Melissa Bryan

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Drinkin’ for Jesus

Grateful for my fellow teenage trapped in 40 something bodied friends whose ideas of celebrating Easter are tequila shots, stuffing peeps in our mouths, wearing bunny ears and shooting BB guns. Life really starts to rule when you can still do all the stupid shit you did when you were young, but you lived and learned and have perpective. Life, death, loneliness, loss - always something to learn and celebrate.

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Nice interview with Penelope Houston of the Avengers. She talks about a few things I think about a lot: songwriting and being in a band vs. being a solo artist. She’s tougher now than she was then and so am I.

When I was in the Avengers, it was much more of a band thing. It wasn’t me dragging us into a studio or me setting up a tour or scheduling rehearsals. With the Avengers, we were a band and when our records came out, they were on labels who dealt with it. And I wasn’t so much in charge of that band. All of the skills I’ve had to learn having my own career and being in charge of my band and having my own label and website were all learned from scratch. I think there is a certain toughness that a person has to possess to have a career in music, and maybe I developed a little bit of that when I was in the Avengers, but I’m a hell of a lot tougher now. Sometimes I think I can sing the Avengers songs a lot better now than I could back then. 

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Bear with me while I try to type out the sadness. SXSW is upon us. I’ve been dreading this week without Esme here. The text chime on my phone may be quieter, but I’m still gonna rage and stalk and love in her honor (and use that accidental near rhyme somewhere!).

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Youtube: my favorite go to place for sophistication, girl love, and proper use of the English language. This is what it’s like to be a musician with mammaries. Taken from the Black Belles “What Can I Do?” video. I could do this all damn day but I have songs to write. 

Youtube: my favorite go to place for sophistication, girl love, and proper use of the English language. This is what it’s like to be a musician with mammaries.

Taken from the Black Belles “What Can I Do?” video. I could do this all damn day but I have songs to write. 

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