I can't believe it, I've been doing this blog for three years! I've learned so much about blogging and music in these three years, and I've been doing some of my most exciting work in only the past few weeks. I've begun recording my second album and I've surprised even myself with it's direction.

In this new album you are going to see a new side of me, and I hope you like it!

Not only am I recording a new album, but I'm remaking my band. I will now be performing with a full rhythm section, which means I'm adding bass and drums. I'm also considering adding a keyboard player since almost all my songs have piano or keyboard or organ parts.

So why was I at IKEA you ask? Well, I had to buy two huge mirrors to start practicing for my new and improved live show. That's right, I've turned my cute little NYC apartment into my own practice studio so I can make this new live show come to life. I'm looking at these two huge mirrors right this second and I just can't wait to put on my high heals and start practicing!

So sit tight and hold your horses, I've got some music coming!

Obviously I have to start this new blog series titled, "Celebs Are Always Copying Me" to show you guys what I'm talking about. This edition is about my amazing hammered ring that I wore in my music video.

Here's a photo of the ring, I have the gold one. I bought it at a fabulous boutique on 10th ST, here in New York City's West Village. The shop is called Soixante-Neuf, and I highly recommend their jewelry and sandals. Tell Ryan I sent you when you stop by.

Check out who's wearing it...

Can you spot the hammered ring in my music video? Check out 1:49 and 1:56 to see the best shots.

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Check out the MERCH PAGE and go shopping to your hearts content. Buy for you, buy for your friends, go crazy, and if you're in the US, I'll pay for your shipping.

Enjoy!

You can finally buy Sarah Elizabeth Foster (organic) t-shirts and autographed CDs (contained in recycled packaging) straight from me. I've even included an option for donating to my next album. 

I can't wait to start autographing CDs for fans and putting t-shirts in the mail!

Check it out HERE.

Check out my first blog for the series today. I interview my good friend, Amy Owen, a talented NYC actor and my close friend since high school in Houston, Texas. I focus the interview on Amy's artistic process and how she came to be an actor. Happy Women's History Month!

When I entered Milkboy Coffee's Ardmore location I was greeted with this lovely sign you see above announcing my show. I immediately photographed it and posted it to my twitter feed, so you may have already seen it. 

I could not believe that Milkboy had a large backstage area for their bands to enjoy. Above you can see me luxuriating in the comfort. In New York City my band is used to stacking our instruments in a corner and jumping on stage at a moments notice. We all loved the space, but I might have loved it the most!

You can see in this photo what a great coffee shop this was. We had a big stage and a GREAT crowd. Everyone in the crowd was so focused on the music and that really brought out my best performance. It turns out Ardmore is a very nice suburb of Philadelphia, and I was glad to visit. I can't wait to perform again at this unique venue.

Today I had the first voice lesson I've had in a couple of years and it was fabulous! Voice lessons have always been special to me. It is one hour with a teacher/mentor who totally understands the voice. What could be more exciting?

My teacher I work with now has worked with me since 2004 and has defititely changed my life and helped me uncover my high notes.

A few years ago when I started exclusively singing my own material, she started to realize that I no longer needed lessons. I was writing material suited to my vocal strengths, I wasn't trying to tackle arias any longer. I was doing extremely well.

Since then my voice has been great, more than great. I started to notice it expanding at the tail end of 2009. I thought it must be my age. 27 must be the magical year the voice finally matures. But today Kate told me that was not it, I was relaxing.

I recognized in that moment that in these past few years I have finally let go of wanting to be a certain type of singer, of trying to produce a certain type of sound. I've stopped wanting to be someone else. It has taken me quite a journey, but I'm free of the wanting and now my voice is completely surprising me! My range is so big and strong. My high notes have never sounded like this before. The freedom in my heart is showing in my voice.

Kate said that my rich mezzo tone reminds her of British mezzos because they have the roundness in their vocal tone that Americans do not. Being a mezzo is my favorite thing about my voice. To be a mezzo is rare, almost all women are sopranos. I love having the more rich deep lower tones. There is actually a home movie of one of my first Christmas' where my Grandmother comments on what a deep speaking voice I have. I am a mezzo. It is me.

Many mezzos have dificulty with their high notes, as I did for all of my young singing life because our voices are big and heavy and we try to bring the heaviness into the high notes and the high notes can't handle that and end up not sounding at all or sounding small and forced and not as pretty as they should. But with work and time and journey and all the things I did, they can be magical, truly magical. My teacher helped me uncover them the first time and this second time came from my new acceptance of me.

I'm in this new wonderful place and I'm going to figure out how to use these new tools in my songwriting. So, you might be wondering why I was going to Kate now? There are some interesting projects I have in the works. Some cover songs to be exact. You'll have to come see my show to find out! In the mean time, I'm on top of the world and so thankful.

This photo was taken today as I walked through Times Square after my lesson, elated.

Here's my favorite photo at Pete's Candy Store. Kenji's hand it totally blurry, he must have been playing fast!

Little Love Affair at Pete's Candy Story NYC from Sarah Elizabeth Foster on Vimeo.

It is a small intimate venue, so if you come, I hope you will introduce yourself to me after the show! My favorite thing about this venue is that they have a bar in the front and then the music is in the back. This way the music area is nice and quiet. People who want to talk know to go out into the bar.

See you tonight!

It really tells an accurate story of how I got to this point and what I'm all about in my music. I've had so many interesting musical experiences, it was hard not to include them all, but I hope over time I can tell you about them here on this blog.

So read it over, and let me know what you think about it here in the comments!