This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/a-song-crowdsourced-from-twitter/

So once I was bored in Hollywood.  Bored at Le Pain Quotidien in Brentwood to be more specific, since I’d been stood up for a meeting. Now, bored is really not my M.O. — on principle I am almost never bored — but Twitter is always there for me in such emergencies.  So of course that’s where I turned. Continue reading →

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/twelve-simple-steps-to-indie-cred-excerpt/

I’ve been taking a month or so at home to reflect, focus, and work on my Indie Cred.  I understand that Indie Cred, or “Independent Credibility,” is very important — I learned that from Jennifer Lopez, who writes so compellingly about still being from the block.  It is important to demonstrate to fans and colleagues that you have suffered an appropriate amount to deserve your carefree, indulgent, jet-setting independent musician lifestyle.  Continue reading →