Libby Lennox's first album, "Ghost Runners" will soon be underway...

It looks like I will finally commence recording an album with Chris Moore's label, Arterial Records. I am so busy this semester, but I am going to make time for this. First of all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I will always regret passing up because of school. School will always be there, but this might not be. I mean, how many musicians have a friend that believes in their abilities so much that they are rounding together studio musicians and recording an album for you free of charge? I can't tell you how many times Chris has said, "I just want you to do whatever you feel like doing. You have complete freedom to do whatever you want. I trust you." I would be stupid to not take advantage of this.

I also know that I need to work through a lot of things with this album. One thing I've learned from years of writing songs is that they are a great personal teaching tool. I arrive at truths I never would have been able to comprehend without working through lyrics and seeing how they interact with melodies. I know I'm in a good place to make this album right now because I don't really care about how people will react to it. This is purely a labor of love for me, and I just want to make music. If I'm the only person in the world that enjoys it, I'm fine with that.

So, I will begin recording a song I wrote two years ago that has ended up being extremely comforting for me in recent months entitled "Hard Life". I sing and play it on days when I feel overwhelmed with grief or my feelings of inadequacy. Then, I think I'll move on to a song I am in the process of writing about a woman who systematically becomes a ghost. (I am obsessed with the idea of ghosts right now because I feel like I have spent most of my life trying to become one.) Then, I think I'll move on to a song I wrote a few months ago after a break-up. Its catch phrase is "I don't need someone to love me to love myself," which has become a mantra for me as I face the possibility of being alone for the rest of my life. Then, I have a few more songs on the backburner that I could move on to. I am so excited, I can hardly contain my enthusiasm, which is probably obvious in this post.

Anyway, my next post might be a demo of "Hard Life". I will link it to my new myspace website under my pseudonym Libby Lennox. So, stay tuned...