by Melanie Mena | Feb 24, 2011 | Inspiration
I get songs stuck in my head a lot. I often wake up with one playing on repeat between my ears. Some mornings those songs are bad (Do you believe in life after love?) often they are completely random (This is the Age of Aquarius, the Age of Aquariuuuusssssss) and...
by Melanie Mena | Jan 14, 2011 | Inspiration
There was a song that kept eluding me. A really good song. I kept hearing it in bits and pieces. After a few failed attempts I started to think it was un-Shazamable. But I kept hearing parts of it and weirdly, I was unable to track down the artist or song title. I...
by Melanie Mena | Jul 30, 2010 | Inspiration
In June of 1998 my friend Danielle and I moved from St. Catharines, Ontario to Victoria, BC. We left behind a small but amazing music scene amongst our friends and were desperate to find something similar in our new town. We were really into funk music (and really,...
by Melanie Mena | May 30, 2010 | Inspiration
Last night was the Massive Attack show and it was everything I could have wanted it to be. It was at an outdoor venue in Stanley Park, beautifully nestled into the trees, but with full exposure to the rain. The rain, who cares about rain when Massive Attack is on...
by Melanie Mena | Dec 17, 2009 | Inspiration
My Christmas Pottery Replacement Challenge is going well. I’m basically just waiting for the pots to dry a bit more before the first firing. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get everything glazed on time, but I have a back up plan, just in case. I’m really...
