New to this blogging thing...

 I remember being 13 and having a livejournal account. Boy did that make me cool or what? (Note the sarcasm...) It was one of those online things where you could write your inner most thoughts and feelings and know that all your friends would read it and 'get to know the real you...' blah blah blah.
In all actuality it never made one damn bit of difference to anything, really. I kind of figure people publicly broadcasted really personal things for attention or sympathy...or to goad others into random desired reactions.  Eventually I came to these conclusions and deleted the account but not before printing off all the entries. :)

 It's true, I'm a journal person. I like getting random little thoughts and writing them down in a secret notepad, quietly celebrating my profundity. Ha! Seriously, though...I've always been a writer. A writer of lyrics, poetry, silly little tid bits...I just love writing! There's something really therapeutic about spilling your thoughts. I seriously think that releasing all the stuff swimming around in your head adds years onto your life. Also in an artistic way it's creation, existing for the sake of no one or no thing but ART.

So, in the search for website content I realized that a popular thing for musicians to do is blog. Most people do the lazy version and type one sentence updates into facebook or twitter. I've just about got the facebook thing, but twitter I simply cannot stand. I find it odd that we've entered an era where 1.people give a shit that you've just gotten out of the shower, or other random daily tasks... and 2. you refer to people you've shared intimate moments with as, '@so and so' I mean, seriously?

 Maybe it's just me and I'm becoming one of those people who like to complain about the modernization of the world we live in but I can't help but think there was something more magical about the days when writing a novel meant you sat down with a shit load of paper and a pen and WROTE the thing....or had to find the nearest pay phone to phone someone and remind them where you were and when you were coming home. Who knows?
That's not to say that I think technology is bad. After all I am sitting on a computer typing this right now. But I like to nostalgically look back and try to get reconnected with that old school way of life.

*Pushes soap box to one side*

So hello everyone, I'm Erin Bennett. I'm a professional singer/songwriter and musician. In this blog I'll try to share some photos, videos and entries about some pretty cool moments in my life. Mostly I'm doing it for me, but I know there are people who are interested so I guess this is for you as well.

Please feel free to leave me messages or comments regarding anything I've posted. At the very least it will be a nice conversation starter. I do not intend to post anything radically controversial, but if I do please be aware that any offensive or absurd remarks will be deleted, so you'd only be wasting your time typing it all out.

Lots of Love

Erin

xxx