Cross eyed, and not drunk...

You know those great and rare days when you find your new favorite artist? I'm having one of those days, except over the past two days. I have discovered Alice Russell. And doooodes, you should to. Girl's got soul

Now I'm going to do that blogger thing where I apologize because I've got a life offline and haven't written about every little thing I saw/did/ate/said... blah blah blah. You have a life, I have a life, we all should have lives, so sooooorry :p

Other than listening to Alice Russell obsessively, I've been trying to get some more money. That's right, being almost MuthaF***in' famous doesn't pay all that well in the beginning haha... so I've been looking for interesting ways to make money so I don't have to get a day job, because then you'd REALLY never see any new blogs! But I went to a Women's Wealth Workshop, and met some interesting people, including Casey who has set me up with some teaching. I'm basically going to be Jack Black and the kids will be my school of rock. I know. I'm so f**king cool.

I won't lie though guys... I'm feeling alittle burnt out. My throat hurts as a result, and my libido's dropped. I know, life's bad when you don't wanna hump a stud like Kyle all day long. We're only talking about the past few days, not a month or something dramatic, so don't stress about it. I'm already feeling alittle better with the new job, it means less stressing about monies. I've been trying to find new music to inspire me, I made business cards, and I'm thinking of new ways to help promote myself. Life's looking up.

Getting prepared to do a more laid back show at the Bluechair Cafe, not pumping out crazy jams like we usually do. It's more of a .... somewhat of a "listening" venue. So of course, I'm fighting sickness and stuffiness and will probably hack up some nice loogies for everybody to share... but it's a great little place that's just been renovated this past summer, and you should most def come check it out. Not playing with the usual handsome fellers, but these guys are still cool kats. So hopefully I will see you there, and you can recieve you're complimentary copy of the "The New Fabulous" because I love you. And you will love my CD ; )
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Famous or Institutionalized?

I just read "in over your head" a blog by Julien Smith... he asks what would you do differently if you were invisible? (not rob banks guys... or hang out in UFC locker rooms)(those guys are BU-UFF!) If you already knew you would never get famous, there was no media, no one talking about you... how would your work change? (and he's not talking about slacking off at your Starbucks job either) He mentions that no attention also means no judgement... I was thinking about it... and I'm not entirely sure how my music would change, it probably would (I'd write songs with ONLY swear words in them. I'd write Gangsta Rap)... but I mostly started thinking about what I'm doing right now... the promoting part of it... essentially I'm TRYING to get attention, from media and my peeps. When I first started writing the blogs, posting the status stuff, making the fan page, tweeting... I was pretty concious of what I was writing, and what people would think of it. But I wasn't getting any special attention. Not really anyway. And I started being myself again, cause it was just me and my crazy friends posting anything on any of the sites. So everything started being "Tiff" again. It's alot funner this way... and if only my friends are reading it, then I should just be myself... they obviously already enjoy the whole "tiff" thingy anyway...
It's interesting to think about anyway... especially since the whole point of what I'm doing now is to try to get some attention. I wonder if it would work though? Would just being my CRAZY self get me MuthaF**kin' Famous?
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A Stiff Tiff

Remember when I was trying to name a shot after myself? Yah, you're right, that was fun... I bet you've already guessed what it is just from the name of this blog haven't you? Yah, cause you're a smart cookie!

I haven't decided for sure WHAT a Stiff Tiff is... it could just be a drink, but I'm a shooter girl. The byproduct of too many years of my short life being spent working in a bar...
Tequila's my favorite. I saw on twitter tequila with cinnamon to replace the salt, and an orange slice to replace the lemon. Thank you twitter! I am learn-ed from you! I've tried this one, it's tasty. And still gonna land you on your ass. Just like me. But let me know if you have any other suggestions, it might result in a prize at Blues on Whyte next weekend!!!! You like prizes right!!!??? Me too

So Blues on Whyte??!!! Yah!

Me and those handsome boys will be playing there Sunday Feb 7, and we've got your fav Fab tunes, and some of your fav old-skool R'n'B tunes too... you like James Brown right? Yah, me too
So come on out! Especially if you're like me and don't work on Mondays. You can have a Stiff Tiff!

If you don't make it out to Blues, I've got a few gigs coming up this month. But don't be lame. Come to Blues.
More details on the other gigs later! And I wanna hear your suggestions for a Stiff Tiff!
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Happy/Hungry New Years

I sit down at my desk and start reading people's blogs and most of 'em are about newyears and their resolutions, or whatever they feel about that. I guess I wouldn't say I HATE that stuff... but it's dumb in my world. New Years is an excuse to get super drunk, and a reason for businesses to close down so I can't call and order a pizza when I'm hungover the next day. Actually I'm not sure it was the next day... what day was New Years?
I actually didn't get super drunk cause I was playing at the RP but I do remember being hungry...
I don't make resolutions. That's the point of this blog. I don't get all sappy and think about how my year has gone... to be honest I still think the "year" starts in September. Like the school year. I think I've been out of school for five years hahaha man I'm smart...
If I did make a resolution this year it would be to party with my friends more. I feel like I work alot... but I saw someone's tweet the other day that I thought was cool. It said that Dr Oz (that other dude Oprah made famous) says your resolution should be to get more sex, get more sleep and eat more. I'm pretty sure everyone can get on board with that. But then that's sad next year... imagine you next year after making that resolution, and you feel guilty cause you didn't keep THAT resolution... shit... hahaha that sucks if you can't manage to sleep/eat/"sleeeeeep" more...
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Dear Internet: You have so much fun Tiff Hall Stuff!

Promotions are alot more fun when they're more than sitting at the computer alone in the dark.
I think Magic 99 was flirting with me.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced they were. I want to be friends with them, and that makes for a good interview. I think I can scrounge up a link for you:

http://magic99.ca/audio/magic-99-morning-show/20091209-interview-tiff-hall-shannon-tyler-duncan-paterson






Breakfast Television was early, but a goodie. I'm more of an Mid-Afternoon Television person, but these guys were great. Everyone was nice, we met some cool people, and I don't look nearly as bad on TV as I thought I was going to. I managed to get up early enough to tame my wild, wild hair, and warm up my whiskey voice enought to sing "Take His Shirt Off" and "All I want for Christmas is You" which, I reallllllly hope I find a clip of, cause I screwed up some lyrics and sang "lalala something about Christmas" for one line. I think its hilarious and I hope my Mom PVR-ed it or something.



We met another new friend today: the fabulous Marjorie, who told me that she's been sending her friends the link to "take his shirt off" because sometimes that's all you want from the guy. Hahahaha I loved that! That was TRUELY fabulous!

Don't forget to get your tickets for the Magic 99 Christmas Fundraiser for the Edmonton Christmas Bureau at the Yardbird suite! You can get your info at http://www.magic99.ca

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Baby's first RADIO interview Part 2

I survived!

I didn't swear, I didn't make up any lies, I didn't do anything THAT embarrassing... but they did drag some information out of me.
Take his Shirt off: I never really told ALOT of people who the song was about... and if you know me, you know I have a huge mouth. I tell everything. All the time. No secrets evahhh.
So somehow I found myself talking about the origins of that song, and I know I'd be alittle more than alittle embarrassed to tell the guy who its about, that its about him.
But that's what I talked about in radio land, it was a BLAST. I think I want to be extra MuthaF***in' Famous now, because I want to do that kind of stuff all the time. If you didn't get a chance to tune in and listen to it, heres the link to their website, where you can listen to a podcast of the "Take His Shirt Off" portion of the interview. I blushed to myself while listening to it, but its all good :)

http://magic99.ca/audio/magic-99-morning-show/20091209-interview-tiff-hall-shannon-tyler-duncan-paterson

I think you can download it too! Then my voice will be alive and kicking FOREVER on your ituens... and thats exactly what I want.

BIG SHOUT OUT TO MAGIC 99 FOR BEING COOLSTERS

And tune in Friday Dec 11 to watch me LIVE on Breakfast Television!

AND GET YER TICKETS FOR THE YARDBIRD SUITE @ Magic 99, and come on out for some christmas cheer
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Baby's first RADIO interivew PART 1

That's right. Someone wants me to TALK on the radio...

I have this ... condition. I'm not nervous, I'm not talkin' stage fright... I want to say bad things when that microphone gets in front of my face.
I BE TALKIN' BOUT CUSS WORDS Y'ALL.
I also want to make up lies about myself... all for the soul purpose of being funny. I had a friend tell me once that life wasn't JUST about doing things 'cause they were funny. I had to disagree.
But *sigh* I won't be telling any lies tomorrow morning on MAGIC 99. The very radio station that is responsible for giving me the monies to get the album done, is interviewing me tomorrow morning! I'm not sure what time it airs yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I do!

I've also got another behave-yourself-Tiff-event this week:
I'm playing Breakfast Television Friday the 11th
So PLEAAAASE check that out, 'cause I'm stoked!

This was ALL set up by the PR-super-queen Natalie Harper. I keep telling you to check out her site, and I MEAN IT COOLSTERS! Check her out already!

http://www.natalieharperpr.webs.com

ALSO: check out these FAB sites, helping support your local talents, not just my fabulous self ;)

http://www.magic99.ca (you can listen to the station RIGHT ON THEIR PAGE!!!!)
http://www.btedmonton.ca/

Tune into find out if I'm any good at interviews or not... same bat channel... you know...
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