your friends, and if you've got a credit card or paypal account, it will mean alot to me to have your contribution. When I'm famous, I'll wave to you if I see you in the streets. Maybe even talk to you.

Come on now! I'm cooler than that! I'll fucking high five you fo' sho'!
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Check out music from The Fab Tiff Hall

Gangsta Biotch!

It makes me think there really is someone watching over me after I have a weekend like this last one... only someone who really loves me could concoct such a beautiful, meaningful weekend. Full of jager, free beer, and glowsticks. Glowsticks I don't even remember!
Friday night, Kyle's in Mexico, I have the night off, the boys from my band are playing for different bands at the Pawnshop and I truck it on over there, thinking to myself: This could be fun! I hope Nick shows up so I have someone to hang out with. Didn't matter. There were sooo many people there I already knew and they just couldn't stop handing me shots of stuff and beer, and talking about all fun stuff like starting new bands that sound like Black Keys, and tons of stuff I don't remember! Like throwing glowsticks at Ajay while he's on stage with Sonic's band of the month Sister Gray. Shitty moves Tiff!! (Shitty moves but good aim, apparently I got him right in his face HA! nononono bad tiff. bad tiff) But he still loved me the next day.
When I walked into Brooklyn's on saturday night everyone had already heard about my drunkeness, and decided to show up to taunt me haha! But we played a great show, got off stage, got more drunk and got kicked out!!!! The most fabulous Phil and Mark (from "Elliott" check those bitches out guys!) almost fought with a bouncer, but they're the dudes who booked all the bands... so the reason why their normally empty gangsta bar was filled with classy music lovin and paying customers, was because of them. And us too, and yet they still kicked us out. Nice. I mean, I guess I could understand because our jeans fit, and we weren't wearing flat-brimmed hats (by the way, someone somewhere finds that stylish right? otherwise why do people keep doing that... i think its stupid as fuck)
so we clearly were the minority, and not their usual crowd, but... no sense. It makes none.
...well... i guess Ajay is one badass motherfucker... and the bartender had told us that his reputation had already been discussed amongst his staff... All Ajay is known for is kickin' ass at bass. And now puking a big mac on my front lawn. :D
Samara Von Rad opened up the night, and fuck is she adorable! Love her, also check her out guys, cause she's one sassy little minx!
Big shout out to Lady Wind BDT for showing up!!! That's my lady beer drinking soccer team, not to be confused with "Beer Leagues", my coed beer drinking soccer team. Don't worry, there are more shows a comin, like March 6th at On The Rocks, battle of the bands for the Kokanee freeride.
Love to you all!
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Tiny Little goals

In order to not feel like I'm being swallowed in some cheap, unrealistic fantasy of being a musician, I set these tiny little goals for myself that keep me focused and help me remember that this is not stupid, and that I shouldn't call Tim Horton's and beg for a job. One of those goals was to find a video of me that I did not make, and didn't have any knowledge of whatsoever. I found one! I have a million of these little things, none of them official, just things that if I found them, or if they happen, then I must be doing ok. And actually, lots of them happen, I think I have mostly "good" days where I think "yah I'm a musician and that's ok" (of course there are days when I pray to the sky that I was good at something else. ANYTHING else, especially something not hard and frustrating like music)
Anyway, I found this little gem of me and the band doing "Fuck you" by Ceelo Green, and it's actually just one of my favorite songs. There's not alot of songs I enjoy singing, it's all just kinda "work" to me now, but this one is fun, and I still listen to it if it pops up on my ipod, cause it's a good fucking song! So we had some fun, and in the video it looks like the crowd was having some fun too!
We're at OTR on jasper ave, and I proceeded to get nice and toasty drunk after the show. I accidentally got asked out on a date!
We were all drinking and having a good time and talking to this nice new guy who was funny and we were going to add each other on facebook. So we do, and then he msgs me that he wants to meet up for coffee, and me being a workaholic (if you consider jager work, which i do!) I'm like, yah, does Wed work? He says "yah, or I could take you to dinner on tuesday" and I run away from the computer, because I probably haven't been asked on a date since Kyle asked me on a date and so dates = living together in my mind, but me and Kyle STILL live together so he's not gonna like that. Not that I want to date this guy, I'm just embarrassed that someone asked me on a date haha
See the trouble you get me into Ceelo Green?
Anyway, check out the video, and show your friends, because the more people that see it, the more people know I fucking rock right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrq18b-GGKs


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Eating machine! And I don't work for nobody but you!

Guys I just invented something! It's a "Ham Samich Salad"! I had some lettuce in my fridge, right next to some ham and cheese, guess what that almost sounds like? If you guessed ham samich, your right! I just left out the bread, and I put it all in a bowl, and I mixed up some mustard and mayo and salt and pepper and put it on that bitch! Its a Ham Samich Salad!
Fucking tasty right?

Also I'm putting together a new thing on Indiegogo.com. I'll let you know where to find it when it actually has something on it.

Essentially its my budget, my business plan, and you can look at it, see how much I need and donate a little sumthing sumthing my way to help finish up this musical magic called "Tiff's next album"
It's not much that I figured out I needed, but as we all know, musicians don't roll around in dollar bills unless they rap. I roll around in old bird feathers because my bird is growing in some new feathers and his old ones are EVERYWHERE. Just these tiny little fuzzies flying everywhere, and you can see them in the sunlight and sometimes in front of the tv. But whats a girl or bird to do? He needs new feathers, and he's gotta make some room!
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YOU KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME????!!!!

I wrote out this ENTIRE blog entry already, and then I'm uploading a picture of the very tasty Elliott, and the fucking thing goes back to "start a blog" page or something, and it was ALLLL GOOOOONE.
Fuuuuuuuuuck you blogger.

Anyway, that last blog that I wrote and couldn't post was a good one too! It was all about stalking Elliott and Samara Von Rad on facebook. Not me stalking them silly, you! I already have stalked them and now I want to pass the creepy buck onto you! We're playing a show with them Saturday Feb 26 @ Brooklyns and I'm tellin ya... it's gonna be good. These guys are great. I saw Samara at OTR for that Bissell Center Fundraiser we did at xmas. She raised funds too! And Elliott we played a show with at the Brixx and if you were there (which many of you were!) you know we all had a great time! So find them on facebook and like them! Follow them! Look at their pictures late late and night, and come out to the show and for the love of twitter, drink tons! And tons!

I'm having a shit ton of fun playing in Edmonton and meeting all these cool local people/bands and I'm loving every second of it. But I need to get outta this town alittle too! I'm working hard at booking shows out of town, especially since my new album is almost done and I think the world really really needs to hear it. It's sooo good so far! I'm super stoked with the work that Jesse Peters has done helping me write and producing the songs in exactly the sound I dream of when I'm listening to itunes and daydreaming about being famous.
Do you know a venue that wants to book me? Do you know the dudes email that wants to book me? Where have you and your coolster band played that was really nice to you and payed you some money and let you play on their stage? Cause I want to be friends with that dude. And to email him my demo!

It's hard guys and ladies! It's hard! I email tons and tons! But I sat with the boys last night and we talked about the cd release for E-town and we have some super fun ideas that we could pull off. Now we we need to start slowly taking over other towns too!

Anyway, here are some pics of my febuary 26 friends:























Elliott! Phil in the back there on drums, loved by all, feared by a few!





Samara Von Rad, super cutie! She has some fun songs on the ol' youtube too, so you should check that out!

Guys! I'm so stoked for this show! We're gonna have a fucking blast!
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Crown and Anchor

Hello my internet-lovelies. Laying on my big yellow chair writing some emails and trying to make more mullah, the usual, thought I'd tell you about my week so far.
Me and those studly muffins played at Crown and Anchor last night, had a blast, and met a ton of Ajay's fam. Not as tall as he is, but very nice and enjoyed all my swearing and foul-mouthed debauchery. We love the crown, great place to play. Phil takes good care of everybody, and I've never heard anything differently about him. heart.
We've also got a show at On the rocks this sunday, and possibly another one coming up too. There's a battle of the bands to get on the Kokanee free-ride ticket in Jasper, which I reeeeally reeeeeally want! But I'll let you know more details about that when I've got them. Still, OTR treats us good too, so come on out and enjoy a great venue with some other cool bands! One band in particular: Prairie Nights! Most of the band is the same as mine haha but front-lady extraordinaire Lindsey Walker is fucking hilarious. Follow her on facebook because her status updates get no less than 14 comments EVERY time she updates them, because she's fucking funny! I usually don't really like girls that are as funny/funnier than me, because I'm a jealous bitch and want to be the funniest girl anyones ever met, but it's hard to not like her. I feel like we're kindred spirits, except theres a chance she's funnier.
Shit.
Now I'm jealous of her, but still like here and I'm conflicted inside.

















See? That's her and baby-faced Drew Malcolm. Shared guitarist of both bands (so he'll be workin his balls off this sunday for sure!) Now I wish I had pictures of me and Drew being hilarious together.
Shit.
Just follow her, ok?
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Dead City!

So I might have mentioned some pals of mine that I met raising some Christmas funds at On The Rocks a coupla weeks ago... Landon! He was part of Whiskey Wagon, and he told me about some other stuff he does:
http://wwww.Deadcity.ca
Thats what he does and its awesome. They reviewed my CD "The New Fabulous" and said some sweet ass things about me. Any ass thats sweet is good in my books. He told me his sis did the review and that she's trying to make it out to the Crown and Anchor this thursday, where me and the boys will be laying down some sick beats. "Awesome!" I say. She's gonna do alittle interview and live show review kinda thing, so I strongly recommend you check out their website, you obviously have something in common: your strong, strong love of me. All three of us have that in common.
So go there! Read nice things about me! I have to go now though, I'm recording again today, laying down my tasty vocals on some more tracks today, and you wanna read that review, because it will get you so stoked about coming out the the crown this week!
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