Vanessa Peters Blog Posts and Journal Entries

europe tour, 2010

Posted by vanessa peters on May 3, 2010

Another long tour has come to a close.I’m sitting in the Texas sun, grateful to be on solid ground and not stranded overseas due to more volcanic activity. I’m grateful to be home with my friends and family, and I’m already missing my friends and family that I just left behind. I suppose it is my fate (initially, it was my choice) to live my life straddling the Atlantic Ocean, a part of me always… (read more)

vanessa peters goes outlet on you guys

Posted by on January 27, 2010

hey everyone!i won't even apologize for not writing in this blog lately... i throw my hands up in despair. :) the fall of 2009 was so ridiculously busy, with shows all across the country in september & october, and shows in 5 countries in november, that i got to december completely winded, completely out of breath. i promptly got sick, got better, got sick again, got really sick, lost my voice (in… (read more)

fish'n'chips, the cords that tie us to modern life, meet me in montana

Posted by on November 9, 2009

We’re driving up to Cambridge and London for a few days of free time before the tour picks up steam again. The end is finally in sight – it’s been a long year of many many miles and many stages and though it’s been fun, I’m beginning to get the shakes just thinking about sleeping in my own bed.After wrapping up the US tour, we flew over to Italy and had a few days to gather our wits (and… (read more)

concerti, recensioni, ed altre cose belle!

Posted by on June 10, 2009

ciao a tutti! abbiamo messo un po’ delle recensioni del disco nuovo qui sul sito (guarda in su, c’e’ una pagina nuova) – c’e’ anche una bellissima recensione del nostro concerto al Folk Club di Torino a febbraio di quest’anno. siamo tornati in italia dopo 3-4 mesi di concerti in olanda, germania, belgio, e l’america… saremo in italia per quest’estate e faremo un po’ di concerti… (read more)

acoustic remixes, ringtones, and lots of time on the road...

Posted by on May 24, 2009

Hey everyone!Sorry it’s been so very long since I’ve written… my best excuse really is a good one. We spent the whole spring, from Jan 29 until April 28, on the road. We played … I’m not sure… 70 shows maybe? in 5 different countries and since we got home, I’ve been avoiding the computer as much as possible. :) Now I’ve jumped back in though, because I’m busy booking shows for our… (read more)

big sale on tees!

Posted by on April 27, 2009

i'm trying to get my inventory back under control... so right now we're doing a special on these sizes and colors.... unless noted, these are unisex american apparel, 100% cotton tees...right now they are only $10 with FREE domestic shipping!! (please add $3 for international shipping costs).just send an email with your order to info@vanessapeters.com or place your order directly by using paypal.… (read more)

alpacas, graceland, and the full band (but not in that order)

Posted by on April 22, 2009

It’s late, and Skid Row is (regrettably) playing on my radio, probably for the first time ever. But it’s okay, because Manuel is driving and it’s keeping him awake. It’s 9:30 at night and we’re not even to Texarkana, which means that even if we grow wings, we probably won’t be home before 1 am. We actually started this journey at 8 pm yesterday evening, but a 5 hour detour through Graceland… (read more)

piglet, the five lands, oatmeal and beer

Posted by on March 19, 2009

It's a sunny day in Texas and I'm trying to catch up on everything. My stomach is full (peach scone and fancy-schmancy breakfast burrito from Brasil) and I'm happy to be back home. But I just finished uploading all the pictures from the tour so I thought I would recap those 6 weeks of madness....I think I left off somewhere in Italy. That was the busiest tour we've ever done in Italy - 24 shows in… (read more)

the postal service, larabars, country princess, all-night drives

Posted by on February 11, 2009

eek! so much going on. many, many things.... all happening at once.the new cd arrived to my house on jan 19. the tees came jan 20. i was leaving (did leave) for the european tour on jan 21. this meant that i was up until the wee-est hours of the morning, preparing pre-order packages. this is what that looked like, egads.if you pre-ordered, you should have received your package by now... if you haven't,… (read more)

le parole!

Posted by on February 10, 2009

ciao a tutti, ho fatto una pagina (sulla destra, sotto il link “testi”) con tutte le parole tradotte in italiano… per ora ci sono solo i pezzi dall’ultimo disco ma spero di riuscire presto a mettere i testi anche dagli altri dischi. nel post sotto questo, vedrete che siamo in tour in italia per tutto il mese di febbraio…. venite ad un concerto!!! un abbraccio a tutti quanti, vanessa (read more)

il disco nuovo + tour in italia!!!!

Posted by on January 25, 2009

ciao a tutti!!stiamo finendo il sito nuovo ma nel fratempo abbiamo questo blog…. quest’anno nuovo ci sta portando in giro per il mondo, e chiaramente partiamo dall’ ITALIA!!!abbiamo una ventina di concerti, tutto in celebrazione del disco nuovo. siamo veramente contentissimi di questo disco e speriamo che piace anche a voi.se non potete venire ad un concerto ma volete un disco (e come no?!),… (read more)

"Sweetheart" now available!

Posted by on January 19, 2009

Hey everyone!Our new record, "Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up," has arrived!Until the website is back up and running, you can order the new album here:Order "Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up" today!!It's only $15, which includes shipping & handling.The above link will take you to Paypal, which allows you to pay with a credit card OR with your bank.The record will be on iTunes and CD Baby as well in the… (read more)

new song uploaded!

Posted by on January 4, 2009

We've posted a track from our upcoming album, "Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up," on our MySpace page. Take a listen and let us know what you think!http://www.myspace.com/vanessapetersThe song is called "The War."If you like what you hear, there's still time to pre-order the record!You can do so here:http://vanessapeters.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-just-need-300-more-pre-orders.htmlHappy New Year! (read more)

vanessapeters

Posted by on January 4, 2009

The album is off to the printers! It should be back to me around Jan 20th and in the mail to you shortly thereafter! Send me your address!!! I uploaded “Drowning in Amsterdam” under the “listen” page if you want to, well, listen. xo v (read more)

we just need 300 more pre-orders!

Posted by on November 24, 2008

We are so close to reaching our goal!!We just need 300 more pre-orders (at level one) and we'll be able to pay for the whole record UP FRONT, which would be amazing.....We are about to start the mixing and the mastering, which is a huge expense (well over $2000 for the two combined) and then we have to print the album ($3000+) so we're not out of the danger zone yet. We've had an amazing response… (read more)

winding down this very strange year...

Posted by on November 10, 2008

it's cold outside, and way too dark for 5 pm.i never really minded daylight savings time until i moved farther north...and now it's really just too dark, too soon. it's been foggy lately so when i wake up, it's gray and blurry, and it lasts until 1 or 2 pm... and by 5 pm it's dark again. it's enough to make you make a sad record. oh wait...i've been at home a bit lately, working on the new record,… (read more)

welcome, and keep your chin up.

Posted by on November 7, 2008

we’re working on the new website! keep your pants on and keep your chin up. we’ll be with you shortly, new album in hand. (read more)

America, check. Holland, check. New album, in progress....

Posted by on October 27, 2008

An update! It’s incredible, but true.I can’t believe I used to blog weekly, even daily…. either my life has increased in craziness by two-thousand fold, or I’ve become overwhelmed by the myspace-facebook-blogger-website update-time-suck that has become my life. :)When I last wrote, we were headed to America to work on the new album, and so much has happened since then that I hardly know where… (read more)

pre-order SWEETHEART and help us make our album!

Posted by on September 2, 2008

The new record is underway!!"Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up" will be my fourth full-length album and third with the fabulous guys from Ice Cream on Mondays. What's it about? Well, it's about floating when you want to sink, and about trying to smile when you want to cry. It's about wicked witches, boys with stolen wings, towers that crash and burn, and praying to saints to find the things we've lost.… (read more)

time for an update?

Posted by on May 4, 2008

Jan 1, 2008 - May 1, 2008 - 55 shows in 4 countriesAug 1, 2007 - May 1, 2008 - 110 shows in 8 countriesI've been very busy.I've been meaning to write a blog for months now. It's not that no interesting things have happened - quite the contrary. But in the last 9 months, I've been in England, Ireland, America, Holland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, America, Italy, Norway, Italy, America, Italy, Holland,… (read more)

Pandora

Posted by on December 22, 2007

Hey! We've got two albums on Pandora - Little Films and Blackout! You should join - it's an amazing (and free) internet-based "radio station," where-in you create your own radio stations and Pandora suggests songs to you based on your musical preferences. Give it a try - it's fun and free! www.pandora.com - and don't forget to add our albums to your playlist! :)Happy listening,vanessa (read more)

the last tour of the year

Posted by on December 22, 2007

I'm riding on a train headed south to Bologna. Sunlight is pouring through the window on my right and for the first time in my life I'm on a train that actually smells pleasant…kind of lemony-fresh.I am headed to Bologna for my last show of 2007. I have played 115 shows this year (while working full-time), and done about 20 radio appearances, one of which was in the RAI 3 Studios in Italy - their… (read more)

A dash of sfiga here, a sprinkle of fortune there!

Posted by on December 3, 2007

Unbelievably, the tour della sfiga e anche della fortuna has finally come to a close. Or nearly, anyway. I’m writing this from the autostrada A13, somewhere between Venice and Bologna. Just 3 or 4 more hours and I’ll be at my second home…for two days, anyhow. :) Then it’s off to Denmark!When I last left you all, dear readers, we were struggling through the ups and downs of life on the road… (read more)

bundled up against the cold and exhaust.jpg

Posted by on November 21, 2007

bundled up against the cold and exhaust.jpg Originally uploaded by acousticgirl01.through it all, we're smiling! (read more)

november 07 003.jpg

Posted by on November 21, 2007

november 07 003.jpg Originally uploaded by acousticgirl01.the true meaning of the italian word "sfiga." (read more)

the meaning of sfiga, and 6 months of silence broken at last.

Posted by on November 18, 2007

hello!!!oh my goodness. a wave of shame washed over me when i logged on to write this blog this morning. it's been 6 whole months since i last wrote anything here. this is not an indication of laziness, mind you. it's an indication of how busy i have been...so busy that i have officially reached my breaking point. luckily, i found out that i bend and don't break. what a relief.i don't even know where… (read more)

exactly 36 minutes...will it be enough??

Posted by on May 23, 2007

ciao!I am back in italy in one piece and gearing up for band shows in May and June...but first, I would be remiss if I didn't give a proper wrap-up to the end of the Dutch tour...and I know you were all sitting here with bated breath (what exactly is bated breath, by the way? I have always thought it sounded kind of gross.) and so I will launch in...now! Ah, lax punctuation. :)Okay, so Friday night… (read more)

bet your bottom dollar there'll be SUN!

Posted by on May 18, 2007

I should be in bed. It's late - 1:30 am - and I have just finished a concert (well, a few hours ago). I am very sleepy. Therefore it's possible this will make even less sense than my previous posts. Prepare thyself.So Thursday was a lovely, lovely day. When I left you all, I was marching out into a dreary Den Haag day, fairly certain I would be rained upon. It was Ascension Day, and most of the town… (read more)

from the back of a bicycle, from the window of a train

Posted by on May 17, 2007

Just a short note today, folks - no marathon-length blog for me. I have a few more things to do today in Den Haag (The Hague) before I head to Haarlem for tonight's show with Eva.Where to pick up? Much has happened since we parted ways after the Arnhem Fire Alarm Extravaganza 2007. I headed the next day to Groningen, a lovely town in the far north-east of the Netherlands. I had two shows there - Cafe… (read more)

The art of balancing Dutch downs with Dutch ups.

Posted by on May 12, 2007

So this trip has been comprised of Dutch ups and Dutch downs. Usually there are 5 or 6 of each in any given day, so it's kept things interesting. Dutch up - my show went really well last night. Dutch down - lost 50€ on the way back to my hotel. Hmmm. Dutch up - delicious appeltaart again. Dutch down - everything seems to be closed on Sundays. Dutch down - most of the delicious cafes I have found… (read more)

it was the best of days, it was the worst of days....

Posted by on May 10, 2007

hallo!i am writing to you from cold, rainy Arnhem, where I am warm and happy to be in one piece. i have a little story to tell, so settle back in your chairs and i shall commence explaining how yesterday was one of the longest days of my young (but now much older) life.so my dutch tour began on tuesday...i left castiglion, hopped a train to rome, hopped another train to the airport, loitered there… (read more)

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