Well, here it is, the dawning of my first blog. And I'm in awe of the responsibility. well, some hard work on the computer and giving away a lot of my clothes and such (a lot of ya'll are wearing my rad give away clothes and playing my give away instruments) as well as selling most of my belongings and here we are- on the brink of a big ole tour... I have just booked with my good friend and amazing artist KELLEY McRAE myspace.com/kelleymcrae my first REALLY GOOD east coast tour!

Please check out my dates as I am coming to a ton of great places along the way that will most likely wind up in your backyard. As well, we need some help in a few cities. Most notably, my ole home town of DC JULY 26, the South Carolina/North Carolina Areas of COLUMBIA or WILMINGTON, NC July 22, the amazing music towns of BOSTON JULY 31 and CHICAGO AUG 2, as well, we're looking at St Louis on AUG 3.

If you can help with any of these, please let me know. We can do hours of music at your fave restaurant or do a very intimate house show in your living room to 20-30 or more of your best friends- that would be most preferable as we hope to hang with you and share every song you want to hear without any institutional interruption (read clanging glasses, cash registers, espresso machines, etc.)

Personally, I am looking at booking my solo tour from August 9th-ish on- down into the delta, around the midwest and out to the west coast. I want to go up and down the west coast, hang with friends for a month or so then book back through the middle/northern US back to the Northeast.

I hope to return back to the FLORIDA area around October/November and do some shows all over FL and the SOUTHEAST both solo and with my amazing 3 piece band.

There are many ways that you can get involved. The obvious way is to help with the ever-complex-yet-simple land of helping book shows. this is actually easier than you think- If you have a friend that loves music and has a decent sized living room and a few like-minded friends- let em know about me and my plight. An easy way is to donate money to the help Lauris survive fund. I am in desperate need of a laptop to help with all of the necessary communication that makes tour happen. As well- GAS MONEY. Fell free to contact me at laurisvidalmusic@gmail.com to talk about what may help.

I am so very grateful for everyone who have gone outside their box of normalcy to help me share my music. it is so fun to see my friend's eyes light up with excitement when their lives take on new vitality from engaging the art that we love.

THIS IS MY GOAL IN LIFE- TO IGNITE PEOPLE'S PASSIONS IN LIFE BY ENGAGING THEM THROUGH SHARING WITH THEM THE LIFE OF MY MUSIC AND ART-

I hope you will join in and share your joy and passion with me. see you soon, Lauris