Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to write, record and release my own album. I find endless joy in song-writing on my guitar & keyboards (pretty basic skills!) – it’s just so fun to noodle & twiddle about to make songs appear (and where do they come from?!).
It was a massive treat to work on my songs with my amazing producer (it took over 10 years to bring it to this point – being a Mamma I just had to fit in studio time/Mastering/Artwork/CD Production etc whenever it was possible!) and knock them into shape with his production mastery and musicianship. With the help of super-talented musicians for added magic, my first studio album, ‘What Mamma Did Next’ is due to be launched in Feb. 2025. And I am so excited – and relieved, to finally be the ‘me’ I have always wanted to be – writing, recording and releasing my own music.
First single ‘Rocky Mountain High’ was released 08/11/2024
Working on my album has been the most exhilarating, exhausting, frustrating, heart-bursting, mind-blowing, irritating and freeing thing I have ever done! Even after the chaos of having children, I’ve never stopped creating/writing songs and, now my boys are older, and don’t need me quite so much, it feels less decadent to make time for my music – I’m kind of desperate to get cracking with it all – Debut album is all ready to go, and I’m getting songs into shape to start the next one.
I really want to show other women, especially mothers, not to give up EVER and prove that a 55 year old Mamma can write good songs that audiences will find inspiring and hopeful, relatable and joyful. Also, I would like my two boys to see that it is worth finishing creative things – the J O Y is in the slog of it all and having something you have created at the end of all the struggle!