A gift of a lifetime...

Did you know that you can gift pledge?  Give your friends and family a gift of a lifetime!  And here is how:

Go to my PledgeMusic.com project site:

Fire in the Rainstorm

Watch the video, and then decide what exclusive you want to gift.  Lets choose "KoriTunes Overload". This is an all inclusive pack of my music:  "The Road Less Traveled", "The Journey - Remastered", "Trillium" AND all are signed by me. You will also receive a digital download of the new album ( when is recorded AND a signed copy of the physical album, when it is available).

We are set to record in April 2014!! Keep watching the blog, FB and my website!

My thanks to those that have pledged already!

Peace in Music,

Kori

The People That Came Together - Part 1

I wanted to write about those that I asked to help with the PledgeMusic campaign. Now that things have slowed a little bit, this is a great time for me to write about this. 

Once I chose Pledge to work with, I then turned to my "internet family" for help. I asked Pat Sylvester if she would be willing to donate one of her pieces of jewelry that she has created. She went the extra mile and created something SO wonderful for the campaign. She made a special necklace called "Fire in the Rainstorm" as one of the exclusives for pledgers. Her husband also created this amazing flute bag for my Native American Flute. Pictures of their art is below. 

What is really amazing about all of this, we have ONLY connected via Facebook. I've never met her outside of the internet!! 

Pat's husband HANDMADE this!!! 

Fire in the Rainstorm Necklace by Pat Sylvester! 

My thanks to Pat and her husband!

Pat has a shop on Etsy, that you can visit! 
http://www.etsy.com/shop/centerofbalance

When you pre-order Fire in the Rainstorm there are some goodies you can pick up.  I would LOVE to have you on board throughout the journey to record the album:
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/fireintherainstorm

Music Notes...

This is December's News letter.  Come check it out!

Music Notes from Kori

Happy December!!

My college bestie..

I drove all day yesterday to get to my parents home.  In the evening as I was in bed, I was reading my email, this came from my college bestie:

"I have had the privilege of knowing Kori since our freshman year in college. During those days you would often find us in a piano room in the music building singing our hearts out while Kori played the piano. We would spend a couple of hours if not more singing some popular songs, but also songs that Kori had written long before. I remember my favorite piece was called "The Admiral". I was inspired by her talent and her ability to make the piano sing. Many can play, but she could make it sing as if she was born with one in hand. I can recall when we would be down about schoolwork, weather, or boys, we would go into a piano room and sing away soon lifting our spirits ready to conquer another day.

Those memories are precious to me. I have been truly blessed and am honored to have had Kori in my life for all these years. Music is a part of who she is. Seeing her follow her heart and dreams of becoming an accomplished musician has been inspiring. May we all follow our heart and not be afraid to go after our dreams.
Love you Kordles!!

Your friend always,
Tracey"

I have to say when I read this, I had tears welling up at the memories.  We named ourselves "DeSkies" and hoped one day we would be able to record in a studio.  Years have passed, I went on to record 3 albums, and we still talk on the phone and keep in touch with one another.  What a blessing to have Tracey in my life.  

And now, I turn to you my "internet family" for your help. No matter where you live on this wide planet.. you can be a part of "Fire in the Rainstorm".  Come today and stand with me and you can make memories with me!

Pledge Music: Fire in the Rainstorm

LA Concert and musings...

Good Morning everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! I certainly did. It was CRAZY, wonderful and now I am feeling relieved. Have you EVER dreaded something that is just out of your comfort zone and you wonder how you will accomplish it? THAT was me all weekend.  I am feeling VERY accomplished today.. and wow.. everytime I go out of my comfort zone, it strengthens me and shapes me into a better person. How about you? Discussion?! Write your thoughts about this! 

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Our daughter is in the high school Marching Band, and so there was this competition this weekend being held at our high school. All the parents and alumni volunteer for this time.. because 22 High School Marching Bands come to compete. So the hubs volunteered.. and I baked up a storm for the baked goods. We got up very early, on Saturday and I took her and the baked goods to the High School.. and what a CRAZY day that was.

Then Sunday came, I got up and another whirlwind day of driving up to LA to perform with Fiona Joy Hawkins. I unveiled some new music from "Fire in the Rainstorm". I was nervous.. etc.. and the room was FREEZING. Another musician, Sherry Finzer gave me some hand warmers which really did the trick! I managed to play well and even had a voice in which to talk with. I felt like I was on my game, and played quite well.

Hollywood Piano

Ric and Glenn

L - Sherry Finzer,  Middle - Fiona Joy Hawkins , Right -  Steve Whalen.

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During all of this... you NEED to know that the PledgeMusic campaign for "Fire in the Rainstorm" hit the halfway mark!!! Talk about feeling humble.. and very thankful. I was choking back the tears.. because I was notified before the concert started via email.. and WHAT a blessing you guys are to me. Having you all on this journey with me to release this new album, is SO awesome and inspiring. I can't tell you how excited I am! If you have not pledged yet, there is still plenty of time, and think of it this way.. its a pre-order for my album!! I would LOVE to have you all on board!

Whew! I wrote a novel! Thank you for supporting me.. all my love ♥

Peace in Music...

k

A day of musing...

So today I was sitting in the congregation of Church... listening to the hymns... and decided to see if my voice was good enough to sing.  Oh no.. it wasn't.  

As I sat and listened to everyone singing.. I looked around and tears welled up in my eyes. I looked at everyone and thought to myself: "You guys don't know how good things are until something comes along in life to challenge and change , enjoy singing and talking because you never know what will be handed to you"   I for one.. didn't really know how frustrating it is to not have my voice for talking, singing.  Now it takes a lot of effort to talk now.  And there are days when I just wanna say.. to hell with that I am NOT talking.

I felt so sad I couldn't sing!  I keep asking why has this happened? What the heck?  I didn't vote for this.  I can't imagine my brother, who went through 18 years of this too.  He had surgery this past March to fix his voice.  He can now talk and he sounds great! 

I know I can't let this thing beat me.  I will keep moving along and do as much as I can and there is nothing I can do about it because it happened. I just need to do what the docs have suggested, stay the course and be strong in spite of it. 

I've been told that I would have times/weeks/days like these, where it seems like everything is against me.  Well.. I could take it that way, but I won't.  I WILL talk about it, and I WILL express my emotions regarding it, because I have very strong thoughts about this.

Writing this, brings me peace... 

more to come...

klc

Want a Holiday Card from Me?

If you are on FaceBook you can PRIVATE Message me there. If you do NOT have a FB account, you can message me via gmail at: korilinc@gmail.com 

Put in the subject heading: Holiday Card from Kori! In the body of the email, type in your snail mail address, and BOOM! Holiday Card will be sent to you. IF you want a birthday card... put your birth date too!

REALLY I am NOT kidding! I love to send cards, and since you all have been so awesome supporting me, its the least I can do!

I promise NO SPAM or Gorillas!

Peace in Music,

Kori