Welcome to the World, Lovely Orchid
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I couldn’t sleep last night. I knew I would wake up and March 2nd would finally be here… and the anticipation was just a bit too much for me. Orchid is being released today- it’s her birthday. Yes, the album is a girl. If you’ve met her, you already know this as true. We don’t have any kids… yet. But we have music that we create and let out into the world. You can’t imagine the labor of love that is imagining, writing, recording, producing, packaging, and marketing a record. It’s a monumental task. And now she’s here… Orchid. And I am a proud, proud mama.
I am AMAZED that less than a year ago we went into the studio with Will Hunt (who got props at http://www.rollingstone.com today by the way… Go Will!), that was such a dream for me. It seems like so much has happened in the past year and at the same time it seems like we were in the studio yesterday. Why is that exactly? I digress….
Side-note: Not only is Orchid releasing officially today, but we are also unveiling the new http://www.kcclifford.com website. Our friends Nathan & Brian (affectionately known in our closest circle as “The Fifth Beatle” and “Genius 1 & Genius 2″), made the hope of this incredible new site a real thing. And needless to say, they did NOT get paid what they are worth… because I couldn’t afford them. It has been such a fun little adventure imagining what I would want if I could have anything on the site, and then seeing them actualize that. Y’all think me getting up to sing my little folk songs is amazing… I think html code and design are extraordinarily amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you Nathan & Brian! We love you so and your friendship is a great treasure!
Orchid could not have happened without the extravagant generosity of my friends… The Generous Friends have banded together and rallied behind this album in the most humbling, beautiful way. And I had you generous souls in my heart’s eye every step of the way- hoping against hope that I would be a good steward of the resources with which you entrusted me, and that I would make you proud to be a part of it. I’ve never been so sure of what I was put on this earth for as I am when I think about the creative work Orchid embodies.
I hope you’ll raise a glass with me and toast as we celebrate Orchid, our new arrival. I have great anticipation of all she’s meant to do in the world. To Orchid. Ching, ching. And to you for making the dream of her a reality. Hear, hear, you dear generous friends. Hear, hear.
Welcome to the world, lovely Orchid.
