Showing Up

At different times in my life I’ve heard people say that 80%-90% of success is achieved by showing up. That goes right along with my favorite statistic that 99.5% of all airplane crashes occur with the ground. Not many mid-air collisions happen. To me it isn’t just showing up somewhere that attributes to success. How I show up is the key.

When I show up with an open heart to be supportive of other people all kinds of things start happening that are so interesting. It’s good for me to keep a clear intention of what my goals are when I go about my day, but I don’t try to second guess what outcome I’m going to get because I went somewhere. When I’m not focused on me, I see more.

There’s an advantage for me in being a witness in life. I can see cause and effect and affect more clearly. I can hone in on how people are directing their energy and how that works. It’s easier for me to make decisions and be comfortable when my approach is more receptive than assertive. I think that is a more natural state for me being a woman.

Blessings!
Laura

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Beauty

I’ve noticed that I really like beauty and beautiful things. There’s something relaxing to me about beauty. It’s healthy and vibrant. I love the energy of beauty and I love being surrounded by beautiful things. People can be really beautiful especially when they’re smiling and happy. They glow in light and become very animated in natural love.

One of my favorite things is to see the moment of transformation when someone changes into vibrant happiness because they got shifted out of a funk and into a loving place for themselves. Someone who might have seemed ordinary suddenly turns into the most radiant beauty and their soul shines brightly from the heart when they smile. I love that.

I wonder what the president of Iran would look like if he didn’t hate so many people. I bet he would be magical instead of being so violent. I don’t know, I kind of wish that something would happen to him so he would love people of all races. It would be nice if he loved humanity and all of God’s creation. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all do that?

Blessings!
Laura

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Being Enough

My friend, Eric, and I were talking about being enough. He’s an artist in LA. We were hanging with a group of friends celebrating a couple of birthdays and we got to talking when he walked me to my car. I told him that I have to remember that I am enough right now even though I’m still improving what I do as an artist and a performer.

He smiled at me and told me that it’s not up to me what I’ll be. It’s up to God. I just have to keep doing what I’m here to do everyday and let God take care of the rest. He said I’m just right for what I’m here to do now. It was really good to hear him say that because sometimes I feel overwhelmed. I care very deeply about what I’m here to do.

I don’t know why seeing areas that could use some improvement can be translated by my mind into thinking I’m not enough because I see what would be better and more effective. I have to find a new way of interpreting information so I stay motivated and grateful for the wonderful moments I have with the people that are in my life. Like Eric.

Blessings!
Laura

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Fun Playing

Lately, I’ve been playing Universal Bar & Grill every week and I absolutely love it! It’s so much fun to play there. Tonight, Jeff Laine, Julie Gribbles and WuT were on the bill. There was another band that was going to play, but I needed to get home to sleep. I also got to catch up with Danielle Eggnew, another singer/songwriter.

I think what’s nice playing the same room, is that it becomes a great home stage to work out on. I get to try new things and fine tune my band set songs. It’s great to see the people who show up there to catch the show and meet new people every time. When I lived in Telluride, CO, I developed a deep love for humanity because of all the people I met.

Because of my lyrics and what I talk about on stage, after I finished performing people would talk to me about all kinds of stuff they wouldn’t normally get into a conversation about. It was also safe to talk to me because I was a stranger. It was in those spaces of time that I got to see how much love and beauty people carry in their hearts.

Blessings!
Laura

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Thunder

I keep hearing thunder, which is so odd for me being in LA. It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I started noticing thunder showing up when it rained. I grew up in the Chicago area and thunder storms were a regular part of life there. This thunder is really loud, which usually means the storm is close. This one is pretty cool.

There was just a loud crashing noise and the power went out for a few moments. I guess I should keep more candles in my apartment. Maybe this is my reminder to keep emergency items on hand. I keep extra water and food around. Now it’s starting to rain. I love the sound of pouring rain, especially when I’m inside.

The temperature feels like it has dropped about 20 degrees outside. Mother Nature is amazing. I’m supposed to go out later on tonight and now I just feel like crawling under a blanket and staying home. I’m singing tomorrow night at Universal Bar & Grill, so being out of the cold rain is probably a good idea. I’m into warm and cozy.

Blessings!
Laura

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God's Instrument

There are times when being an artist isn’t very predictable. It’s like being a guitar. The right musician sitting down to play it makes it the most amazing instrument to listen to. When someone who isn’t a musician picks up the same guitar and tries to play it, it can be horrible noise. I’m God’s artist and only God knows how to make me sound amazing.

When God tunes me up and decides to do something with me as an instrument, I am a golden ray of endless love. If God isn’t there to play me, I might as well just sit in a case because nothing really happens unless God comes through me for something. I declared myself to be an instrument of God when I moved to Telluride, CO in 1996.

I recently reaffirmed that agreement to only be an instrument of God so only God’s Energy and Will can come through me. I’m not here to do anything else in my life. I’m not concerned about what anyone thinks about it. It’s what I’m here to do. When God decides it’s my time to be heard, I just have to be heard and God does the rest.

Blessings!
Laura

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Live Webcast

I’m sitting in my apartment listening to the live webcast of Kulak’s Woodshed’s open mic night and it’s really a treat. I got busy with things that I needed to do at home and couldn’t be out for the night, so this is the next best thing. In fact it is so incredibly way cool. I love listening to other songwriters play their material.

I even got to send an email in to my friend, Barrington because I needed to tell him something and couldn’t get over to the shed to talk to him in person. I truly love the internet. I’m also very grateful that there are visionaries like Paul Kulak who have such a great love of music and artists that he puts his energy into providing this venue to the world.

If you haven’t checked out Kulak’s Woodshed, www.kulakswoodshed.com is the address. If you haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing the songwriting scene in North Hollywood, the Valley and parts of LA, then this will let you in on the grassroots artist vibe happening here. It’s the inner soul of the underground craft of songwriting.

Blessings!
Laura

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White-Footed Deer Mouse

When I went to the pet store the other day, I told them about my little mouse, Sasha, that isn’t so little anymore, and asked if they knew how long she might live. They had no clue. So I went online to find out what kind of mouse Sasha is. After a bit of searching around, I found out that my little girl is a white-footed deer mouse.

She’s almost a year old now. Her body is about 6 inches long and her tail is about the same length. I wanted to know how long she might live because the cage she was in when she was given to me is pretty small for her now that she’s 4 times the size she was when she was a baby. According to one expert, Sasha could live between 4-10 years.

So tomorrow, I’m going to get Sasha a 3 story flat with a big wheel and a couple of great dishes for food and treats. She already has a cool water bottle and chewy toys. I really want her to have a good life and if she could be with me for a decade I want her to be set up right. It’s not her fault that a cat scooped her up and took her away from home.

Blessings!
Laura

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New Sites

I got an email about www.bandspace.com because they contacted me through www.sonicbids.com. In this time of online networking, there are tons of free sites that artists can post their stuff on. What I like about bandspace.com is I can have my songs on there that people can download and I get paid for each one.

That’s a good thing. Sometimes people are more comfortable with a third party site for downloads rather than an individual’s website. I also like that there is a spot for me to talk about each song and post lyrics with it. The photo section is cool and I like that it's got some of the features of an EPK.

Upgrades are available for a price to utilize more marketing stuff, but I’ll have to see how much traffic comes through being on there. There is also another site I heard about today that’s getting ready to launch in May, 2006. It’s www.music.us. The site will be for industry people, artists and fans to come together. I’m looking forward to getting on that.

Blessings!
Laura

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Help

I heard someone say that sometimes the most powerful prayer is made up of one word, “Help”. Sometimes that’s about all a person can muster up to say. It’s not always easy to do what needs to be done. It just needs to be done. When I get overwhelmed with all the things that I’m here doing it’s nice to be able to turn to other people and ask for help.

What I’m entirely grateful for today is how kind people are when they are given the opportunity. Sometimes just a little thing is what makes a big difference. When I need reassurance I have friends and strangers that are there for me. Sometimes a smile from someone who is happy to see me can lift my spirits back to a place of hope again.

I think that we all go through dark periods where the light doesn’t seem to be shining through. That’s when I find that helping others, being supportive and gentle can mean a lot. That’s when a caring “Hello” can make the difference in my day. It’s great to see how small acts of kindness can bring about significant results.

Blessings!
Laura

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Universal Bar & Grill

I got an email tonight to play at Universal Bar & Grill in North Hollywood at 9p. I’m excited. I really dig playing there. The room is nice, the people are so friendly, and the french fries rock. My oven broke yesterday, so I haven’t been able to cook anything today. I’m glad that french fries are now on my evening’s agenda.

The other thing I love about playing at Universal Bar & Grill is it’s a good room to try things out in. There are songs I’ve written that I don’t play with my band. If the keyboard player and I were able to rehearse more and work out new material then we’d have more songs for CAP. So my solo gigs are my time to stretch out differently.

It also makes me smile anytime I get up as a solo singer/songwriter after a heavy metal rock band has played. The contrast is amazing. There are a lot of singer/songwriters that play at UBG as well and it is fun to see everyone play their own style of music. Music is such a magical force when it comes through an artist. I love to see that is action.

Blessings!
Laura

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12 String Guitars

I went over to Guitar Center to check out 12 string guitars. I had played a gorgeous Taylor 12 string there awhile back, but it was long gone to some very happy owner. The selection didn’t grab me. I also don’t like it when I can feel tension going up my arm from the strings when I play the wrong guitar for me. Ouch!

After that I went over to West LA Music in the Valley, which is east of Universal Studios. They didn’t have many 12 string guitars either. They had a Dean 12 string with a pick-up in it. I have to have a pick-up and need to be able to use a capo with a flat pick and some finger picking way high up on the neck. So I take my time to get the right axe.

Then he told me he had a 12 string Strat downstairs. When he came back up, he also had a 12 string Rickenbacker that was gorgeous. The Rickenbacker had the sweetest sound that’s totally the bomb. He even gave me a good price to get it. But first I had to call my guitar guy about how they rate with a luthier: Not easy to set up and can have problems.

Blessings!
Laura

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Praying All Night

I learned something new today. I was over at a friend’s house for a Passover dinner, (it’s the start of the last part of the 8 day holiday) and found out that tonight is one of the 3 nights of the year that Jewish men will pray until dawn, well some of them anyway. In some places the prayer teachings end at midnight. The reason for the all-nighter is cool.

Apparently, God makes certain decisions about how people’s lives are going to be for certain periods of time on certain days of the year. I knew that during the High Holidays, Jews are written into the Book of Life and get the opportunity to make amends for past wrongs and clean the slate. I didn’t know about the other Holiday evaluations.

God decides things like how much money a person is going to have, if someone will be getting married, having children and stuff like that. So on this Holy night, I have a request for God. Being a woman, I can ask God for things when I need to and today I need a miracle. The miracle I need will change my life and bring me peace in my Soul.

Blessings!
Laura

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Cockroach Brooches

In today’s LA Times I read about a jeweler who is making brooches with live cockroaches. I wrote about not having a love for cockroaches awhile back and wondered how I would develop a liking for the little creatures. Apparently people are excited about owning these little jeweled pets. They sell for anywhere between $40 - $80.

The roaches are decked out with swarvoski crystals and have a little chain attached to a pin on them so they can crawl around on the person wearing the roach. Only males are used because females will bite. If the roach is upset it will hiss. It is recommended that they are stored in a dark box when they aren’t being worn.

It’s important to remember to feed the little guys even though they can go 4 days without food or water. I wonder if having a pet cockroach brooch will attract other cockroaches into a person’s home. As far as the creep-me-out factor, I’m sure they’re big hits. Even though I’m a bling bling girl at heart, I don’t know if being a brooch is cool for the roach.

Blessings!
Laura

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Happy Easter

I remember when I was little and coloring hard-boiled eggs for Easter. Our family was Jewish, but anything arts and crafts was cool with my parents. I wasn’t particularly great at painting eggs until I got older. Then I hallowed out the eggs and just used the shell. There were a few Easters that my parents hid eggs for us to find. It kept us busy for a bit.

Holidays seem to have more importance when children are around. For kids, it’s more exciting to celebrate holidays. Activities are critical during the life of a child and for parents. Kids need to be entertained and given direction for their energy. They have so much of it that they need a healthy outlet to use it for.

I did eat a hard-boiled egg this morning, but not for Easter. I haven’t even gone out for extra chocolate. Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen anyone dressed up as the Easter Bunny this year. Usually somebody puts on a rabbit costume for some reason or another, but not where I’ve been. I guess Harvey will be the Easter Bunny for me.

Blessings!
Laura

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Photography

It’s always interesting to me how much I dissect photos of myself when I have pictures taken for my promo materials. I guess that’s just part of being vain, or some people may call that caring. I just find that I’m very picky about what I put out there for people to know as me.

It comes up today because I was going through the pictures that my photographer, Gil Benzeevi, took of me at the Key Club last night. Considering the lack of lighting, he got some really nice shots. In a guerilla photo session I’m happy to get 4 usable pictures.

When we did my last shoot, it took me awhile to warm up to some of the shots I use the most. Again, I’m picky. There is one shot from last night that I’m using for postcards which is very cool. There are a couple of other pictures that gave me a lot to think about.

Blessings!
Laura

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Good Friday

I love that we have a holiday called “Good Friday” in the world. Fridays are usually good anyway, being the start of the weekend. I’m usually playing a gig on a Friday and that’s always good. Tonight I’m playing a gig and I’m having pictures taken at my gig: double good. My last photo shoot was on Labor Day last year.

Holidays seem to be good times for photos. Most family gatherings include photos, thank you Kodak. I love the change in energy on holidays. It’s that “we can slow down for a bit now and relax for a few” energy that helps recharge my batteries. It’s nice to be around people who are chilled out from their usual agendas. It’s a refreshing break.

I don’t know why someone hasn’t come up with more religious reasons to have “Good Monday” or “Good Tuesday” and so on for the rest of the days of the week. Why shouldn’t all our days be “Good” After the world was created, God saw that “It was Good”. I’m into “Good”. Most people I know like “Good”. We should try that.

Blessings!
Laura

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French Fries

I just played Universal Bar & Grill and had a blast. Before I played, Sheena Metal, the promoter, and I were catching up on girl talk and ate french fries. Eating french fries when I play Universal Bar & Grill has kind of become my thing. It’s because their french fries are so good. All of their food is really good, but I like the fries.

Whoever invented french fries may not have realized how happy they were going to make people like me when they did. I’m not in the mood to do a search on the internet to find out who invented french fries, but they have my blessing who ever they are. I’ve been a french fry fan just about all of my life, but lately I’ve been into eating them again.

I like the crispy fries the best. They have the most oil in them. The ones that look translucent are my favorites. I also like mayonnaise on my fries. I know that ranch dressing is good, but mayo is my speed. Someone told me that eating mayonnaise on french fries was very European. I guess I’ll eat french fries when I go to Europe then.

Blessings!
Laura

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Potluck Israeli Seder

My actor friend, Ron, www.ronjacobsohn.com, invited me to his potluck seder Israeli style in Hollywood. He and his wife are now pregnant expecting twins, which is way cool! I was one of 3 Americans there so my mind didn’t have to work too hard trying to follow the gist of a foreign language I don’t know the whole night.

The great thing about being around Israeli people is listening to them speak and read Hebrew. That may sound a little weird, but being raised in an American Jewish community where Hebrew was taught in order to say prayers and not for any comprehension of what is being read, it’s refreshing and fun to hear it for real.

It was the most entertaining seder I’ve ever been to, not at all formal and very spirited. I especially enjoyed all the songs that were sung. After dinner, the singing and banging on the tables got so roudy that one of the neighbors called the police because we were so loud. I’d never been to a seder that truly celebrated freedom from slavery as a party before.

Blessings!
Laura

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Naps

I remember when I was younger, afternoon naps weren’t my favorite thing. Now I treasure them. It’s not like I get to indulge in naps all that often, but when I can be horizontal for a half hour or so in the late afternoon or early evening, I love it. It’s because I tend to be a night owl and seem to have reasons to be up early in the am.

It would be great if I didn’t have to sleep, but that isn’t the case for me. Naps actually save me from getting burnt out. If I can get naps in a few times a week, I can go through periods of shorten sleep hours without crashing hard after awhile. There are so many things that I get busy doing. Life is filled with opportunities and I love that.

I had a flight instructor once who had trained herself to take 10 minute power naps so she could stay rested when she had to work 16 hr.-18 hr. days. I haven’t learned how to do that. I need my beauty rest. My indulgence in late night hours is for writing, playing music, hanging with musicians at shows, taking acting class and having fun with friends.

Blessings!
Laura

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Kulak's Woodshed Open Mic Night

It was another fun open mic night at Kulak’s Woodshed. I signed up to play and was #26. I learn so much being in different environments and new set ups. Getting up, plugging in cold to play one song is a whole new thing to master for me. It’s a humbling experience to listen to so many people play and express their hearts so eloquently.

I learned something new tonight. The woodshed part of Kulak’s name has to do with musicians practicing. The guy who explained it said that folks would go out back to the woodshed to jam and called it woodshedding. In all my years of playing and hanging with musicians this was the first time I ever heard about that.

If you want to check out the variety of music at Kulak’s Woodshed, they webcast their shows live on the internet. Just go to www.kulakswoodshed.com, sit back and enjoy. You may just get inspired to go out back to the woodshed, storage shed or garage at your home and do some jamming.

Blessings!
Laura

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Fear = Ego Problem

It was suggested that I learn more about vocal technique, so I went online to see what info there was. I found a couple of good sites and signed up for a newsletter at Brett Manning’s www.singingsuccessful.com. This week I got his newsletter about stage fright. He had some things to say about the ego that I thought I would share here.

"If you want to really succeed on
stage, you must NEVER ask 'I wonder if they'll
like me?' Once you let yourself ask that
question, you've headed down the wrong road.

You must ask only 'I wonder how I can love these
people and serve them?'

An audience can sense selfishness without even
trying. The same goes for one-on-one. If you
have trouble remembering people's names when you
first meet them, you have a selfishness problem,
not a memory problem."

Someone once told me that fear is self-obsession and that equates to an ego problem. If I’m fretting over what people are thinking about me then I’m not caring at all about them. It was cool to read about that idea in the context of being a stage performer. Having a new dedicated framework to work with on stage during my shows will be fun.

Blessings!
Laura

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Thank You LBN E-Lert!

I’d like to thank the LBN E-Lert for their continued support of my work. I’ve been in the E-Lert a number of times, my free ads have been posted on their bulletin board and most recently, my upcoming performance on April 14th @ 8:30p in the Key Club’s VIP Plush Lounge was featured with an invite for 5 of their subscribers to receive free tickets.

Here’s what they posted today… LBN-EXCLUSIVE INVITE: The LBNElert and The Key Club are offering 5 pairs of free tickets to the first 5 Elert subscribers who send in an email to see an intimate concert performance with singer/songwriter, Laura Cohn in the Key Club's VIP Plush Lounge on Friday, April 14th @ 8:30p, 9039 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.Email LBNElert@earthlink.net to get your free tickets.

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Blessings!
Laura

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The Best Part of Gigging

I’ve been playing out in LA as a solo artist for almost a year and a half now, and about a year of that with my percussionist and assorted other musicians in the mix. And aside from the music, I have to say that the best part of playing is being at the regular venues I play every month. The relationships I am privileged to be in at these clubs are precious.

It is truly an honor to play at CAP Theater, Universal Bar & Grill, and Michael’s Pub. I love the people who book me, the people I meet and see and how fabulous the rooms are to play in. I’m lucky there are magic places that I get invited to perform in. It’s been great to stretch and grow artistically in a way I never got to before. LA raised the bar for me.

Next Friday, April 14th @ 8:30p, I’m playing in the Plush Lounge VIP Room at The Key Club in West Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. I’m booked for a date in May as well. It will be nice to play on the strip again and be in a venue that is so well known. I’d like to be a big artist one day and play the larger stages. There are halls and stages that I need to get on.

Blessings!
Laura

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Loving Rats

To most of my New York friends, the fact that I love my rats, Carole and Nicole, as much as I do kind of trips them out. It’s a little weird to them. I guess it runs close to how I would feel if someone I knew had pet cockroaches that were their babies. That would be out of my sphere of understanding. I don’t know how I would ever love a cockroach.

The surprising thing to me about my rats is how loving they are. I’ve never sensed any love coming from a cockroach. But the first time I ever saw my rats all I could see was pure love inside of them. I would be surprised if I ever came across a cockroach with that kind of energy. I’ll let you know if it happens. So far I haven’t seen cockroach love.

I guess that all things being created equal, it stands to reason that anything in nature that exists would have to be filled with a life force energy of some kind, and maybe I’m just closed minded about cockroaches. Life itself is love to me, so I wonder what it would take for me to see love in a cockroach like I see love in my rats. Hmmm.

Blessings!
Laura

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Songs

Have you ever just had a song playing in your head for no reason at all? Lately I’ve been getting a lot of songs playing in my head. It’s like having a radio inside my mind. I don’t know why I just start hearing them. It’s not like I’m hearing the songs in a store or something and then they get stuck in my head. The songs just come up.

This week the songs have been love songs. Maybe it’s because spring is in the air. Spring is always a good time to find love here and there. Love songs are inspiring. It’s nice to know that people do care deeply for one another even if that isn’t always apparent in everyday situations. The songs that men write when they are in love are very sweet.

There really isn’t anything more endearing to see than a man when he is truly in love. The best part of a man’s heart comes out when he finds the woman who is the love of his life. Suddenly he can be kind and gracious in a way that just wasn’t possible before. I wish more men could find the love of their lives. The world would be more beautiful.

Blessings!
Laura

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Fun with the Rain

Today the rain has been very soothing. At points in the day it reminded me of Gene Kelly dancing in the pouring rain in the movie, “Singing In The Rain”. He was smiling bigger than ever in that scene when he was singing in the rain. If I had a pair of galoshes, a big trench coat, matching hat and a big black umbrella that’s what I would have done today.

Not that I was feeling all that energetic. It just seemed like it would be great to be splashing around in all the big puddles. There was so much rain falling, I could have been soaking wet, kicking around having fun without a care in the world. Of course, I managed to be practical and not do that because I have acting class tonight and a gig on Friday.

When I was growing up in the Chicago area, my friend, Sari and I would take umbrellas out in the rain and we would run down the street as fast as we could and jump in the air so we could fly in the wind. We did that for hours. It was great to catch air and float down the street a few feet. I don’t know where we got the idea, but we were happy.

Blessings!
Laura

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Springtime

I remember when I was growing up in Chicago there was a little saying, “April showers bring May flowers”. Well that may just be the case in LA this year. We’ve been getting a lot of rain lately with cold air. Usually by this time spring’s warm air has set in and my energy level is up and running. I love the spring.

These last few weeks I’ve been waiting for that surge of warm sunshine to kick me into gear, but the warm air has mostly come from my heater. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in colder climates so I know how to dress for it. It’s just that I live in LA and it’s confusing to have to layer with a scarf, sweaters and a warm coat to go out at night in April.

It’s not unusual to have weird weather. It seems that in every decade I’ve lived in there has always been some freak of nature event happening somewhere in the world. And in most centuries that I’ve read about there were intense weather conditions that were out of the ordinary showing up form time to time that got people’s attention.

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Laura

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Gig Stuff

This weekend I had the pleasure of playing gigs at a couple of my regular places and also got to sing a song at Kulak’s Woodshed to top it all off. Playing CAP Theater with my band on Friday was very cool. It became an interesting night when the rap group that was scheduled to play on the bill wound up in a car wreck and weren’t able to get to the theater.

In order to make the night work, Lonny Stevens the director called on some additional talent that was in the house. Turns out there was a comic in the audience named Lou who told some very funny jokes that we all enjoyed. Another rapper named Marvelous was working the spot light for the show, so he came up next and performed.

After that Biff Scarborough sang some blues and then we played our set. Lou remembered some other jokes he had, so he came up again after we played. Then Bill McRae, my keyboard player, sang a few of his songs. Voyce McGinley, III then did a killer drum stick solo playing the floor, and then we all sang “Crossroads”. It was good.

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Laura

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Happy April Fool's Day - Press Release

Singer/Songwriter, Laura Cohn Proposes A New Agreement For Humanity To Live Under

In a series of blogs, Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, Laura Cohn proposed that humanity should replace the good vs. evil agreement that it has been living under with a peaceful harmony agreement instead. “I’m tired of what I’m reading in the news and what I’m hearing people say” Cohn said, “I think we can do better than this. Don’t you?”

(PRWEB) March 31, 2006 -- Laura Cohn first asked in “Permission” on March 24th to make the current good vs. evil agreement that humanity has been living under null and void. Then in daily blogs that she wrote up until April 1st, Cohn proceeded to map out a path for how the new peaceful harmony agreement needed to be created for humanity to live under. Cohn also discussed that a bridge is needed to address the mind and how it has been functioning.

Cohn suggested on March 27th that superposition would be a suitable bridge, utilizing quantum mechanics as a model. Cohn explained that “superposition is the state of being that an atom is in before it is observed as positive or negative. Once the atom is observed, whatever the observer perceives is what the atom becomes.” Laura Cohn hypothesizes that “if instead of observing things as we have always observed them, we could stop for a moment and let another idea come in.”

On March 28th, in addressing the process humanity is in, Cohn stated that “the mind is very useful at engaging in activity. It is such a fantastic processor of information that it will make up stuff that isn’t there just to keep busy.” Cohn feels the trick to successfully creating the new agreement is to give the mind a set of parameters to redefine the world with that it will find interesting. Cohn says that “the mind can be thoroughly engaged as it is redefining and renaming everything it sees, thinks and imagines.”

Laura Cohn said that her reason for writing the series of blogs was to give her mind a break from being confined to humanity’s limitations citing that she needed to keep her mind busy doing something productive when it got bored. Cohn smiled brightly to wish everyone a very Happy April Fool's Day and hoped that taking a moment to think about something else was worth a good laugh. Laura Cohn’s blogs can be read at www.lacohnzone.blogspot.com.

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About Laura Cohn:
Growing up in Highland Park, IL, Laura Cohn was a creative performing artist. Her parents enrolled her in flight training and she became a private pilot at 17. Cohn began writing music after she graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Political Science. She is currently performing around LA.

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