victoria zande ~ artist/author ~ writer/songwriter/musician March 2010 8 March, 2010 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 6 march, 2010 It was a beautiful sunny day on Saturday for the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market Thing Spring Event... I had a great table with nice Vendor Neighbors... I met alot of nice people & had a fun time... Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by... The Vendor across from me as seen in the above photo had an amazing St. Patricks & Easter Day display’s... I also uploaded some video I took on Saturday on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... The ladies next to me had my favorite addiction - Raw Michigan Made Honey and the Vendor to my right was selling Organic Gluetin Free Cookies... This is a well travelled market supporting Michigan Farmer’s... Thank you so much again to Gwen for inviting me... I am back to working on music this week & finishing the ep...I will let you know my first open mic date soon... Still working on ~ back pages ~ also... Working on flyers for Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Canada & Europe this week - I will let you know the locations when I have them... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:44am ~  5 March, 2010 Please come out & join me - I will be at the Royal Oak Farmers tomorrow from 7:00am-1:00pm for my booksigning... It is supposed to a beautiful spring like day with tempreatures in the 40’s... I will have both copies of ~ pages ~ available - they will sell for $5.00 per copy with $1.00 from every copy donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you so much again to Gwen The Market Master for inviting me back... I hope to see some of you there... Please visit my Appearances Page for location & information... I have been working on my vocal peices this week for ~ window preview ~ - somewhat of a challenge for me as I always say vocals are the one part that I have work at... Not that I dont have to work at everything else, I just don’t consider vocal’s my strong pointe... All vocalists no matter how great they are gifted still have to work at their craft, & I have always had the highest respect for them... It’s a gift to be able to create & present your voice to the world... I am finishing up last minute items for my booksigning tommorrow... Next update on Monday - I may do an update tommorrow - follow me on Twitter, Facebook & MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:51am ~ 1 March, 2010 I am looking forward to my booksigning this Saturday at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... I may be there from 9:00am-1:00pm instead of the 7:00am start time - I will let you know on Thursday... Hopefully the weather will be nicer - as of right now it is supposed to be warmer and sunny, although the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is an indoor market year round market, which makes it nice for shopping... Please come out and join me if you are out... They have some of the best produce in the metro area... Thank you so much to Gwen the Market Master for inviting me back... I am working on more flyers into the Tampa & Clearwater cities this week... Last week I additionally started looking for cities in Canada and Europe that would host my flyers & I will let you know... I worked more on music this morning... First open mic date in four weeks & I would like to bring something different and one of my peices on the side that is not a part of ~ window preview ~ with me to perform...  Next update on Thursday or Friday - follow me on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:08pm ~ February, 2010 26 February, 2010 A later than normal update today... I have been out in the weather trying to get things done before being snowed in agian... Is it still February??? Tommorrow I will be hosting my sled and some Husky’s to the market... A note about next Saturday’s booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - I may be attending from 9:00am-1:00pm if weather conditions are not good & I will let you know... Both versions of ~ pages ~ will be available and will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 being donated to assist dogs with neurological conditions... I will also have bookmark handouts & I will be signing everything... I worked on music this & continue to as I would like to have ~ window preview ~ completed by the first week in April... Open mics will be forthcoming over the next four to six weeks... I am still working on getting more flyers into Florida Cafes & a bookstore... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter, MySpace, & Facebook in between if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:03pm ~ 22 February, 2010 More snow... I like green trees and open windows... I am permantely inside today among six inches of new snow and can hear the snowblowers working... It’s almost March... Worked on some music this weekend & I am getting ready for the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on 6 March... I will be working on ~ back pages ~ this week and checking in with bookstores while I continue to look for a bookstore & more cafes in the Tampa/Clearwater area that will host ~ pages ~ & my music... If I have an update in between for this I will post on Facebook, MySpace & Twitter... I am working on some side peices I wrote as well to bring them to the Open Mics & maybe do another video... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:20pm ~ 19 February, 2010 It’s sunny and 32 degrees in the Motorcity - spring is not too far away... I confirmed my event time for the Flint Farmer’s Market in June -  10:00am-12:00pm... Thank you to Karianne at the Flint Farmer’s Market for inviting me... In two weeks I will be back at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on Saturday 6 March from 7:00am-1:00pm for another booksigning - both versions of ~ pages ~ will be available and will sell for $5.00 per copy... Thank you so much to Gwen for inviting me back... Please visit my appearances page for location & information... I will be working more this weekend on flyer locations in Florida.... Working on music this weekend... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, or Facebook if you are online... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:21pm ~ 15 February, 2010 It’s Monday - the day after my sister’s Valentine Birthday... Happy 30th... I hope that everyone had a nice weekend - it’s one weekend closer to spring... I am looking forward to returning to the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on Saturday 6 March & I just added the first summer date to my caldendar of 12 June at the Flint Farmer’s Market - where I will be doing a reading & performance... More flyer’s will go this week & I will let you know where... Just working on music this week - follow me on Twitter - Facebook - MySpace if you are online... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:49pm ~ 12 February, 2010 I am sending out the copies to Housing Works Used Book Cafe today & I will let you know when they will be available in their bookstore to buy... Housing Works is also currently working to help the people of Haiti and I am proud to be making a donation at this time... Worked more on my vocals this week and music - it make more than two weeks out that I start Open Mic’s... I will let you know... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:30am ~ 8 February, 2010 It’s a sunny and warmer Monday, although tommorrow is supposed to be back to Winter with 6-10 inches of snow... I worked on some of the music over the weekend and I am getting ready for the first of my Open Mics and the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... More flyer’s will be going out this week along with the printed copies of ~ pages ~ to Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York... I will let you know when they receive them and when they will be out for sale... I will also let you know if I get a cafe that would like to host my bookmark handouts... No cafe in the Bay Area yet - still working on it... Not much in this update - I will be updating again on Thursday or Friday... Follow me on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook in between when you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:01pm ~ 5 February, 2010 The first Open Mic date will be Thursday 25 Februrary - this may be moved up a week depending upon where I am - I will let you know if it does... My next Open Mic will be in March... Four weeks from now I am at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Saturday 6 March from 7:00am-1:00pm for a booksigning... Come out and help support Michigan Farmer’s... Copies of ~ pages ~ will again sell for $5.00 with $1.00 being donated to help dogs with neurlogical conditions... The flyers for The Wildflower Cafe & Cafe Milano went out on Tuesday, so look for them this weekend or next week... I will continue to work on a cafe & bookstore in the Clearwater & Tampa area’s that will host my flyers, bookmarks and ~ pages ~ ... Wondering??? Can you still buy “sunshine in a can” down at the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs??? Also, worked on cafe’s in the San Francisco Bay Area this week - will let you know... Working on music & writing this weekend... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:58am ~ 1 February, 2010 Good Monday Morning... It’s already February, although still exceptionally cold out at 7 degree’s this morning - I do enjoy the clear sky’s and lots of sun... The flyer’s for The Wildflower Cafe & Cafe Milano should be posted by the end of this week - thank you so much again to both cafe’s for hosting my flyers... There was also a Flute Convention in Flordia last week - The Florida Flute Assoications 34th Annual State Convention - www.floridaflute.org that featured Gemeindhardt Flute’s - www.gemeinhardt.com and Flute World from Farmington Hills, MI - www.fluteworld.com ... I will be working on more music & vocal’s this week... I am looking forward to bringing you Mozart on Ice in all three movements... I will also be back at The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market on 6 March for another booksigning... Next website update on Friday - in between follow me on Twitter, MySpace, & Facebook... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:23am ~ January 2010 29 January, 2010 It’s sunny and 15 degrees in Detroit this morning - I rented some Huskey’s last night to pull my sled - I know it’s January... I continue to work on my music and ~ back pages ~ this week.... Flyer’ s will be going out this weekend to The Wildflower Cafe - www.wildflowercafe.net & Cafe Milano - www.bestcafemilano.com in Clearwater, Florida ... Thank you so much to both cafe’s... In November I was invitied by Karen at Sacred Ground Cafe if I was going to be in the area to be a featured artist in her cafe for a booksigning - thank you to Karen for extending me the invitation... I am continung to work on a bookstore in the Tampa/Clearwater area, and I will let you know when I find one that will host ~ pages ~ and my music... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~    26 January, 2010 Not much snow this morning, although they were expecting a big storm to come through last night... It is just cloudy and 25 degrees this morning... Maybe I should just stay with my Tuesday updates, as most Monday’s seem to be busy... Worked on more ~ back pages ~ over the weekend - did not put up an excerpt and I will be doing that tonight on myspace... I was not sure which one I wanted to post... If you are online I will be posting a link on my Twitter & Facebook Pages also... I am moving my Open Mic date by two weeks - the peices that I am bringing with me to the chair need another week or so - just me - I don’t like to sit in front of people unless I know I can put this out there in a finished form.... I am still working on a bookstore in the Bay Area and the Tampa/Clearwater area in addition to the flyer’s that are being sent out... I will let you know... Looking forward to having my work in the Tampa/Clearwater area as this is a special place for me... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:43am ~  22 January , 2010 I am sad to say that the Book Mark Bookstore/Cafe on Mission Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan will be closing in two weeks - due to the economy & the competition of internet stores... This is the fourth independent bookstore that I have had ~ pages ~ in that has been affected by online sales and the economy... This was the first bookstore that took ~ pages ~ in and gave it a front row seat next to Maya Angelou on the front row of their poetry shelves... They are also the first store I was inivited to for a booksigning and invited back again and again... Kris the maager is the ncest person with a great knowledge of written material in books, magazines, and all other media from well known author’s to independent and hard to find great reads... Everyone at the Book Mark could help you with anything you were looking for or suggest something you would not normally find in the mainstream ... The Book Mark has three locations, and unfortunately - all three locations will be closing... Thank you to Kris and everyone at the Book Mark for supporting my work... www.bookmarkmp.com ... I will be attending the Open Mic next week at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkely, Michigan as the first of a series of Open Mics - www.coffeebeanery.com ... An excerpt from ~ back pages ~ will be up this weekend on my MySpace Page... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:05am ~ 18 January, 2010 It’s the middle of January and the day’s are getting longer... A cloudy 30 something day... I worked on some music over the weekend, although did not post the excerpt - that will be posted this week... The Open Mic will be next week and I will give you more information next Monday... I will be sending out another flyer in the Tampa/Clearwater area this week... I am also looking to send some bookmark handouts down... I know it’s warmer than 30 something degrees in the “Sunshine State”... Next update on Friday - follow me in between on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:00pm ~ 15 January, 2010  I am honored to be listed on the alumni page of Bunny Sanfords School of Dance - www.bunnysanfordschoolofdance.com ... More flyer’s will be going out to Florida cafes next week in the Tampa Bay/Clearwater area, and I will be starting to send flyers into the Bay Area next month... I can tell you that I will have one bonus track on ~ window preview ~ ... Still working on ~ back pages ~ and will post another excerpt this weekend... It’s cloudy and grey in the Detroit Area today... Next update on Monday - follow me on Twitter & Facebook if you are online... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:38pm ~ 11 January, 2010 Starting my Monday update slightly later than normal today... It’s another snowy and cold January day in the Motorcity - about 19 degress this morning with slippery roads... Just a note about events for the winter... I will be attending some open mic’s this month and next month weather permitting... Given the winter that everyone had last year, I am going to wait until March or April to start any major events on my schedule... As I stated last year, if I would not want to drive in it - I would never expect you too... My Open Mic date for the Coffee Beanery in Berkley has been moved to 28 January from 7:00-9:00pm... I will be putting up an excerpt on my MySpoce Page when I am done with this update... Working on music this week and ~ back pages ~ ... If you are online - follow me on Facebook or Twitter... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:57 pm ~  8 January, 2010 My first Open Mic for the year will be Thursday 21 January from 7:00-9:00pm at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley, Michigan - www.coffeebeanery.com ...Please come out and join me if the weather is good... I put the first of two excerpts up on my myspace page this week, as I continue to work on ~ back pages ~ and ~ window preview ~ ... The second excerpt from ~ back pages ~ or ~ pages ~ will be up this weekend on my myspace page & also posted on Facebook and Twitter... Look for more flyers in Florida cafe’s this month... Will let you know the exact date the printed version of ~ pages ~ is at Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York... I will also be attending the North American International Auto Show - 11 January - 24 January www.nais.com ... I will let you know which day... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:02am ~ 4 January, 2010 Happy 2010!!! It’s 2010 already, just yesterday it seemed like it was 1985 - has anyone seen my Delorean - I think DOC left it parked at the mall... I hope that everyone had a safe and Happy New Year and many wishes for a great year to come... I am putting up excerpts from ~ pages ~ and ~ back pages ~ on myspace... I will be attending the first of three open mics in the next two weeks at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... This is an exceptionally run open mic with a good audience, and where I did two booksignings last year... I will let you know the date in my next update... Still working on ~ back pages ~ and looking at a March release date for my bonus collection... Working on music this week & working on finishing ~ window preview ~ in the next two months... Still have my Christmas decorations up - refuse to take them down until after the bowl games are done... Orange Bowl tommorrow night - they always have an amazing half time show... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:43pm ~ December, 2009 28 December, 2008 It is somewhere in between Christmas and New Years on a Snowy & Cold Day in Detroit... The Coffee Beanery in Berkley will not be having an Open Mic this Thursday due to New Years Eve - I will let you know which Thursday in January I will be attending... I will also be posting a Park Bar date soon... I finally got all of my holiday cards out to eveyone who has and is featuring my writing/music this year... I am fortunate for each and every one... I will be putting up an excerpt from ~ pages ~ this week on my My Space Page... I may do another update on Wenesday or Saturday - in between you can follow me on Faebook, My Space and Twitter if you are online... I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy New Year... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting this year... ~ 1:50pm ~ 21 December, 2009 It is offficially the first day of winter, and we have SNOW!!! It’s a cloudy 29 degree’s in the Motorcity with snow on the ground and only four days until Christmas... Please let me know if you buy a copy of ~ pages ~ from any of the bookstore’s - if you bought it in store - by phone & if you got as a holiday gift for someone... I may do an update on Saturday... Christmas Eve is Thursday and Christmas if Friday :) - although I will still be updating on my other pages over the weekend... I hope that everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas... Dress warm - go outside and enjoy winter for a few minutes... Buon Natalie... Next update this weekend... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:06am ~ 18 December, 2009 It is cloudy & cold in Detroit this morning - no snow on the ground yet - hopefully it will be a white Christmas next week... Unfortunately I was unable to attend last night’s open mic at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, although I will try for the following week, which will be New Years Eve, so I will have to let you know if there will be an open mic that night... Working on ~ backpages ~ and making sure that all of the bookstores have enough bookmark handouts and copies of ~ pages ~... Thank you to all of the bookstores this year for featuring ~ pages ~, my bookmark handouts and supporting my work... Thank you to all of the Cafe’s and Farmer’s Market’s for allowing me to showcase my work and posting my flyers... Thank you to WLNZ in Lansing,MI and WCFX in Mount Pleasant, MI for my air time... I will be working on more music this weekend and continuing to send out my holiday card’s to the bookstores & cafes... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:04am ~  14 December, 2009 It’s cloudy & 32 degress in the Motorcity today... I will be starting to attend open mic’s over the holiday - Thursday 17 December from 7:00-9:00pm (weather permitting - it’s winter) The Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley - www.coffeebeanery.com .... Monday 21 December, 2009 from 7:00-11:00pm (will let you know what time I will be there) The Plymouth Coffee Bean on Penniman in Plymouth, MI - www.plymouthcoffeebean.com ... More date’s up soon... Please know, that if you would like to buy a copy of ~ pages ~ and you are not located near one of the independent bookstores that it is available at - you can order by calling the store and charging it to have it shipped to you... You should still be able to receive it in time for the holiday’s... Please see my location’s page for store information... I am still working on ~ backpages ~ although that will not done until late spring... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:59am ~ 11 December, 2009 It’s cold and 16 degree’s this morning in Detroit... I will be working on more flyer’s this weekend and sending out my holiday card’s to all of the bookstores and cafe’s that hosted my work this year... Still working on new bookstores in the Tampa/Clearwater area and the San Francisco Bay Area... Working on more music this weekend... That’s about it for now - next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:19am ~ 7 December, 2009 holiday card handrawn logo designed by victoria zande It is cloudy, cold & flurrying in the Motorcity today... Winter is offically here... I step outside to wake up ... I spent the weekend puttting together my holiday cards for the bookstores & cafe’s and working on some music... As The Page Turns in downtown Northville is currently closed and will be moving to a new location after the first of the year... If you are interested in getting a printed copy of my collection you may email the bookstore at their website or order one through my website until the new location opens... It looks like an open mic will be next Thursday when I will visit the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... I will let you know next Tuesday... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:42pm ~ 4 December, 2009 photos’s taken by: victoria zande It was a fun evening at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Magic Market last night... I got meet alot of nice people and talk to them about my writing/music, even got to meet Santa Claus at the end of the evening... In the second photo above is a nice lady that hand makes beautiful bears and krafts... Krafts by Kelly - she is featured every Sunday at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... If you are interested in her work and not able to attend the market - you can contact the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market... Thank you so much again to Gwen the Marketing Manager for inviting me back - I will be back again next year, and I am currently working on the new date with Gwen... I will be attending an open mic next week, and I will let you know on Monday’s update where the location is as I am still deciding which one to attend first... If you have not had a chance to view my Mozart on Ice video - please visit my You Tube Channel... It’s 25 degrees in the Motor City this morning - winter is officially here... It is a sunny 25 degree’s - so bundle up and step outside for a few minutes and enjoy the day... Have a great weekend - if you are online this weekend - catch me on Twitter or Facebook... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ 01 December, 2009 “mozart on ice” video shoot - photo taken by: victoria zande My video for Mozart on Ice in the first movement is now hosted on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... It  was delayed over the weekend... I uploaded it yesterday afternoon, and I had to make sure it fully loaded with the video quality complete before I listed it on here... Please let me know what you think... It is hosted in four segements, so please view all four... Thank you again to my cousin Jeff (DOC Fletcher) for taking the video footage of me... I wanted to get all three trees in this shoot, therefore, you don’t see a closer video of myself... My favorite part to the performance video was to be able to hear the birds in the background as I played... This is a completely unedited version and a true live performance... I had to wear winter gloves with the finger’s cut out as the tempreature was 46 degrees at 9:00am on 18 November... Please join me on Thursday from 4:00-8:00pm for my booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is located on 11 Mile Road just East of Woodward... I will have both version of ~ pages ~ available and bookmark handouts...  Working on more music today... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:00pm ~ November 2009 27 November, 2009 I hope you had a good Thanksgiving... It’s a cold and somewhat cloudy day... I will be hosting my video this weekend on You Tube... As I told you in my last update, it will be hosted in four to five sections, and I will post on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook when it is done... Next Thursday is the Royal Oak Holiday Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm... Please come out - join me & see all of the holiday items that will be out... Starting the second week in December I may attend the Coffee Beanery in Berkley’s Open Mic... I will be working on music next week... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:06am ~ 23 November, 2009 I was out this morning meeting with the people who had to view the footage I took on Wednesday for my Mozart on Ice video... I have been given the final approval, and will be hosting the three segment’s on You Tube this week... More information about the video after it’s up... I may do one open mic this week, although with Thanksgiving being Thursday - it makes for a short week... It’s Thanksgiving week (poor turkey’s... i will be out tommorrow buying nike’s for them:)... I will be checking in with all of  the bookstores this week, and I will let you knows which stores will have the bookmark handouts, although they will all have copies of ~ pages ~... If you would like a signed copy as a holiday gift - let the bookstore know and they can contact me... Working on some music this afternoon... Next update on Friday - follow me on Twitter - My Space - Facebook in between if you are online... It’ s a cloudy and nice fall day - get out and enjoy it... Have a safe & Happy Thanksgiving... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:35pm ~ 20 November, 2009 I did my video shoot for “Mozart on Ice” on Wednesday morning... I was up at 5:00am after being up until 1:00am to get ready for the shoot... I was out on the site a few day’s before that marking the spots for the shoot... This is a completely unedited video and live performance that was done in one take... What you will see is three seperate segments on You Tube...  I was amazed I got it right on the first take - it was a great Birthday gift as Wednesday was my Birthday... It was about 46 degress and sunny at 9:00am when my cousin DOC Fletcher and I shot the video... My cousin DOC is also an author-former Marketing Salesperson for Duracell and did a great job... Thank you so much DOC for coming out and assisitng me... I will have more details after it’s up on You Tube next week... I just got approved for another cafe in Florida this morning... New Harmony Coffee & Tea in Clearwater - www.newharmonycoffeeandtea.com ... I will be sending one out to them this weekend - thank you so much to Hailey for accepting it... Working on more music this weekend and will be starting open mic’s soon... Booksigning on 3 December at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... Follow me on Twitter & My Space this weekend... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:43am ~ 16 November, 2009 Good Monday Morning - it’s cloudy and 42 degress in Detroit this morning... I got final approval late Friday afternoon for my video shoot for this week... I am excited to be able to take my small peice of work on the ground that I requested... I do not know if I will be performing Mozart on Ice in all three movements for this video, as I want to be able to produce a video with a complete peice of music... As I said on Friday, I am not fan of watching myself on video so I don’t do alot of visual peices with me in it... I will tell you that the place I chose for this is exceptionally special to me, and I am honored to have permission to use the site... It will be a somewhat colder day, so I will have to dress warmer for the occasion... I will be checking back in with all of the cafe’s I did booksignings & performances this year to see if they will be interested in carrying my booksmark handouts for the holidays... I will let you know which ones next week.... I do know that the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street in Grand Rapids & Downtown Grand Rapids still have handouts available... This week - my flyers will be hosted in two Tampa, Florida cafe’s - Nola Cafe and Sacred Grounds... Thank you again to both of these cafes for taking them in... Open mic’s starting next week... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so muchfor reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:37am ~ 13 November, 2009 It’s Friday the 13tht - they are always special day’s when they fall on a Friday... So, it’s a special November Friday the 13th... I mailed out the flyer’s to two cafes in Tampa... Nola Cafe on Platt Street that I told you about in my last update & Sacred Grounds on Bush Blvd - www.sacredgroundstampa.com - I was also invited to do a booksigning when I am in the area... Thank you to Karen at Sacred Grounds for the booksigning invitation & hosting my flyer... I have been working on the music all week, although music for me is an ongoing process... I am almost sure I got the approval for my video site - although I am going to have to shoot the video in the next week before the weather gets too cold to do an outside shoot...  My goal is to present this video of Mozart on Ice in all three movements... I have go to on record as saying - I am not a fan of video for myself... It’s hard enough to have to listen to yourself sing on play back - although, I don’t really like to have to watch myself after the video taping... I have my booksigning on 3 December coming up at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Holiday Market... This is a special market on Thursday 3 December from 4-8pm...  First open mic date in the next two weeks... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:22am ~ 9 November, 2009 It’s an ecxeptionally warm 70 degree’s and cloudy in Motown today... The first of my flyer’s will be in a cafe in Florida... Nola Cafe on Platt Street in Tampa will host one of my flyers by the end of this week - www.nolacafe.com ... Thank you so much to Chad for accepting my flyer at Nola Cafe... Worked this weekend on more music and the layout for ~ back pages ~ ... Orginally I wanted to shoot the Mozart on Ice video outside, and if it stay’s warm, then I will still be able to do this, although I will have to wait and see in the next two weeks - if not it will be an indoor concept... This is not a big video shoot, just an independent effort to showxase a peice of my work... Open mic next week sometime, and I will let you know... I did blog on myspace over the weekend, and was going to do a second one, so I will probably be doing another one in the next few day’s as I continue to work... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much visiting... ~ 4:20pm ~ 6 November, 2009 It’s a sunny but cool day in the Motorcity...  I have been working all week on my music, although not as much on ~back pages ~ , I traded one for the other this week... The artwork and liner notes for ~ window preview ~ were completed a while ago...  I am currently working on getting my flyer’s into cafe’s in Tampa and Clearwater while I continue to work on getting ~ pages ~ into an independent bookstore in that area... I am excited at the possibility of having my work in one of my second home states... I will let you know which cafes I send them too... I may also send bookmark handouts... If you are not located in a city (domestic or international) close to one of the bookstore’s that ~ pages ~ is in - you can call any of the bookstores - order by phone, and they will be happy to ship it to you... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:25am ~ 2 November, 2009 It’s only the second day in November & the leaves on the tree’s are already half gone... The cold tempreature’s & wind storm in the Detroit area on Saturday took alot of them down, and unfortunately made me unable to attend the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market... I did work more over the weekend on Mozart on Ice, and I am working on Perspective Rainbow - which is a vocal & instrumental peice that I wrote back in 2004... This peice  is a side of being inspired after hearing another artist’s work... I will be putting the lyrics up... It took me only 20 minutes to the write the lyrics & one hour to score out the music, alhtough it is the next to most lengthy peice aside from Mozart on Ice... More details on how I arrived at this peice of music later... Rehearsing tonight and continuing to work on the layout for ~ back pages ~ tommorrow... I am starting to send out flyer’s to cafe’s & music venues throughout the coutry, so look for them in your area... Some cities that are already out there - Grand Rapids, Lansing, & Charlotte... I will start to look at some open mic’s in the next week & will update here and all of my other pages when I do... If you have a Facebook Page - please go to my artist page and add me... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:10pm ~ October, 2009 30 October, 2009 Happy Halloween - I decided that for Halloween I will be going as a writer & musician - there’s a stretch... Unfortunately due to the weather - I will not be performing at the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market... Being an uncovered outdoor event - tommorrow’s forecast is supposed to be the same as today’s with rain & wind - witch does make good conditions for a flute player... As this is their last market for the season - I will be one of the first artists on schedule for next season, and I will bring with me a full music set list... My preview for next years event’s will be my EP “projection in artistry” ~ window preview ~ ... Thank you so much to Heather the Marketing Director for the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market for inviting me... I may show up without my music - will not know until the morning... I will begin open mics next month & I am looking to shoot video sometime next week... I am continuing to work on ~ back pages ~ ... I hope that everyone has a safe & fun Halloween... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:14am ~ 27 October, 2009 It’s a cloudy cool day in the Metro area this morning... I was working more on Mozart on Ice last night in all three movements... Getting ready to shoot some video for this peice... I will keep you up to date... More myspace in between updates... I am still working on ~ back pages ~ & apologize for the slow process, although it’s a benefit of being independent - to make sure I have everything the way “I” want it in the end product... The one thing that I am priviliged & love about being a professional independent artist, is that I can sit in front of people and get to know every person that walks up to me, and that when I get an email, I can personally answer you at anytime... I love that my writing can reach out, and I will know every person it reaches... The East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market is still up in the air, & I will not know until the day before, so I will include this in my next update... E’ tu en tonto beni oggi... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:33am ~ 22 October, 2009 It’s a cloudy but warmer morning in the Motorcity today... I did a blog last night on myspace - you can start to look for them more often in between my website updates... I like to write in complete sentences - excusing the 140 character allowance on Twitter which sometimes feels like your $15.00 that your parents gave you at the end of the week for house chores and yard work... I spent Tuesday at Webster Elementary School & was honored to be their Guest Artist for National Writer’s Day... What an amazing group of children they were - I was so excited to be there to perform for them & listen to them read their writing... They had alot of questions that I wish I could have answered all of them, although I will be returning for a future event... Thank you again to Sue for inviting me & to the students for being such an outstanding audience... I am working still working on the bookstores for Florida & California & want to make sure that the store I choose will carry ~ pages ~ & my handouts for at least a year to give everyone in the area a chance to visit the bookstore & get a copy... I am rehearsing this afternoon & enjoying the last few days of warmer weather... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 19 October, 2009 It’s a sunny but cold morning in Detroit today - a high of 59 is the warmest it’s been in the last two weeks... At least its not snow... I went out to Vendor Appreciation Day at the Milford Farmer’s Market on Thursday, although the cloudy-cold-damp-rainy day did not make for a good occasion and only the selling Farmer’s were there... I did buy some great cinnamon bread and rasberry preserves, but did not last long in the weather... The Milford Farmer’s Markets last day is next Thursday the 22 October...  The Farmer’s Market’s at this time of year are a day to day wait & see event... I am booked into the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market next Saturday 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm, and will have to wait & see if it will be warm enough to perform - I will let you know... I am rehearsing this week, and working on new bookstores for Florida & California... Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:40am ~ 14 October, 2009 Was over at the New Webster School/Program today,and I will be going back on Tuesday for National Writer’s Day to perform a peice of music and reading some of my writing... Thank you so much to Sue and all of the Faculty at Webster for inviting me... Working on more music this week and bookstores... I will be out at the Milford Farmer’s Market tommorrow for a short time as part of their Vendor Appreciation Day... Weather permitting - I will also be at the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market on Saturday the 31 October... It feels more like winter than fall right, so hopefully that will change... Open mic’s start in a few weeks... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:32pm ~ 12 October, 2009 It’s a partly cloudy Monday already and I am working on my music today and email updates... I am honored to be heading over to the New Webster School on Wednesday for a tour and meeting to set up an appearance as a guest artist... The original Webster Elementary is the school that put an instrument in my hand at age 11, and now it hosts a program for gifted & challenged children... I am looking forward to the chance to go back and say thank you...  I spoke with Tim the manager of the Schuler Books & Music  28th Street store - he told me that the Bookmark Handouts and copies of ~ pages ~ are available in the local author section on very nice front display... If you are in the area stop in - see Tim and pick one up... Schuler 28th Street is their largest bookstore in the Grand Rapids area... I am going to go Twitter & have lunch... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:15pm ~  08 October, 2009 It is supposed to be a rainy weekend in the Motorcity, so much for Cider Mill Trips until next week... The tree’s are just starting to turn... I have been working the week on my music and I will be attending some open mic’s in the next few weeks... My first open mic will be the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley, Michigan and at some point before the holiday’s I will head down to the Park Bar for my much needed promise to attend their open mic... The Park Bar hosted my flyer’s & handouts a while ago, and I wanted to get back their sooner than I have, but wanted to make sure the music was right... Have you gotten a copy of ~ pages ~ yet??? Please let me know when you do... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:43pm ~ 06 October, 2009 I worked on more pieces from ~ window preview ~ and ~ backpages ~ this weekend ... My last Farmer’s Market for the season will be on Saturday - 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm at the Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market in East Detroit... Hopefully it will be a nice Halloween Day - I may dress-up...  I will have Bookmark Handouts, Postcard Handouts,  and both versions of ~ pages ~ ... All copies will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy being donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you so much to Heather for inviting me... Please visit my appearances page for details... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:56pm ~ 01 October, 2009 It’s October already, and everything is coming up Autumn... I am updating a day early with a few different items... I was working on my music last night from ~ window preview ~ , and continue to do so... With most of the Farmer’s Markets out of the way for the season, I am putting in more time to complete the EP... Working in the third movement of Mozart on Ice last night and Pentatonic... I am continuing to look for an independent bookstore in Florida, and the California Bay Area... I will let you know when I have one that will feature ~ pages ~ in their store... I will be sending out the Postcard Handouts to the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street this weekend... On Monday - I entered the Photo Contest for the Farmer’s Market Publication Magazine out of  MSU - I will know later this month if it is chosen... My photo entered was the one I took of the Vandalia Garden Urban Farmer’s... If you scroll down to the 01 June entry - you can see the picture... If my photo is chosen, it will appear in media and publication magazines for Farmer’s... Thank you so much to the Vandalia Farmer’s for showing me the ropes of how to set-up at my first event - The Redford Farmer’s Market, and thank you again to Shirley Moore - the Marketing Manager for inviting me... I will be working more on my music this weekend - follow me on twitter - www.twitter.com/victoriazande ... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:01am ~  September, 2009 29 September, 2009 It is exceptionally autumn today in the MotorCity - wearting a sweatshirt and wondering who turned the heat off... It is supposed to get warmer again next week... I am continuing to work on all of the music from my EP and still waiting to see about the second date for the Milford Farmers Market - will let you know when I have it... This is a great market - if you are in the area on a Thursdays between 3-8pm - stop by and look around... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~ 25 September, 2009 Have been working on three of the five peices of music for ~ window preview ~ this week, and one peice that I will bring to open mics and a cover ... I will be at a second Milford Farmer’s Market next month- will let you know the date in the next few updates... It’s definintely Autumn - mornings are darker and evenings are cooler... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:06pm ~ 22 September, 2009 It’s a rainy humid day in the MotorCity and some Canadian Geese are visting... They always look so odd when are landing... Today is the first day of Autumn, and working once again on music this afternoon... I am continuing to work on a store in the California Bay Area, and will let you know when I have one... If you are in the Tampa area next week, and visit Inkwood Books, you can tell them about ~ pages ~ to request it in their store... It was delayed - so I will be sending out the review copies to them this week, and also sending Postcard Handouts to the Schuler Books & Music on 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan... Both versions are now in the Grand Rapids area  - 28th Street and Downtown... That’s about all for this update - next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:15am ~ 18 September, 2009 My date for the East Warren Avenue Farmer’s Market in East Detroit has been moved to 31 October from 11:00am-1:00pm... The market is located on the NE Corner of Bishop & E. Warren. Ave.... Thank you so much to Heather - the Marketing Manager for inviting me... See my appearances page for more information... Come on out this weekend to the Victorian Festival in downtown Northville, Michigan... It started yesterday and runs through Sunday... Stop in at As The Page Turns - the bookstore that features my printed version of ~ pages ~... Have been rehearsing all this week, and also working on Perspective Rainbow from my EP... Additionally working on a cover instrumental peice, which I don’t really perform - will be making an exception for this one... It is a beautiful sunny day in the Detroit Area today, and should be a nice weekend - get outside and enjoy it... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:58pm ~ 14 September, 2009 I will be sending out my review copies to Inkwood Books in Tampa, Florida this week... Doing some more night work on my music.... It’s a warm week in the Detroit area this week - my kind of summer in September - The Crickets are In Concert nightly for at least two more weeks... If you are in the area stop by the Schuler Books & Music stores this week and pick up a handout or a copy of ~ pages ~ , and let me know if you do...  The Victorian Festival is this weekend in Northville, Michigan and As The Page Turns will be a part of it -  they have my printed version of ~ pages ~ ... This is a nice small independent bookstore that has some great events coming up... If you are intown for the Festival - stop in and say hi to Nicole - the owner... See my location page for details... Visit my Random Page as I have put up some vintage Joe Perry Project photo’s that I took from his show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in 1980... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:54pm ~ 11 September, 2009 I have been working on music all week and getting out the review copies for the Tampa Independent Bookstore - Inkwood Books... I will be sending out both versions and some bookmark handouts to the store owner next week for her review and to try in the bookstore... If you stop there and would like to see ~ pages ~ on their bookshelves - request them to carry it... Please let me know if any of you have been to any of the Schuler Books & Music stores... More music rehearsing this weekend and ~ back pages ~ work... It’s definitely getting to be fall - I may go for some cider with the bee’s this weekend :)... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:46am ~ 8 September, 2009 I hope everyone had a nice Labor Day Weekend for those of you visiting in the States and I hope that everyone from the rest of the world had a great weekend... If you travel the other side of the hemisphere it is almost summer... If you are a visitor on my website from Australia or the United Kingdom, and know of a good independent bookstore that     ~ pages ~ would fit well in - please send me an email from my contact page, and let me know... I am fortunate to have both versions of my writing/poetry preview collection ~ pages ~ at every Schuler Books & Music location in Michigan... The printed version just went out on shelves at the 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Friday and the handwittern version is available in downtown Grand Rapids... Both locations also have my bookmark handouts... You can visit my location’s pages for more details on each of the Schuler Books & Music Stores... Thank you so much to Tim, Neil, Rhoda, and Kim at all of the Shculer’s locations for featuring my work... Please let me know if you visit one of the locations - you can sign my guestbook or email me on my contact page... It is damp and rainy in the Detroit area today with more of the same tommorrow, but then looks like some summer for the Motorcity... I am off to rehearse more music this afternoon... I am currently putting all three movements of Mozart on Ice together, and I am excited to be putting this track down for you to listen too...  ~ back pages ~ excerpt on myspace is still forthcoming... More information in my next update... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:36pm ~ 3 September, 2009 Yesterday, I went looking for the Ground Hog to see if he saw his shadow, and the remembered it was September... It looks like most of us in the Midwest will be getting some summer weather this weekend... It’s the last unofficial weekend of the summer, so go out and enjoy it... I will be working more on my music and ~ back pages ~ this weekend, and will finally put up an excerpt that I have been talking about ...  Stop in at Schuler Books & Music -  both version’s are available in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area... The printed version is now at the 28th Street location, and the handwrittern version is available at the downtown location - www.schulerbooks.com ... Please join me on Facebook, and add me to your page ... Have a safe and fun holiday... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:09am ~ 1 September, 2009 It’s September already??? I did see one tree yesterday with two red leaves on it... The printed version for ~ pages ~ is now at Schuler Books & Music 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan... It should be out and available by the end of this week... Thank you again to Tim the manager for requesting it... I am off to rehearse after updating today... Still not sure about the East Farmer’s Market and will know more at the end of this week by Friday’s update... I will still be sitting in on the Coffee Beanery Open Mic in Berkley, Michigan next month... My review copy for the Tampa bookstore will be going out this week - I will be offering them both the handwrittern & printed versions for their store... I hope that everyone in the Los Angeles area is staying safe with all of the mountain fires around... The mountains can be cold and windy in the winter and extremely dry and dusty in the summer - as a former Caifornia resident - I know that all too well... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:00am ~ August, 2009 28 August, 2009 It’s a cloudy, rainy and cold Michigan morning for August - looking forward to the sun coming back out tommorrow hopefully and warmer weather... Not much of a summer in the midwest, so maybe the fall will be slightly warmer... Going to the Cider Milll and involuntarly sharing your cider with the bees - I guess they helped make it... That’s okay - they cook really good honey, so I will “bee” happy to share mine... Cider Mills open today... I am sending out the printed version copies of ~ pages ~ to the Schuler Books & Music 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan today... ~ pages ~  will be available in the poetry & michigan author sections next week, along with bookmark handouts... Thank you so much to Tim the new Manager of the 28th Street store for requesting them... I will definitely be putting up a writing excerpt this weekend on myspace - and working more on my music and ~ back pages ~ ... Looking forward to being back in the studio in October, and I will be sharing some of the tracks with you and taking some video... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:01am ~ 25 August, 2009 Rehearsing today and working on two cover peices for “in performance only” - the only thing I will tell you is I want to make sure I can respectfully cover them to honor the guitarists who wrote them... I am also working on some new/existing peices that I wrote, and finishing the peices that I will take into the studio with me - I am looking to go back into the studio in October... I will also head back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley in October for one of their Open Mic’s Nights - I will let you know next month... and - The Park Bar in downtown Detroit just down the street from Commerica Park... I am not sure if I will be doing the East Detroit Farmer’s Market - I will let you know next week... The best part is when I shut off the wall & fly... victoria zande  23 august, 2009 ~ 11:10pm ~ Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:31am ~ 21 August, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Pictured above in the first photo is some of the vendors and the second the photo is La Zandra White - the Director of the Milford Farmer’s Market... An extremely windy and stormy day yesterday for the Milford Farmer’s Market... It started out in uncertainy with alot weather - the afternoon allowed the market to take place, but not without alot wind that made for a challenging two peice music performance which stopped me a couple of times... A very quiet few hours, as some people were not sure if the weather would hold out on a busy storm day... Beautiful church bells rang at 6:00pm that you will be able to hear when you go to my You Tube Channel for the video I took - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... I will be returning to the market before the end of the season as the weather kept alot of people away, so La Zandra invited me back... The return date will be set sometime in the next week ... Thank you so much to LaZandra and the Milford Farmer’s Market for having me yesterday, and inviting me back... Sending out copies of ~ pages ~ to a bookstore in Tampa, Florida next week for review - will let you know if it’s accepted...  The Schuler Books & Music 28th Street location in Grand Rapids, Michigan will be carrying the printed version of ~ pages ~ starting in two weeks... Thank you so much to Tim Smith - the new Manager of the 28th Street store for requesting them... My space excerpt up tonight... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much visiting... ~ 11:59am ~ 17 August, 2009 Please come out and join me this Thursday at the Milford Farmer’s Market from 4:00-7:00pm for my small music performance - reading - booksigning... The Farmer’s Markets always have alot of great fresh foods, too bad I can’t shop and work at the same time... The Milford Farmer’s Market in located on East Liberty Street between South Main and Union Street - www.milfordfarmersmarket.org ... I will putting up the ~back pages ~ excerpt on myspace this week - I apologize for not putting one up this weekend, although I was inconsistent in my decision as to which one to feature, or just go with one completely random - will let you know soon... Next update on Friday or Saturday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:10pm ~ 14 August, 2009 I will be featuring ~ back pages ~ and other writing excerpts this weekend on my myspace page... The Milford Farmers Market is Thursday 20 August from 4:00-7:00pm... I have been working on expanding my music set, although this will be a combination of music and excerpts from ~ pages ~ and ~ back pages ~ that will last about 30-40 minutes... I will have bookmark and postcard handouts and again all copies of ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy sold donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... I will be doing some reheasing with weekend... It supposed to be a very nice weekend in the Detroit area, just my kind of weather for August - hot and sunny before the fall and winter find their way back around... If it nice where you are - get outside and enjoy the summer day... Next update Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:04am ~ 11 August, 2009 I am currently working with a bookstore in Tampa, Florida to be considered for having ~pages ~ featured in their store & possibly a bookstore in Miami - I will let you know if they decide to take it... I partly grew up along the Gulf side, so my favorite spots are Carvel’s - Howard Park and the Winn Dixie (okay Flordian’s - it’s the Publix or Winn Dixie debate - guess who wins in my book)... The other excerpt for ~ back pages ~ will go up this weekend on myspace... I was not able to change my profile picture on Twitter until yesterday... You can now join me on Facebook - www.facebook.com/people/victoriazande/1546905379 .... My disclaimer to this page is that I am still a “work in progress”, yeah I know - for a tech major, I am a bit slow to master the page configurations... Once I understand the parameter’s - I can list the page address, so that you can access it directly... My Milford Farmers Market performance is next week and I have working my way back towards a larger music set... If you checked my Twitter Page this weekend - I posted a good Jeff Beck You Tube Video in three parts... I also just booked one more Farmers Market for this year - The East Warren Avenue Farmers Market - located at the corner of Bishop & East Warren Avenue... Thank you so much to Kathryn for inviting me... I am working on ~ back pages ~ and putting together some video that will be out later... It’s finally summer :)... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:28pm ~ 7 August, 2009 I will be putting up some excerpts from ~ backpages ~ on my Twitter & MySpace Pages this weekend... Twitter is still experiencing some problems after being down yesterday, so I am not able to change my profile picture - hopefully, it will be fixed soon... I have been rehearsing all week to build my set-list and finish ~ window preview ~... I am still working a bookstore in the Bay Area (where I lived for a brief period), and I am also working on a bookstore in Florida... I partly grew-up in Florida as my Grandparents lived on the Gulf Coast, so I would like to place ~ pages ~ in a store along the Gulf side...  I just added 98 Rock to my Twitter and Facebook Pages, as that was my favorite radio station... Speaking of Facebook - I am still working on my Musician Page, and will have a Facebook address for you soon... If it’s a nice sunny summer day where you are - get out and enjoy the day... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:12am ~ 3 August, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande - 1 august, 2009 I am still trying to figure out how to change the photo date’s on the digital camera, so I apologize for it being incorrect... It was a beautiful summer day on Saturday - partly cloudy and about 84 degrees... Berkley is a nice city with some nice people... I talked to alot of people gave away some of my handouts, and had a great salad - this cafe has good food if you are looking for a Woodward Aveune eating place... They also have their live stage on Thursday night’s from 7:30-9:00pm, which I will be attending and sitting in as the featured artist in October - I will let you know the date next month.... I am looking forward to the Milford Farmer’s Market on Thursday - 20 August from 4-7pm - see my appearance’s page for location and details... This week I am working on ~ backpages ~ and rehearsing... Follow me on twitter - www.twitter.com/victoriazande - still working on my facebook...  Next update on Thursday or Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:47am ~ July, 2009 30 July, 2009 Come out and join me this Saturday 1 August from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan... It is supposed to be a nice day with finally - some summer tempreatures... The Coffee Beaney is located on Woodward Avenue between 11 Mile and 12 Mile Roads on the South Side of Woodward in Berkley... I would advise you take one of the Mile Road’s to Woodward as there is alot of Freeway Construction on the weekends - 12 Mile is one of the best roads if travelling from either the East or West side’s... You can get more information on my Appearances Page... I will have both version’s of ~ pages ~ available, as well as my Bookmark & Postcard Handouts, and I will be signing everything... Copies will sell for $5.00 with $1.00 per copy sold donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... Thank you again to Greg the owner for inviting me back to the Coffee Beanery for another booksigning... I  was finally able to put back up some of the pictures on my Random page, and will be adding more entry’s next week... I am still working on the Bay Area booktore - will let you know when I have one... I am currently looking in the city or somewhere on the East Bay... Rehearsing this afternoon... I hope to see some of you on Saturday... Next update on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:20am ~ 28 July, 2009 It’s almost August - can I please have four more month’s of summer, so I can get May and June back at a warmer sun... This weekend I will be back at the Coffee Beanery on Saturday for another visit to sign copies of ~ pages ~... I will have everything available - copies will sell for $5.00 and I will also sign any bookmark or postcard handouts... Please come out and join me ... This cafe sell’s the stainless steel coffee travel mugs that are great for anything you take with you - they are slightly expensive, but a good investment... They also have nice ceramnic coffee mugs from artist’s... I hope that you have had a chance to listen to the WCFX Interview I uploaded on Friday on my Press & Interview Page - can you tell I was “ummm” nervious - I don’t think I said that enough during the interview... Angie Evan’s was very nice in allowing me some air time for my work... Reheasing this afternoon, and working on getting a bookstore in the California Bay Area to sell ~pages~ today... If you have a twitter  page - please come over and follow me at www.twitter.com/victoriazande ... I just created a facebook - for some reason I ended up with a personal facebook page and I am still working on getting that changed... I am still trying to figure out how everything works, and the address where you can find me - I will let you know when I do... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:37am ~   23 July, 2009 I finally figured out how to load the WCFX Mount Pleasant, Michigan Interview, and it is now up - please visit my press & interview’s page to listen... I had a list of influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck for the Triple Play Take Over, although you had to pick from their in rotation hit list, so I chose artist’s who had similar guitar influences with mine... Thank you again to Angie Evans for sending me a copy to share... The Bookmark Handouts are now available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan - stop in and pick one up if you are in the area... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:27pm ~ 21 July, 2009 I wish it would be a warmer summer... Yesterday started at 63 degrees, and this morning I wore a summer sweatshirt - sorry but if it’s going to be summer, let’s have some heat... A Michigan summer is about 2.5 weeks long :)... This afternoon should be 78 degree’s - the sun is out so that’s a good thing... Worked on the Bookmark Handouts for Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan yesterday - they will be available at the end of this week in their store... Thank you so much to Neil & Tyler the manager’s at the Schuler downtown store for featuring them... I am currently rehearsing to complete my EP and will be attending some open mic’s ... I am still working on how to upload the interview that Angie Evans sent me from WCFX - once I know - I will post it... My next event will be going back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley for a Satuday booksigning on 1 August from 10:00am-2:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... 17 July, 2009 I will be travelling out to Berkley, Michigan today to drop off bookmark handouts for my 01 August booksigning at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Avenue near 12 Mile Road...They will be available over the next two weeks - stop in and pick one up... They have a great cafe with a well run open mic every Wednesday of which I will be attending some time in the next two months... Thank you to Gregg one of the owner’s for inviting me back... I am currently working on getting a new independent bookstore in the California Bay Area - I will keep you up to date... Next update Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:00pm ~  13 July, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 11 july, 2009 (camera date on photo’s is off) It was a busy four hours at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - took a while to find a parking spot, and after some early morning thunder storms it was a nice sunny day... This is a very nice year round indoor market with some of the best produce in Michigan... I will be going back to shop as I did not get a chance to buy anything when I  was there...  I was seated in an entrance way where alot of traffic passes by, and I had alot of very nice people stop to visit, and ask me about my writing/music - took handouts and sold some copies of my collection... Thank you so much to Gwen Ross the Marketing Manager for inviting me to be a featured artist for the day... I just uploaded a short video that I took of my booksigning from Saturday on my You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/zandeartistryllc ... Thank you again to everyone at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market - I enjoyed being there... I wil be gong back to the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan on 01 August - for an additional booksigning before my Milford Farmer’s Market Performance event - more details on that later... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:18pm ~ 10 July, 2009 I will be at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market tommorrow morning from 9:00am-1:00pm signing copies of both versions of ~pages~... Copies will sell for $5.00 at this event with $1.00 per copy sold being donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... The weather is supposed to be rainy in the morning, although this is an indoor market... This is a nice market with alot of Michigan made products... The Royal Oak Farmer’s Market is located at 311 East 11 Mile Road - 2 blocks east of Main Street... See my appearances page for their website and directions... Hope to see some of you there... Thank you so much to Angie Evans at WCFX in Mount Pleasant, Michigan for sending me a copy of my Tirple Play Takeover interview from January when I did a booksigning and reading at the Book Mark - I will be putting up part of that interview... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:30am ~ 07 July, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande I hope everyone had a safe and good 4th of July weekend... It was a sunny day yesterday for travelling out to Brighton for my Bookclub Booksigning with the Lee Ann Book Club... Lee Ann owns the Yoga Center for Healthly Living Book Club - www.yogahealth.org next door and is the Creator of her BookClub... You can see her sign in my previous entry from May’s photo of the Coffee Beanery... It was nice to speak with and get know everyone in the BookClub... Thank you so much to the Lee Ann Book Club...Thank you so much again to Molly for inviting me back to the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for a special event in supoort of Lee Ann’s Bookclub... I will be at the Royal Oak Farmer’ s Market this Saturday from 9:00am-1:00pm for another Booksigning... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:29am ~ 03 July, 2009 I hope that everyone has a Safe & Happy 4th of July - I hope to see some of you on Monday with the BookClub at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:33am ~ June, 2009 30 June, 2009 Okay, so it went from 97 degrees to 67 degrees - Michigan weather... There is a 4th of July weekend and then I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan on Monday from 10:30am-12:00pm... I am there to support the bookclub, and will be signing copies of ~ pages ~ and may read a few excerpts... They will sell for $5.00 at this event and $1.00 will be donated to help dogs with neurological conditions... I will also have bookmark handouts - postcard handouts available and will be signing everything... Please come out and join me... If you are still looking for a bookmark handout in the Warren, Michigan area the Coffee Beanery on Hoover still has them out - stop in and pick one up... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:35pm ~ 26 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 26 June, 2009 Maybe I should have put my duffle bag away before I took a picture of my table display??? It was a hot 97 degrees on Wednesday, as I wore a big hat a 30spf sunscreen and a big pair of sunglasses... .My fingers actually stuck to the keys when I first started to play, which did not make for a constant flow of sound... I spoke with alot of shoppers, and met some very nice farmer’s and merchant’s that travel all summer for their businesses...  I was fortunate to be sharing a tent with Wayne Metro who is the official sponsor of the Taylor Farmer’s Market... This was their kick-off event - in the photo’s above are the ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mayor of Taylor who came over and introduced himself to me and shook my hand - a nice man who was excited to see a Farmer’s Market in his city... The last picture is Janet Hoffman - one of the Farmer’s and a BeeKeeper for her business Hoffman’s Honey ~ Beeswax... I liked her Bee Headband and her Honeybear as I am a huge Honey fan and buy only locally grown honey... Her and her Husband George handmake all of their own honey, wax candles and things that they bring to every Farmer’s Market - look for them if you visit one of the markets...  Thank you again to Shirley Moore - the Director of Wayne Metro who headed the concept for the Taylor Farmer’s Market... I am back to Brighton on the 6 July for another booksigning at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan in support of a bookclub from 10:30am-12:00pm... More details next week... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 2:09pm ~ 23 June, 2009 Please come out and join me tommorrow from 12:00-2:00pm at the Taylor Farmer’s Market... I will be under the Wayne Metro Tent performing a few peice of my music, and signing both handwritten and printed verisons of ~pages ~ as well as my bookmark handouts... All copies will sell for $5.00 at this event... The Taylor Farmers Market is located in Heritage Park at 12111 Pardee off of Goddard and Telegraph - visit my appearances page for details... Wear a good sunscreen and hat as the weather is going to be sunny with a high of 90 degree’s according to the Weather Channel - www.weather.com ... I was recently listed , and I am honored to be in the Artist’s Directory section of the Arts & Science Council website for ~pages ~ being at Park Road Books in Charlotte, North Carolina - www.artsandscience.org ... Next update with pictures from the market event on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visitng... ~ 9:48am ~   19 June, 2009 I will be at the Taylor Farmer’s Market this Wednesday 24 June from 12:00-2:00pm to help kick-off the opening for their market season in Taylor, Michigan... I will be doing a small acoustic music performance, reading, and booksigning... Again all copies will sell for $5.00, and I will be signing copies as well as my bookmark handouts... If you are downriver, please stop in - see the market - visit me... I will be sharing the Wayne Metro Booth... Thank you again to Shirley Moore for inviting me... For more information and location, please visit my appearance page... Summer is here ... I am now on Facebook, although I am still working with how to put my information into their pages - stop by and join me... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 16 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande Thank you to Michelle and the people at the Coffee Beanery in Warren on Sunday for my event... It was a very nice day out, and I stayed for two hours to perform a few peices of my music and sign my collection and any handouts... My handouts are still available if you would like to stop in and pick one up... I will be at the Taylor Farmer’s Market next on Wednesday 24 June from 12:00-2:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:20am ~ 11 June, 2009 The bookmark handouts at the Coffee Beanery in Warren are a mix of the general hanouts and the new ones with Sunday’s event date on them, if you do not see a current handout date, just ask for one... The Coffee Beanery has been featuring my handouts since my March booksigning - thank you to Michelle for inviting me back... My blog spot is now up on my press page from REVUE Magazine - it’s a very nice peice of press... Thank you so much to Mary Pritchard for interviewing me and featuring my work...  See you Sunday from 1:00-3:00pm at the Coffee Beanery in Warren - www.coffeebeanery-warren.com ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 5:37pkm ~ 09 June, 2009 I will be featured via a blog in Revue Magazine - a Grand Rapids based press... Thank you so much Mary at Revue for her interview questions... I will let you know what edition it will be in ... I will be adding two more Farmer’s Market’s to my summer event schedule - the Milford Farmer’s Market in August, and the East Detroit Farmer’s Market in September... Thank you to the Farmer’s Market;’s for your support and interest in featuring my work... Stop in this week at either of the Coffee Beanery’s and pick-up a Bookmark Handout if you do not already have one...  The Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan this Sunday... I am working on Backpages and the EP... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:56am ~ 05 June, 2009 Bookmark Handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan and the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Warren next Sunday from 1:00-3:00pm for my small acoustic music performance, reading, booksigining - please come out and join me - for location details - visit my appearance’s page... Thank you to Michelle for inviting me back to a really nice cafe on Hoover’s East Side... I just added 6 July back out at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for a booksigning - more information on that later... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:02pm ~ 01 June, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande I had a busy two hours on Sunday at the Redford Farmer’s Market... In the second photo above are the Vandalia Gardens Urban Farmer’s, LLC company - just one of the many Farmer’s in attendance... What a nice family - they helped me move my table twice as it was a cold day despite the sun you see behind you... I was literally freezing and had a hard time getting my fingers around the notes when playing... This family has some great plants and vegtables, and they will be following me to the Taylor Farmer’s Market on 24 June... If you want to reach them as they do not have a website you can phone them at 616-302-0319... Thank you again to Shirley Moore from Wayne Metro for inviting me to be a part of the Farmer’s Market’s this year... I met alot of nice people - got a few invitations to other Art Festivals - will let you know... My bookmark handouts will be available this week at the Coffee Beanery’s in Brighton and Warren... Next event - the Coffee Beanery 14 June in Warren, Michigan... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:49pm ~ May 2009 31 May, 2009 I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market on Sunday from 10:00am-12:00pm - please come out and join me... Bookmark Handouts will be available on Monday at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton and on Thursday at the Coffee Beanery in Warren... My 24 June event at the Coffee Beanery in Warren is coming up soon... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:47am ~ 27 May, 2009 I hope that everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend... This Sunday I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market (Market on the Marquee) on 15145 Beech Daily Road in Redford, Michigan from 10:00am-12:00pm weather permitting - please see my appearances page for location details... Please come out and join me... I will be signing and have bookmark handouts... I will also be doing the Milford Farmer’s Market in August - the date has not been set yet... It will be a Thrusday evening from 4-7pm...  I will post the details when I have them... Thank you so much to LaZandra for inviting me... I am now on Twitter - follow me at www.twiiter.com/victoriazande ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:07pm ~ 22 May, 2009 I have added another Farmer’s Market - I will be at the Redford Farmer’s Market next Sunday 31 May from 10:00am-12:00pm for a two peice acoustic music performance, reading and book signing... Thank you so much to Shirley Moore at Wayne Metro for booking me into the Farmer’s Market’s... I will have more information and directions to the Redford Farmer’s Market on Tuesday’s update or you can visit the Wayne Metro site by going to my appearances page... More Bookmark Handouts will be available in two weeks at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan... I am looking for more independent bookstores across the country to sell my writing/poetry preview collection as well as my EP when it is completed, so if you know of a bookstore in your area that would be interested in featuring my work - send me an email and tell the bookstore about my website... Have a great holiday... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:07am ~  19 May, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 16 may, 2009 This is a nice cafe on the corner of U.S. 23 with a drive-through for rainy days... Pictured above are some of the crew that work for Molly and Molly in the mustard cafe t-shirt... Thank you so much to Molly for inviting me into her cafe to do a booksigning... I got meet alot of great people.... She even had a nice billboard sign for me along the road, of which I am sorry I did not get a photo... I look forward to visiting there again... Brighton is a nice city - close to Kensington Metro Parks and the summer beaches... I am heading back to the Coffee Beanery on 14 June for a full event from 1:00-3:00pm... Bookmark Handouts will be available in two weeks... I will be booking more studio time next month to finally finish the EP - I am sorry this has taken so long... I look foward to having more music to share with you including vocal peices - I always say I have to work hardner that some people who are naturally gifted... That’s not to say that gifted vocalist’s do not work at their craft - I just consider myself a writer first, instrumentalist second, and then a vocalist, so I always say I have to work at it more... I am hoping to bring you Captured from the studio - which is a short vocal peice... There are two vocal peices on the EP... I will tell you later where Captured was inspired from... Starting next month I will be back to attending some mic’s, and will let you know where and when... I will be uploading my promo spot from WCFX with DJ Angie Evans on my You Tube Channel next month... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:08pm ~ 15 May, 2009 Please come out and join me tommorrow at the Coffee Beanery on Old U.S. 23 in Brighton, Michigan - see my appearance page for location and details... I will be there from 11:30am-1:30pm signing copies of the handwriiten & printed versions along with my bookmark handouts... The copies will sell for $5.00 at tommorrows signing and for this event only a portion of the proceeds will be dontaed to the CREATE Fund at North Carolina State University to assist in further discoveries for Dog Encephalitis - http://cvm.ncsu.edu ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 11:37am ~ 12 May, 2009 Booksigning this Saturday from 11:30am-1:30pm at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Molly the owner has a great cafe in a nice location - Brighton is not too far from Kensington Park... Starting tommorrow flyers for my 14 June event will be posted at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan - they still have bookmark handouts - stop in and pick one up... Thank you again to Michelle for inviting me back... It’s spring and days are getting nicer - hopefully Saturday will be a great day to be out... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:34am ~ 08 May, 2009 Bookmark Handouts and Postcard Handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan... Thank you so much to Molly - the owner for taking in my handouts, and hosting my booksigning next Satruday from 11:30am-1:30pm... This is a very nice cafe located on Old U.S. Highway 23, with a drive-through... If you visit the drive-through you will receive a Postcard Hanout - if you go in you will be able to pick-up a Bookmark Handout... I will again be signing & selling copies of both my handwritten & printed versions for $5.00... I will be doing a small acoustic performance - reading - booksigning on the 24 June at the Taylor Farmers Market in downtown Taylor, Michigan between 12:00-7:00pm... I will be there for the opening at 12:00pm and will be staying at the market a few hours... Please see my appearances page for their website... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:30pm ~ 05 May, 2009 I will be taking the Bookmark Handouts and Postcard Handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Brighton on Thursday instead of today, so they will be available starting this weekend... I am still working with Tim at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids on an event date... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... The Humane Society - www.hsus.org ... ~ 2:23pm ~ 01 May, 2009 Bookmark and Postcard Handouts will be available starting Tuesday at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton, Michigan for my 16 May booksigning... If you use the drive thorugh you will recieve a postcard handout, and the Bookmark Handouts will be available at the inside counters... I will be booking more Farmer’s Markets in the Detroit Area soon - Taylor and the East Detroit Markets will possibly be performance events... I will let you know... On Wednesday night - my dog Lucy passed away from treatment complications... I found out after her passing that she had Encephailitis of the Brain... Lucy was a 7 year old blonde Lasho Apso.... A very special dog - she was a rescue dog from the Michigan Humane Society... She loved to sit next ot me when I would rehearse... I love you Lucy - miss you very much... Next update on Tuesday.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:02pm ~ April 2009 28 April, 2009 photo taken by: victoria zande 25 apirl, 2009 Thank you so much to everyone who came up - talked to me - took my bookmark handouts - bought copies of ~ pages~ on Saturday at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley (for some reason my digital camera’s date is off) .. Thank you again to Gregg the owner for having me, and inviting me back for a future event... It was a mostly sunny day, until about 3:00 - I had to wait to leave as a brief spring storm came in for about 15 minutes... This is a very nice cafe located off of Woodard Ave. that hosts a vast amount of art and performance events... They have live music on Friday’s - a well run Open Stage on Wednesday’s that I will be attending again over the summer... My bookmark handouts are still available at this location - please stop in and pick one up if you are in the area... Everyone at the Coffee Beanery is friendly - helpful, and they have good food and coffee... My next booksigning is in three weeks on Saturday 16 May at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:39am ~ 26 April, 2009 photo’s taken by: victoria zande 23 april, 2009 Summit on the Park - “Turn The TV Off Week” ~ Meet The Authors sponsored by: As The Page Turns - Northville, Michigan Thank you so much to Nicole for inviting me to be a guest author... ~ 1:22pm ~ 24 April, 2009 Tommorrow I will be at the Coffee Beanery on Woodard Ave (between 11 Mile & 12 Mile) in Berkley, Michigan for a three hour booksigning from 11:00am-2:00pm (see my appearances page for location details)... Both versions of ~ pages ~ will sell for $5.00 at this event...  I will also have bookmark handouts available, and will be signing those... Please come out and join me if you are in the area - tommorrow’s weather - sunny and 81 degrees - is this April or July??? I think it’s spring in Michigan... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:15am ~ 21 April, 2009 More bookmark handouts are now available at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley, Michigan - I will also be taking more bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren this afternoon... I will be the Summit on the Park in Canton, Michigan tommorrow from 1:00-2:00pm for “Turn the Tv Off Weel” - “Meet the Authors” event... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... I will have an authors table after... More on my booksigning on Saturday in Friday’s update... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:56am ~ 16 April, 2009 Wednesday 22 April from 1:00-2:00pm I will be at The Summit on The Park in Canton, Michigan for “Turn the TV Off Week” - “Meet the Authors” sponsored by: As the Page Turns bookstore... Please see my appearances page for details.... Saturday 25 April from 11:00am - 2:00pm I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley, Michigan for my booksigning - please come out and join me if you are in the area... For both events -  I will have bookmark handouts available and will be signing... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:06am ~ 14 April, 2009 I will be taking more bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren next Tuesday (there are still a few left at this location)... Thank you so much to everyone who stopped in and picked one up... Thank you again to Michelle for hosting them in her cafe...  I dropped off bookmark handouts at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley on Friday - if you are in the area stop in and pick one up... Thank you to Gregg the Owner for hosting my booksigning on the 25 April... Unfortunately, Books Etc. in Portland, Maine will be closing its doors in the next few weeks due to the economy - ~pages~ is no longer available at this location... I am continuing to work on ~backpages~ and my music... Will bring that to the table for my next event at the Coffee Beanery in Warren on 14 June... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:42am ~ . 09 April, 2009 I am doing my update one day early as this is a holiday weekend, and I do not have any more details on the downtown Grand Rapids event, as I am waiting on a date for this event... I will let you know... The bookmark handouts will be available this weekend at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... Tommorrow is Good Friday and then it’s Easter Sunday... I hope eveyone has a great holiday... I will update next on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:41am ~ 07 April, 2009 I will let you know the details for the Grand Rapids , Michigan event at Schuler Books & Music, and “Turn the TV Off Week” in Canton...  You can pickup a bookmark handout starting Friday of this week at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley... Not much going on in this entry - I worked more on my music and ~ pages ~ this weekend , and the bookmark handouts... I will have more on Friday... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:56am ~ 03 April, 2009 I talked to alot of people at my booksigning on the 14 March at Schulers Books & Music in Lansing, Michigan... If you would like to request a signed copy of ~pages~ - please see Rhoda the store manager to assist you... I will be picking up the shipping charge for all requested signed copies to the Lansing location so there will be no charge to you... Please let me know if you request a copy... You can also request a signed copy online if you are unable to make it into Schulers... I will be taking over bookmark handouts to the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave. in Berkley next week for my booksigning on the 25 April... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so mich for visiting... ~ 10:12am ~ March 2009 31 March, 2009 I am still working on a date for an event at Schuler Books & Music downtown Grand Rapids, and should know more this week... I worked on ~backpages~ over the weekend, and it is coming together... I will be taking bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery on Woodward in Berkley next week for my booksigning on 25 April... I may be doing an event at the Milford Farmer’s Market - I will let you know... My Grandfather used to be a Farmer...  More information and updates on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:27am ~ 27 March, 2009 All of my bookmark handouts from my booksigning at the Coffee Beanery in Warren were taken after my signing and more people were asking about them so I dropped more off on Wednesday... If you visit you will see my flyers and bookmark handouts - please stop in and pick one up if you did not get a chance to get one... I will be going back in June. .. I will let you more details soon...  Thank you again to Michelle the owner for requesting more handouts... This is a very nice cafe - completely re-designed by Michelle... The handwritten version of ~pages~ is now out and available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan... I am working with Tim the store manager on setting up an event, and will you let know when I have it... I continue to work on ~backpages ~ and ~ window preview ~  - I look forward to going back into the studio... I will also be starting to work on a video, and will host that on my You Tube Channel ... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:27am ~ 22 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande It was a nice two hours at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan yesterday... It snowed as I was just getting to Hoover Road from 696 - that spring snow that lasts for about an hour and then disappears - it can stop snowing anytime now... Alot of construction along the East side exit ramps - I still cannot get used to 11 Mile Road being next to a freeway - I am used to taking Eight Mile or 94... Kind of cold and kept the cafe quite... This is a very nice Eastside Cafe with friendly people and big comfortable chairs... The East Side of Detroit is a vast place for exceptional local/national music/vocalists’/artists’ and events...Thank you again to Michelle and April for all of your help... I may be going back over the summer to this cafe - will let you know... My next booksigning will be at the Coffee Beanery on Woodward Ave in Berkley on the 25 April from 11:00am-2:00pm... As I briefly posted on Friday - I just got a new bookstore in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan... Schuler Books & Music on Fountain N.W. - please stop in and visit them if you are downtown... I am working on an event at this bookstore, and will let you know... I am continuing to work on finishing the music and over the next four to six weeks will hopefully be putting up  Mozart on Ice in all three movements... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:38pm ~ 20 March, 2009 I will be at the Coffee Beanery in Warren, Michigan tommorrow from 11:00am-1:00pm for my booksigning... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... I will be signing copies of my handwritten and printed versions of ~ pages~ as well as my bookmark handouts... The Coffee Beanery is located on Hoover Road just a 1/2 mile off of the I-696 Freeway in the Kroger Shopping Plaza in Warren... Thank you again to Michelle for inviting me to do a booksigning... My handwritten version of ~ pages ~ is now available at Schuler Books & Music in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan on Fountain N. W,, along with my bookmark handouts... If you are in the downtown area - stop in, say hello and pick-up a handout... Schuler Books & Music downtown Grand Rapids in located in the Art District.... Thank you so much to Tim at Schuler Books & Music for taking my handwritten verision... Please see my midwest location page for details... Hope to see some of you tommorrow at the Coffee Beanery - tommorrow’s spring weather - partly sunny and 54 degrees... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:05am ~  17 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Thank you to Rhoda and Whitney for booking me at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on Saturday for my booksigning... This is a very nice bookstore with a wide selection of everything from books - dvd’s - music... In the above photo is Whitney - the Event Coordinator - (she is the blond and also a vocalist in an 80’s cover band - ask her about her music if you visit the bookstore)... It was a really nice day out - I got to talk to alot of people and work with the nice employees at Schulers... There was one boy who came up and kept talking to me - he was about 11, and very interested in music - he took one of my handouts and kept coming back up to look at my display - I did not get his name, but if you visit my site, I want to let you know how great it was that I was able to inspire you - keep going and you will get there... I was honored by his inspiration - thank you so much...  I will be going back at a  future date for another booksigning...  I will be at the Coffee Beanery on Hoover Raod in Warren this Saturday from 11:00am -1:00pm for another booksigning... Thank you so much to Michelle for inviting me... This is very nice cafe and venue for music and writing... Please come out and join me if you are in the area.... Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:55am ~ 13 March, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing tommorrow from 1:00-3:00pm for my re-scheduled booksigning from the 21 February due to the winter storm... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Tommorrows weather - Sunny and 50 degrees :)...  I am continuing to work on ~ backpages ~ this week and my music... See you in Lansing tommorrow... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:35pm ~ am ~ 10 March, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing this Saturday from 1:00-3:00pm for a tablesigning... Thank you to Rhoda and Whitney again for re-setting the date... This Saturday’s weather so far - Sunny and 46 - please come out and join me... The handouts for the Coffee Beanery are now available in Warren, and I will be there next weekend - thank you to Michelle for inviting me to do a booksigning... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:12am ~ 6 March, 2009 I will be taking bookmark handouts over to the Coffee Beanery in Warren today for my 21 March booksigning - please stop in and pick on up if you are in the area... My bookmark handouts with the re-scheduled date for 14 March will be available starting today at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing also... I will be doing another booksigning in May at the Coffee Beanery in Brighton - this will also be on a Satturday from 11:00am - 2:00pm. - I wll let you know more details on that later... On 22 April I will be a guest author/artist at “Turn Your TV Off Week” in Canton,, Michigan... I was invited by Nicole Jackson the owner of “As The Page Turns” in downtown Northville where ~pages ~ is available...  I will have more information on that later... Thank you so much to Nicole for inviting me - you can visit the bookstore website by visiting my locations page... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:25am ~ 1 March, 2009 photo’s taken by victoria zande Thank you to Jennifer, Kris, and all of the girls at the Book Mark on Saturday for your help in making my event... The weather was cold but sunny - which brought more people out and into the store... I performed two peices of music and sold some copies - handed out my bookmark handouts and got to meet some really great people... In the first photo are some of the employees that worked on Saturday... I have been invited to Art Fest in Mount Pleasant in July and will be working on that - will let you know the date when I have it... I left the bookmark handouts from my event - if anyone stops in they are still available... If you were not able to make it to my signing, and would like a signed copy of  ~ pages ~ - just let Kris or one of the girls in the Book Mark know, and they can have me send it to the bookstore without a shipping charge... Thank you so much again to everyone who came out... My next event is in two weeks at Schuler Books & Music on Saturday 14 March from 1:00-3:00pm for a booksigning in Lansing... Bookmark Handouts with the original date are still available, and I will be sending up bookmark handouts this week with the re-scheduled date... Thank you so much to Whitney and Rhoda at Schulers Books & Music for re-scheduling and re-promoting my event... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:28pm ~  February, 2009 27 February, 2009 I will be at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan tommorrow from 1-3pm for my booksigning/reading/performance - please come out and join me if you are in the area... Visit my appearances page for location and details... Tommorrows weather - partly cloudy and 26 degrees... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:34am ~ 24 February, 2009 Once again the Michigan Winter Storms postponed my Booksigning at Schuler Books & Music on Saturday in Lansing... At one point in the morning the I-96 and I-496 Freeways were shut down due to the weather and accidents - AAA reported 5300 calls and that was just for half the day... A 50 car pile up on I-94 near Ann Arbor and Jackson closed that Freeway and shut down the other half of I-496 in the afternoon... To say Michigan has had an extreme amount snow this season would be an understatement.... Next week I am renting some Husky’s and a Sled for better milage and traction...  I will be re-scheduling the booksigning for Schuler Books & Music this week - the re-schedule date will still take place on a Saturday from 1-3pm - probably next month, and I will post it next week after I confirm the new date with Whitney... This Saturday is my re-scheduled booksigning/bookreading/small music performance at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant from 1-3pm - it looks like it’s going to be a nice day - just slightly cold... Please come out and join me... I will be signing copies of my handwritten and printed versions of ~ pages ~ as well as my bookmark handouts... I will also be doing another brief radio interview on WCFX today with Angie Evans that will run this week,,, Thank you again to Angie Evans and all of the DJ’s at WCFX for your “on-aire” time to promote the new date... Angie Evans show aires weekdays from 2:00-7:00pm... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:53am ~ 20 February, 2009 Okay, here we go again - if you don’t get snowed in tommorrow due to yet another Michigan Winter Storm and are in the Lansing area - please come out and join me for my booksigning at Schuler Books & Music off of I-127 in Lansing... If it only snowed on days I do not have to travel... Thank you so much to Rhoda and Whitney for inviting me to Schuler’s tommorrow... I will have the handwritten and printed versions of my writing/poetry preview collection, as well as my bookmark handouts... I will also sign the bookmark handouts if you would like me to... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ 17 February, 2009 I will be at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing this Saturday from 1-3pm for a booksigning in my first of five current events that I am doing over the next two months - please come out and join me if you are in the area... Schulers Books & Music in Lansing is located of the I-127 via the 496 freeway - see my appearances page for details... I am working on more Farmers Market’s for this year, and I will let you know when I have them... Although I did not attend - two of my influences B.B King and Buddy Guy performed at The Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit last night - please see my Random Page... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:17am ~ 12 February, 2009 In a Cloud of Dust - my writing ~ backpages ~ excerpt is now up on my featured writing page... This will probably be the last excerpt I put out before I complete ~ backpages ~... I have added some booksigning dates - 21 March at the Coffee Beanery in Warren from 11:00am-1:00pm, and 25 April at the Coffee Beanery in Berkley from 11:00am-2:00pm - please see my appearances page for more information... Only one more week before my booksigning at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing - bookmark handouts are now available if you would like to stop by and pick on up or just pick one up if you are in the store... Thank you so much to Rhoda and Whitney for booking me into Schulers... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:18pm ~ 10 February, 2009 Okay, lets try this again  the ~backpages~ excerpt will be up on Friday - I am looking at two different ones and have been working on getting all of the handouts to my booksignings over the last two weeks ... I will only be putting one more up before I release this collection... I am still working on the music so I would also like to get the full version of Mozart on Ice up for you to listen to as well as Captured... The handouts for Schuler Books & Music Lansing will be available on Thursday... Thank you to all of my friends on my Detroit City Page - if you would like to join me on the Detroit City Page - www.detroitcity.com - thank you to Dave who runs the site and does a great job for allowing me to have a page... Next update with excerpt on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:06am ~ 6 February, 2009 My ~ backpages ~ excerpt will be delayed by one update - I apologize for the delay - it will definitely be up on Tuesday... The bookmark handouts will be available on Tuesday at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing... Look for my event in the Lansing Lowdown next week - thank you so much to Petra at MSU for posting it...  You can read the Lansing Lowdown online... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:39am ~ 3 February, 2009 Another excerpt from my forthcoming collection ~ backpages ~ will be up this Friday... I will be sending bookmark handouts up to Schuler Books & Music in Lansing for my table signing on 21 February - please come out and join me... Another open mic up soon... Please visit my You Tube Channel to see some of my favorite videos - you can access it directly from going to my last blog entry on my myspace page... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ January, 2009 30 January, 2009 The bookmark handouts are now available at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant for my re-scheduled 28 February booksigning/booksreading/performance... Another excerpt from ~ backpages ~ will be up next week... I am also working on an Ann Arbor Farmers Market signing for this summer... Is it spring yet??? Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:34am ~ 26 January, 2009 28 February from 1:00-3:00pm is the new date for The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan from the 17 January date... I will be sending up more Bookmark Handouts and Flyers will be posted around the store... Stop in and pick up a handout and say hello... Thank you so much to Kris for re-setting the date... I will also be bringing more Bookmark Handouts with me as well as both versions of ~pages~... I am now working on ~ backpages ~ for a summer release and the EP... I may introduce a vocal peice at The Book Mark...I just created my You Tube account - you can find me at zandeartistryllc ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 3:57pm ~ 23 January, 2009 I am working on some library performances and I will let you know when I have them along with more booksignings for Farmers Markets... I am continuing to work on completing   ~ window preview ~ and putting together ~ backpages ~ -  I will get back to open mic’s soon... I will also let you know the new date for the Book Mark and my friends over at WCFX will be helping me with the new date to get the word out... Thank you so much to Angie Evans... Spring is only eight weeks away... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:50am ~ 20 January, 2009 My bookreading/booksigning/music performance at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant on Saturday had to be postponed due to the winter storm that hit the southeast/metro Detroit area... The roads were extremely hazardess on Saturday morning - when I made an attempt to travel up to Mount Pleasant... Ramps and sections of the freeway in the metro area where being shut down due to road coniditions and accidents... The local news stations reported that AAA received 4800 calls for road assistance between Saturday and Sunday... Raodways’ kept reicing for almost 24 hours... I apologize to anyone in the Mount Pleasant area that made it out to the Book Mark... I did call the Book Mark on Friday night when the winter storm watch had been posted in my area and again on Saturday from the road... I will be rescheduling this date next week as Kris - the Manager of the Book  Mark is off this week  - I will let everyone know the new date when I have it... Thank you so much to Holly and Sarah at the Book Mark for your assistance in letting people know... Thank you so much to Ashley and Barry at the CMU Bookstore for posting and reposting my flyers... Only eight more weeks of winter - maybe I should go down and stay with my family in Port Richey - even at 68 degree’s you can drive to the strawberry stands and not have to go through snow & ice... I normally like four season’s - I think we are getting an extra one this year... I am doing a table signing at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on 21 February from 1:00-3:00pm and over the summer I will doing a booksigning at the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market (more on that later)... I will be putting up another excerpt from Backpages in the next week or two and will continue to work on the random page... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:31am ~ 16 January, 2009 Thank you so much to Angie Evans from WCFX for inviting to be on Triple Play Takover yesterday - their live stream was not reaching all area’s - some of you may have not been able to listen.. She did a 10 minute interview with me and then I had to choose three songs from her hit list - she will probably send me a copy of the interview, and I will host it on either my myspace page or utube... Catch her show from 2:00-7:00pm weekdays... Please come out and join me tommorrow at The Book Mark from 1:00-3:00pm if you are in the area... I will have booksmark handouts and copies of both ~ pages ~ versions... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:31am ~ 13 January, 2008 Thank you so much to DJ’s Jack and Karen from WLNZ’s Coffee Break Morning Radio/TV Show for having me as a guest yesterday... Thank you so much everyone at WLNZ for your assistance in getting me to the studio on time... Everyone at WLNZ was very nice and they run a great station - it was nice to be back in the radio arena for a few minutes and watch the DJ’s working behind the boards...Thank you to the Program Director for assisting me is finding my way out of the city and back to the Detroit area... If you are in the Lansing area - you were able to view the TV portion of the show over the last 24 hours - I may get a copy of this and if I do - will be hosting it on U Tube... I will let you know... Thursday I am “on the aire” with Angie Evans between 4:00-4:30pm for her “Truple Play Takeover”... Saturday I am in Mount Pleasant - more on the event later ... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:28am ~ 09 January, 2009 My WLNZ interview is this Monday at 9:45am - if you are able to listen please stream live or tune in on their local cable TV for the show... I will be doing a radio aire-spot on WCFX in Mount Pleasant on Thursday 15 January... I wll be one of the guest’s on DJ Angie Evans “Triple Play Takeover” which aires between 4:00-4:30pm - where I will choose three songs from their hit list and briefly talk about my booksigning at The Book Mark and my writing and music... My portion should air between 4:20-4:25pm, although that may vary... Thank you so much to Angie Evans for inviting me to be on her show... You can stream live at www.wcfx.com ... Bookmark Handouts will be available starting today at The Book Mark for my booksigning next Satruday 17 January between 1:00-3:00pm... Please come out and join me if you are in the area... Thank you again to Kris for hosting me at her bookstore... I will also be doing a table signing at Schuler Books & Music in Lansing on Saturday 21 Feburary from 1:00-3:00pm - more details in a couple of weeks - please visit my appearance page for information... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:35am ~ 06 January, 2009 I hope you had a safe 2009... I will be going to Lansing on Monday for my radio/tv interview with WLNZ - Lansing Community College ... The show aires from 8-10am, and my interview is set for 9:45 - the TV portion of this interview will only be seen on local cable - you can stream live - go my appearances page for the link... I will then head to Mount Pleasant for my booksigning on 17 January from 1-3pm... Thank you to Kris again for inviting me back to The Book Mark - bookmark handouts will be sent up this week... Back in the studio next month to finish the Mozart on Ice track and put down another track titled Captured... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thanks you so much for visiting... ~ 10:39am ~ December 2008 31 December, 2008 Happy 2009... ~ 9:57am ~ 26 December, 2008 I hope everyone had a good Christmas... Just before Christmas I loaded my core version for the peice I wrote titled “Mozart on Ice” recorded in the first movement... Here is a behind the notes history of how I created “Mozart on Ice” - It took me over a period of three years to write and complete the scoring ~ dynamics ~ tempo for Mozart on Ice... Written in three movements - my inspiration came from my classical training and after watching Boyd Tinsley (a classically trained artist) from the Dave Matthews Band perform his volin solo during a perfomance of “Trippin Billies” from a Music Choice special in 2002... I wrote this peice from 2002~2005 and along with the rest of my music from Projection in Artistry ~ “Window Preview” (a registered copyright of 2007) - now completing the finishing studio work at Big Sky Studios in Ann Arbor with my Engineer Chris Duross - www.bigskyrecording.com ... I will be loading the complete version with all three movements - somewhere between January and Feburary... Thank you to Boyd Tinsley for his artistic creativity that assisted in my inspiration... I hope you enjoy listening to the core version - please send me an email or comment in my guestbook... Next update on Tuesday or Wednesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:39am ~ 22 December, 2008 The core studio version for Mozart on Ice is now available for listen - please visit my music cd & audio page... Let me know what you think about it, and thank you for waiting... Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukka - Happy Kwanzaa (let me know if I missed anyone), and thank you so much for reading - listening - visiting all year long... Buon Natalie... Have a safe holiday... Next update on Friday or Saturday... ~ 8:15pm ~ 19 December, 2008 Handouts will be going up to The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant in the next two weeks... I will be working over this weekend to get the music loaded... Next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:55am ~ 15 December, 2008 Thank you to Nicole at As The Page Turns for having me at her bookstore yesterday - the bookstore is not normally open on Sunday’s so this was a special event from just 2-4pm... I owe The Park Bar a very overdue open mic - sometime this month, and I will let you know... Back Pages Excerpt and Music up in the next update on Friday or Saturday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:23pm ~ 11 December, 2008 I still have a final track edit for Mozart on Ice - I will be working on that this weekend in between my booksigning at As The Page Turns on Sunday... I guess I should stop saying music up this week, until I know the edit will be done... I will be in Northville on Sunday - please stop in for the event... I will be doing another radio interview in Lansing on Monday 12 January... WLNZ  originates from Lansing Community College - I will be on their morning program Coffee Break, which is also a TV show, so I will be doing a radio/tv interview... The show aires from 9:00-10:00am, and I will doing a 5-7 minute interview at 9:45am with host Jack Robins... They do stream live, so you can listen at - www.lcc.edu/wlnz ... The TV Show aires only in the Lansing area... Thank you so much to Host Jack Robins and WLNZ for inviting me to be on their show... I will also have the Backpages excerpt up next week.... Next update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 6:56pm ~ 08 December, 2008 Music will be up this week... If you are in the area - stop by on Sunday at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan... I will be posting another excerpt from Backpages, and continue putting it together for a spring release while I finish the EP... Thank you so much reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:36pm ~ 04 December, 2008 The Housing Works copies will go out on Monday and the BookMark Handouts to Lemuria Books... I will have the music up next week and be back in the studio in January to finish the EP... I may sit in on an open mic this month - will let you know... I will be performing two peices of music next Sunday at As The Page Turns and reading from ~ pages ~ and maybe a couple forthcoming excerpts from Backpages... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:15pm ~ 01 December, 2008 Bookmark Handouts are now available at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan - stop in and visit the bookstore before my signing to get one... I will also be bringing more of them with me on 14 December... I will be sending copies of my writing/poetry preview collection out to Housing Works in New York next week - there will be both handwritten & printed copies - I will let you know if they are put out for the the holidays... Thank you to Housing Works for taking my donations last year for the holiday... I will also be sending Bookmark Handouts up to The Book Mark next month before my signing in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and to Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi next week... Music is on the way.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:19pm ~ November, 2008 28 November, 2008 I have confirmed my booksigning/reading & small performance for The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan for Saturday 17 January from 1:00-3:00pm... They now have a website that you can visit if you go to my appearance page... Thank you so much to Kris at The Book Mark for inviting back to her bookstore... I was last there in October of 2005... Mount Pleasant is a very nice area in Michigan and home to Central Michigan University - that I almost attended right out of high school and was accepted in 2004 but did not attend to complete my Engineering degree... I will be taking Bookmark Handouts over to As The Page Turns in Northville, Michigan tommorrow - if you are in the area stop in - see the store and pick-up one of my handouts before the booksigning & reading/performance on 14 December... I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving - next update on Monday or Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:37am ~ 23 November, 2008 Thank you to everyone who tuned in on Friday to listen to my interview with Community Radio WMPG in Portland... I thought this was a 30 minute interview - a last minute schedule adjustment changed this... Thank you so much to Hashim Alliah and Ray Wallace for having me on their show and for the return “on-aire” invite to do a 30 minute interview at a future date... Mozart on Ice will be up soon - I am sorry I keep delaying this as I am working with the “edit/don’t edit” decision - when I finally upload this - you will see... I will do another update this week - it’s Thanksgiving week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 1:30pm ~ 21 November, 2008 I am not sure that I will be doing my radio interview with WMPG today - it may be moved to next week - please tune in at 1:00pm to see if this will still take place - I will also post a last minute update on my myspace page & maybe here - definitely check my myspace page... I apologize for the last minute change... I have confirmed Sunday - 14 December from 2:00-4:00pm Book Reading & Signing at As The Page Turns in downtown Northville, Michigan... Thank you so much to Nichole for having me at her Bookstore... Please see my appearance page for information... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:30am ~ 18 November, 2008 My WMPG interview is on Friday at 1:00pm - you can get the site from my appearances page... I will be loading “a” version of Mozart on Ice this week... I am not sure of the date for the booksigning at As The Page Turns - will let you know... The date for The Book Mark looks like January - I will also let you know and it will be on my appearances pages when I have confimed dates... I am still working on the Random page... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36am ~ 13 November, 2008 It will be about a week more before the Mozart on Ice track is up... I apologize for not updating last Friday - I am putting the Random page back together, and wanted to wait until you could navagate on that page before uploading again... I will be getting back to open mic’s and I am still working on booking some independent performances in the area... I am still looking for a bookstore in the Chicago area, so if anyone knows of a good independent bookstore - send me an email or let the manager of the bookstore know about my website and work... It looks like I will be doing a signing and small performance at The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan sometime in January... I would like to get back to Chicago to perform next spring, and will be working on that also... Next update on Tuesday.... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:27am ~ 08 November, 2008 I will be doing the radio interview on Friday 21 November from 1:00-1:30pm - WMPG - Portland, Maine Community Radio program “Freedom Through Expression” with DJ Hashim Allah - they also stream live - see my appearance page for location... Thank you so much to Hashim for inviting me... Mozart on Ice will be loaded next week - sorry for the additional delay... It looks like my signing at As The Page Turns will be on 07 Deccember at 7:00pm - I still have to confirm this and will let you know... I am still working on the Random page - you will be able see where I am at if you look at it... Open mic’s are on the way... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 7:56pm ~ 03 November, 2008 I will be loading Mozart on Ice this Friday - then back in the studio in two weeks to record Captured... I was out on Friday with the radio on when they played some Jimi Hendrix... Hendrix was mostly an artist of the notes and instrument - not really a vocalist - his vocals served his creativity - made his words exceptional... There was a technical problem with the Random Entry Page and it is currently being rebuilt - I will let you know when it is up... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:45am ~ October, 2008 31 October, 2008 Mozart on Ice - 1st studio version will be uploaded next week... I will be taking bookmark handouts over to “As The Page Turns” - next week - thank you to Nichole for a really nice display on my writing/poetry preview collection... Thank you to all of my myspace friends for being my myspace friends... I still do not have bookstore dates - will let you know... Have a Happy and Safe Halloween... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:15pm ~ 28 October, 2008 I will be uploading “Mozart on Ice” - Friday or Tuesday - I apologize for the delay... Copies to Housing Works will go out in two week’s - I will let you know when they are available... I will know more about bookstore performances next week... I may self-sponsor a performance and signing before the holiday’s - I am looking for a venue...  I am also working on more radio time for the bookstore location’s... More studio time on the way... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:23am ~ 22 October, 2008 It will be next week when I upload Mozart on Ice... I will post a blog on my “myspace” page when I attend the last two open mics... I will be doing a radio interview  - WMPG Community Radio - University of Southern Maine in Portland will interview me live on their show “Freedom Through Expression” which aires Friday’s from 1:00-1:30pm  in November... I will let you know the date - it looks like it would be the second or third Friday - they have a live streaming broadcast - www.wmpg.org ... ~pages~ printed version is now available at As The Page Turns in Northville, Michigan - www.asthepageturns.biz - see my locations page... I may be doing a signing in November... Thank you to Nichole the owner for taking my collection in her bookstore...  This is a new independent bookstore in downtown Northville at N. Center and Dunlap -  a really nice store with a diverse list of events and authors... I will also be dropping off some of the bookmark handouts next week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:23pm ~ 20 October, 2008 I will be loading Mozart on Ice Friday or Monday... I am going back into the studio in about three to four weeks to record more peices from my EP - this has taken me longer than anticipated - kind of like standing on the porch steps in 1986 ... My open mic dates will be in the next few weeks... I will be sending out more bookmark handouts to bookstores and five copies of my writing/poetry preview collection wll be sent to Housing Works in the next four weeks... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 8:29pm ~ 17 October, 2008 In the studio yesterday with Chris Duross at Big Sky Studios - this week’s studio word “BLUE” - a nice studio mic... Thank you to Chris for engineering my session... I put down a few tracks of  “Mozart on Ice” - which I still consider a rough cut in the core of production and will load one of them next week... I will soon debut a vocal piece in open mic’s and in the studio called “Captured”... I have never considered myself a vocalist - I write - therefore - I sing... I have always had to work at my vocals - I hope you like it... I will also be putting up another excerpt from my forthcoming collection - “Backpages”... Next update Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~ 10:24am ~ 14 October, 2008 I am in the studio on Thursday, so uploads for Mozart on Ice will not be until next Tuesday - I will do an update also on Friday... Still working on bookstore performances - travelling to Magdelina’s next week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:35pm ~ 10 October, 2008 Thank you to Tiffany once agian at Macomb Community College for inviting me to be the guest performer at their Talent Show - played two peices in abbreviated form and stayed for a short time to watch some talented students... Traveling the 696 at 5:00 is definitely a challenge - I just should have taken 8 Mile to Gratiot... I am in the studio next week and looking to book some signings and small performances... Nect update on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:29am ~ 07 October, 2008 I will be at Macomb Community College tommorrow night as the guest performer for their Talent Showcase... I am opening the show and will perform two peices of my music at 6:00pm... I still have Open Mic’s at Magdelina’s and The Park Bar this month... If you have visited my location’s page - you have noticed two of the bookstores gone from the Midwest location - Nomad Bookhouse in Jackson, Michigan has unfortunately closed it doors and I only had a six month availability for my collection at Sandmeyer’s Bookstore in Chicago - so I am currently looking for a new Chicago Bookstore to place them at... I have changed the shipping cost to no charge if you would like to order my collection online and are ordering domestically - within the United States and Canada... Back in the studio next week with Big Sky... Next update Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:10pm ~ 02 October, 2008 I will be the guest performer next week at Macomb Community Colleges Talent Night - I will open the show - it runs from 6:00-8:00pm - see my appearances page for location and details... Thank you again to Tiffany for inviting me... My studio time has been moved to the week of 13 October - Mozart on Ice will be available on here after that... I will be booking some bookstore performaces also next week... The Macomb Talent Show will move my open mic at Magdelina’s back a week - sorry for all of the schedule changes... If you are located in an area that does not have my writing/poetry preview collection available and know of an independent bookstore in your area you would like to see it in - send me an email or let the store manager know about my work.... Next update - Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:14am ~ September, 2008 26 September, 2008 I will be in the studio next week... Magdelina’s Tea House will be in two weeks - was not able to get a performance time... The bookmarks for Lemuria  in Jackson, MS will be available next week and  the bookmarks that I sent to Park Road Books in Charlotte are now available... I will be sending out some the printed version copies to Housing Works next week - along with some handouts - I will post on here when they have arrived and are available in the the store... More updates on Tuesday or Wednesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:46am ~ 23 September, 2008 See you tommorrow night at Magdelina’s Tea House for their Open Mic if I get a spot - I will post my performance time on myspace if I am able to get a time - if not - I will try again in two weeks... I still have The Park Bar - I will be attending their Open Mic the first week in October... I have studio time next week... I just sent out the bookmark handouts to Park Road Books in Charlotte - look for them on Thursday... The bookmark handouts for Lemuria will go out on Thursday... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 11:45am ~ 19 September, 2008 I will be booking - bookstore performance’s and signings starting next week - October and November will be the months and I will know more next week... I am definitely in the studio for Mozart on Ice and will be uploading that version on here - MySpace - Detroit City Page... The bookmarks for Lemuria Books and Park Road Books were delayed - they will go out on Monday - look for them at the end of next week... More updates on Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:39am ~ 15 September, 2008 I will be back in the studio in two weeks... Next week I will be traveling to Lansing for the open mic at Magdelina’s Tea House... $1.00 of my donations from any copy sold over the next few months will be donated to help the people from Hurricane Ike and the people of Hurricane Katrina - please visit my Random Page... Next website update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 4:23 pm ~ 12 September, 2008 The Schoolcraft Connection article will be out in the 23 September issue - I will scan the article and post it on my Press Page - it will be in the Campus Life Section of the Newspaper... They asked alot of questions - information - interviewed my former Professors and other people at Schoolcraft...  Thank you again to Jillian and Ja’Nee for featuring my writing - music - work - my story... I will be back in the studio at the end of this month... I will also start work on Backpages that should be out sometime this Winter... Look for an excerpt soon... Join my email update list - see the contact page... Next update - Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 9:00am ~ 09 September, 2008 I am working on booking some bookstore performances.... I will have more information in the next few updates... Studio time is soon... and more open mics... I will be sending more bookmark handouts to Lemuria Books in Jackson and Park Road Books in Charlotte by next week... If you visit these stores please let me know... I did the interview on Saturday for The Schoolcraft Connection article - it should be in one of this months issues... Thank you so much to Jillian and Ja’Nee... Next update on Friday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:38am ~ 05 September, 2008 Thank you so much to Tiffany in Student Services and to Patricia and Heather of the “Free Your Mind Book Club” for inviting me to present at the Macomb Community College Book Symposium on Wednesday... It was nice to be able to present my work... I will be doing further events there sometime this fall and winter - thank you again for inviting me back... Look for them on my Appearance’s Page... I also stopped by Trixies Coffee on Wednesday after my presentation and dropped off some postcard handouts - pick one up if you are in the area or if you stop by for coffee... Mozart on Ice - it’s out there - it will soon be here - then will soon be here in studio form... I am heading back to the studio to put this track down, so I apologize for the delay in getting out to you... I have a new page out there on the Detroit City Site - www.detroitcity.com/victoriazande - thank you to the owner Dave for allowing me to create a Detorit City Page... There are alot of really great Detroit based and Detroit born Artist’s on this site... The next Open Mic - Magdelina’s Tea House and then The Park Bar - I will finally be heading down to The Park Bar.... Check the Appearances Page for details... Next update Tuesday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 12:04pm ~ 02 September, 2008 Thank you to everyone at Trixies Coffee - a nice place to perform for open mic’s - thanks to the host Dave for giving me a welcoming introduction and to the audience... Tommorrow is my presentation at Macomb Community College Book Symposium - the Book Sumposium will be held in Building K Room 316 located just off of Hayes Road... For more information - see my Appearances page... I will be presenting at 1:30 with a Meet & Greet from 2:00-3:00pm... Hope to see some of you there... Thank you so much to Tiffany for inviting me last Wednesday to sit at the Book Sympoisum table from 11:00-2:00 to be the Guest Author/Artist and pass out flyers and some of my handouts... I got meet alot of really nice people... Next update later this week... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~11:27am ~ August 2008 26 August,2008 Okay, lets try this one more time - meet me at the Trixies Coffe House tonight - I will post my time - hopefully I will get one - on my myspace page after 6:30pm... Due to the Book Symposium at Macomb Community College - I will move Magdelina’s Tea House open mic date to next Wednesday the 10 September which will move The Park Bar date to the 17 September... The Book Symposium time is 1:30-2:00pm for my presentation and then the meet & greet... Hope to see some of you there... One more week before loading Mozart on Ice... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... Next update will be next Tuesday... Have a great holiday... ~9:44 am ~ 18 August, 2008 I will be heading to Trixies Coffee tommorrow evening if I am able to secure a performance time that is not to late - if not I will try again next week... I am moving Magdelina’s Tea House open mic date to next week... I am still working on my presentation for Macomb Community College and the Mozart on Ice version to upload - I have one more week before I put the track down for this... I will be featured in an article in the Schoolcraft Connection as an alumni of Schoolcraft Community College in Livonia in one of the September editions... I will let you know which one - they are not online with their newspaper yet, although it is a top college newspaper, so if you are able to stop by any of the college campuses and pick one up - they are free... I will scan the article and load it onto my myspace page - I will see if I am able to load it onto here - but it will definitely be on my myspace page when it comes out... Thank you so much to Jillian and the Schoolcraft Connection staff for covering my work and story... Next update soon... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 1:41 pm ~ 12 August, 2008 I will be attempting to secure a performance time for Trixies Coffee tonight - its a call ahead venue, so if I am successful in getting a time that is not exceptionally late - I will post it on my myspace page about 6:30 pm... This is a very well attended open mic - if I am unable to get a performance time - I will try again next week... Still working on the Mozart on Ice version to upload should be done in the next two weeks...  The Park Bar Open Mic Date looks like September... I am working on my presentation for the Macomb Community College Book Symposium - I am fortunate to have taken speech class in college... Performing music on stage is different than having to speak - so I may not be the best talker in the room - please ask any questions you want while I am up there if you attend... I will speak and perform a peice of my music for 30 minutes... Next update soon... Thank you so much for visting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~10:02am ~ 05 August, 2008 I will be doing my presentation at 1:30 pm on the 3 September at Macomb Community College’s Book Symposium and a Meet and Greet from 2:00 - 3:00 pm... I will be selling and signing copies of my printed version of ~ pages ~ for $5.00 at my Meet and Greet... I will also bring bookmark handouts and postcard handouts... I have moved the Trixies open mic date to next week... The Park Bar Open Mic date will be either the last Wednesday of this month or the second Wednesday of next month... I will let you know next week...  Magdelina’s Tea House will be 20 August... I will also be heading out to Ann Arbor in September or October to attend the Open Stage at The Ark... I apologize for all of the moving around and change in dates.... Studio time in September and I am still working on getting a Mozart on Ice version up soon... I am currently talking to The Book Mark in Mount Pleasant about doing a small reading and performance in October or November... Thank you so much for visiting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~ 7:03 pm ~   July, 2008 30 July, 2008 The open mic date for Magdelina’s Tea House has been moved by about two weeks - I will let you know in the next update when I will be traveling to Lansing... The open mic date for Trixies Coffee is still on... I was invited to a Book Symposium by Macomb Community College on 3 September in Warren, Michigan - thank you so much to Tiffany... The information is not on their website yet, so please check back - visit my appearances page... The Park Bar date looks more like the end of August - I will let you know... It looks like September for my studio time, although I am still putting together a version of Mozart on Ice to upload - so that should be up next month... Please email or comment if you have bought a copy of the printed version for ~pages~ and let me know how you like it... I will be sending more handouts to Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi next week... If you visit a store that has the handouts listed on here and they are out - please send me an email so that I can send more out to them... I am trying to update sooner, and will let you know when I do... Thank you so much for visiting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~ 10:21am ~ 22 July, 2008 I waited to update this week, my updates will be sooner - I have been working on the peices to continue performing at open mics and to be able to upload Mozart on Ice... I changed my open mic date for Magdelina’s Tea House to 30 July and I still have not set the date for The Park Bar... I will probably being going back into the studio at the end of August, although I may have a version to upload before that... Thank you so much for waiting... If you have been to one of the bookstore locations or ordered a copy of my printed version for ~pages~ - I would like to know and know how you like it... Comment in the guestbook or send me an email or myspace message... Another update sooner... Thank you so much for visiting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~ 10:12pm ~ 14 July, 2008 I have listed a couple of more open mic dates - I still have not listed the exact date for The Park Bar - it looks like 20 August right now, although I will know more in a couple of weeks... I would like go back into the studio to give you the Mozart on Ice version to listen to here... I will know more on that also next week... Look for more frequent updates as I continue to travel to open mic cafes - finish the music - promote the printed version of ~pages~... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~9:22pm ~ 12 July, 2008 Performed two peices of my music at the first of four open mic’s I will be attending on Thursday 10 July at the Coffee Beanery Cafe in Berkley... Very nice people - well run open mic with an exceptionally friendly audience... Alot of good artists just sitting in and playing for two hours... They have a nice sound system.... Mozart on Ice was performed in the First and Third movements for time consumption... Thank you to everyone at the Coffee Beanery that came and listened - thank you for lacing up my shoes... ~ 9:24 ~ 08 July, 2008 I will be attending an open mic Thursday at The Coffee Beanery Cafe in Berkley from 7:00 - 9:00pm - visit my appearances page for location details... Mozart on Ice will be up next update - sorry for the delays - this version does not resonate as well as I wanted - just my ears I guess, although I would prefer to do a current single studio track to introduce this - I will be performing this at my open mic’s... Thank you for waiting... If you would like to order a copy of my writing/poetry preview collection - printed or handwritten versions, and do not want to order online - you can call any of the bookstore locations to inquire about ordering by phone and having it shipped to you... Most of the bookstores are able to take phone orders...   ~pages~ printed version is now out on shelves at Schuler’s Books & Music Lansing and Walker (Grand Rapids) locations... Unfortunately The Book Cellar & Cafe in Plymouth, Michigan has closed it doors, so this location is no longer available ... I will be posting my next open mic on Monday... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~1:07pm ~ June, 2008 27 June, 2008 The printed version copies for Schuler Books and Music are still not out on the shelves - an additional delay will put them on the shelves this upcoming week instead, so please still ask if you do not see them out... I am delaying my open mic until next week... I was sitting in the versions to upload - it will be about Wednesday... This is a completely unfinished 1st movement and possible 3rd movement sitting in peices... I will be shipping printed version copies of ~pages~ in the next two weeks to Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York... I will list my first open mic on Tuesday, and may be introducing a vocal peice - this would my first time performing with vocals - to say I will be nervous would be an understatement...  If you buy a copy of my printed vesion - please comment in the guestbook or send me an email and let me know how you like it... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~11:58am ~ 19 June, 2008 The printed version copies for Schuler Books & Music Lansing and Alpine locations will not be on their shelves until next week... It took longer than anticipated to register in their system... The Lansing location should be available by this weekend... If you do not see them - please ask.... Open mic dates starting next week - check my my space page or here...I will bring both versions of ~pages~ with me and they will sell for $5.00 in performance... The Book Cellar & Cafe in Plymouth, Michigan is unfortunately closing its doors by the end of this month - if you are in the area stop in and see them - very nice people ... They were looking to sell the bookstore - have not been able to find a buyer... The handwritten version will be available their until next week... Mozart on Ice - will be available in my next update - next week... This is a rough cut from a studio version last year in August, although the version I wanted to load still is not finished - I wanted to give you something to listen too... Thank you to Chris at Big Sky Studios in Ann Arbor for Engineering the track... Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visiting... ~ 10:36pm ~ 05 June, 2008 All of the bookstores now have the printed version for ~pages~ - it will be available at Books Etc. in Portland, Maine starting next week - thank you to Kathrine Osborne for taking my collection in her store... I am still working on putting my collection in more stores across the country... If you have an independent bookstore in your area that you would like to see it in - please email me on my contact page or ask the store to visit my website... Mozart on Ice should be up within the next couple of updates...  Thank you so much for reading & listening... Thank you so much for visting... ~9:45am~ May, 2008 22 May, 2008 Printed version for ~ pages ~ is now available in most of the bookstores listed on my locations page... The Bookmark in Mount Pleasant and Schuler Books & Music in Lansing and Walker will be available at the end of next week, and all bookstores will have them at the end of this month... I will be donating some copies to Housing Works Used Book Cafe in New York next month... I apologize for the distribution delay’s... If you are in Chicago - visit Sandmeyers Bookstore on Printers Row - it’s slightly different from other stores... I am still completing the version of Mozart on Ice that I will be uploading for listen and download... Working on it until I feel the version that sits well on this page... Bookstore appearances look like they will not happen until Fall - although I will be doing open mics and bring copies of both the printed and handwritten versions like I told you in the last few updates... They both sell for $7.50 ... The open mic dates will be posted on my space and here, so please check both sites - if I play a last minute open mic it will be posted on my my space page... Most open mic dates will be posted about one to two weeks before... I will still be finishing the EP by the end of spring... Next update - Mozart on Ice... Thank you so much for visiting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~8:34 pm ~ April 2008 29 April, 2008 31 may, 2002 ~ 08 october, 2003 “the reason’s why” ~ pages~ printed version is now available... It will be available in all bookstores listed at the end of next week... You can order it on my website also - visit the order online page for more information... The handwritten version will still be available - most bookstores will also have handouts - I will list them once I ship the printed versions...  I am also working on bookstore signings and performances - I will let you know the dates... Please comment in the guestbook or send me an email and let know how you like it??? Mozart on Ice will be available for listen within a few weeks and I will attend an open mic... Thank you to all of the bookstores for taking copies of my printed version... See you at an open mic or signing... Thank you so much for visiting... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~5:56pm ~ 15 April, 2008 A new bookstore has been added - Sandmeyers Bookstore in downtown Chicago will be selling copies of ~ pages ~ in both the handwriiten and printed versions - it will be available at the end of this month - see the locations page for information and their website... Mozart on Ice will be avalable for listen also at the end of this month and I will be attending at least one open mic before the end of the month - I will post it on here and on my myspace page... $0.50 from every copy sold in the printed version wil be donated to pancreatic cancer research - $0.50 from every handwritten copy sold will continue to be donated to help the people of the hurricanes... ~ pages ~ printed version will be available online and in some bookstores at the end of this month... I will continue to add bookstores across the country - they will be listed on my locations page... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~2:40 pm ~ March 2008 19 March, 2008 I am almost finished with the printed version for ~pages ~ and have started to list the bookstores that will be selling it on my locations page... I am continuing to work on adding new stores across the country... I continue  to work on finishing my EP, and Mozart on Ice will be up next month in the music section... I still have to attend The Park Bar - to perform at their Open Mic Wednesday’s ... Other venues that I will be visiting include - The Ark in downtown Ann Arbor - The Blue Note Cafe in Pontiac - back to the Plymouth Coffee Bean in Plymouth - Magdalena’s Tea House in Lansing (sometime this spring)... I will post the date’s one week before...  I also look forward to readings/signings/performing in bookstores...  If you visit my site and would like a bookmark handout - send me an email with your address and I will send one to you... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~12:21pm ~ 05 March, 2008 My featured music backpage is now up - “vision’s of love” is one of the excerpts from my forthcoming collection “backpages”... The printed version for ~ pages ~ is almost completed - it should be available in April... I am still working on adding bookstores across the country for both version’s of ~ pages ~, and I will add them to the location’s page when I have them... ~ window preview~ should be completed by the end of spring - “mozart on ice” will be up sometime next month... The Park Bar date is being moved - it looks like another two weeks before I can go down and sit in on their Open Mic - I will post it on my “my space page” about a week before and also on here when I do...  Sorry for the delay’s...  Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~ 12:59pm ~ February. 2008 26 February, 2008 I attended the Plymouth Open Mic on Monday 18 February - although was not chosen to perform... I will be going back in a few weeks... The Park Bar is still set for 12 March... I am finishing up the printed version for ~ pages ~ - it is almost completed... I will be bringing both versions to all of my open mic’s... I am adding new bookstores around the country that will be selling the printed and handwritten versions... If you have a bookstore in your area that you would like to me to sell it in - please email me at my contact email and let me know... I continue to work on finishing the EP and will be putting up another peice of my music “Mozart on Ice”... I would like to say that this should be completed by the end of spring... I really like getting out to the open mic’s and cafe performances to bring it to everyone - it’s nice to see how it works... An excerpt of “music backpages” will be included in my next website update... I hope to see some of you that the open mic’s... I will be booking cafe and bookstore perfomances later this year... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~12:09pm ~ 05 February, 2008 The concrete dates for my Open Mic performances (if I get a spot) are 18 February - The Plymouth Coffee Bean - downtown Plymouth and 12 March - The Park Bar - downtown Detroit - visit my appearances page for location and time details... Yes, I will be nervous - Open Mic performances bring somewhat of a more captive audience than cafe performances... The Park Bar hosts some of the best artist’s in their Open Mic’s - I hope I fit the seat as good as the artist before me and the one that performs after me... I will be listing other Open Mic’s soon... Still working on the printed version for ~ pages~... Backpages excerpt will be up soon... Hope to see some of you at the Open Mic’s... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~11:48am ~ 01 February, 2008 I listed my open mic dates on the appearance page - these are the definite dates I will be attending and peforming (if I get a spot) on the open mic stage...There will be more dates soon - I will also be traveling to The Ark in downtown Ann Arbor and Lansing in the spring to attend the Open Mic at Magdalenas Tea House... ~ 11:30am ~ January 2008 27 January, 2008 I will be starting open mic’s - first open mic will be Monday 18 Feburary at The Plymouth Coffee Bean - I may move this date up a week - I will post it here and on my “myspace poge if I do - second open mic The Park Bar - 12 March - again this date may be moved into the last Wednesday in February - I will post the date on my “myspace” page in the next week if it changes...  I will be bringing Bookmark Handouts and handwritten copies of ~pages~ that will sell for $5.00 in performance... I will also sign copies if you would like me too... If you would like to join my email update list - I will send you an email with all of my open mic and website update information... I will be going back into the studio to put down another track for another peice of my music next month... Sorry about the slower than aniticipated process... I will also be putting up another writing excerpt in the next month... I love what I do - I hope you like it... If you attend an open mic - comment in my guestbook... Thank you so much for reading & listening... ~5:14pm ~ 08 January, 2008 Happy 2008... I am still working on the printed version for ~pages ~ while I finish my EP... I will be hosting another peice of music later this month... I pulled it back - when you are cementing your work in concrete - the imprint has to right...  Still working with Big Sky Studios - I look forward to performing at open mics... Open mic’s this month & next month - The Plymouth Coffee Bean - Plymouth, Michigan... The Park Bar - downtown Detroit, Michigan... The Ark - downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan ... I  will be posting dates, times, and location information on my “myspace” page a few days to a week in advance... I will be bringing Bookmark/Information Booklet Handouts, and copies of  ~pages ~ to buy at all open mic performances... The cost for ~pages ~ at open mic performances will be $5.00 - these will be the handwritten version & I will be signing copies... If you would like to be added to my email update list - send me an email - I will also be sending email’s with open mic dates... If you attend an open mic - leave me a comment in the guestbook and let me know how you like my music... Hope everyone had a good holiday and new year... Thank you so much for listening & reading... ~ 4:29pm ~ December 2007 20 December, 2007 Thank you to everyone who has visited my website this year and attended my cafe performances... I hope that everyone has a good holiday and great 2008... I am still finishing my EP - some open mic locations won’t be available until after the 1st due to the holiday calendar... I will be posting my dates for open mics on my “myspace” page - if I attend one next week - I will post it on “myspace” at least a day before... I will also be uploading another peice of music in January... If you would like to be put on the email update list send me an email.... Thank you so much for listening and reading... ~11:54am ~ November, 2007 24 November, 2007 Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving... ~ 10:51 am ~ 17 November, 2007 While I finish the EP - I am working on a printed version for my writing/poetry preview collection - this will be at some independent bookstores that also sell my handwritten collection and you will also be able to order it online... It should be completed by the end of this year... When I do Open Mic performances they will be posted on my myspace page - if you sign-up for my email update list - I will email you with the Open Mic performances... More music up soon... Thank you so much for reading and listening... ~ 11:26am ~ 05 November, 2007 Performance at The Urban Mill Cafe was slightly shorter than anticipated - nice... Many people attended... I handed out my bookmark/information booklets and got to speak with alot of you - thank you to everyone who came out for lunch and to listen... The acoustics once again - assisted me in resonation... Thank  you so much to Matt and Tom at the Urban Mill Cafe for having me... I now have a page on the Michigan Artist’s website - it’s located under the genre “unclassified” - you can visit it at - www.michiganaritsts.com/victoriazande ... It’s back in the studio now to finish the EP - more open mics ... Please comment in my guestbook and let me know what you think about “re~verb”... Thank you so much for listening and reading... ~ 12:11 pm ~ October 2007 18 October, 2007 Music and Reading Performance Saturday at The Urban Mill Cafe... The Urban Mill Cafe is located across from Van Andel Arena... I am starting out small with the live version of “re~verb” from my 2006 performance at the Urban Mill Cafe last year... This is a version completely unedited or mixed in its core form... Any live versions you hear are not mastered in anyway... They are taken straight from tape to CD upload conversion... The acoustic’s are so good at this cafe - you don’t really need any amplification - this sound is pure wall to wall resonation...  “re~verb” is a dedication and inspired peice to my private flute instructor Cathy who played for The Detroit Symphony  - she taught me classical flute and scoring for almost a year at age 14, and introduced me to my Gemeinhardt Conservatory French Model... Thank you Cathy - it was amazing to learn from you... I hope you like it - please comment in the guestbook and let me know what you think??? Thank you so much for reading and listening... ~ 6:24 pm ~ September 2007 14 September, 2007 I have more studio time on the way and will be doing a lunch time performance at the Urban Mill Cafe in downtown Grand Rapids on 20 October from 11:30-1:00pm - this may change to a sixty minute performance... Bookmark Handouts and Postcard Handouts will be available at the end of next week... I will also be doing more open mic’s including The Park Bar - this venue has alot of good artists - I hope I can keep up... Thank you again to Levitan and Lindsey at the Park Bar for posting my flyers and taking my handouts earlier this year... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 10:48am ~ August, 2007 25 August, 2007 In the studio at Big Sky Recording Ann Arbor - photo’s taken by: victoria zande 16 August, 2007 I have been listening to everything lately from the side of a recording studio... Listening to a song on the radio and wondering what that artist was doing and how they broke down their sound under the microphone... Sunday night I watched about 15 minute of a PBS special with Tony Bennett when he recorded his collaboration CD... He and Billy Joel talked about how much harder it is to perform in the studio as opposed to a live audience... Then - Elvis Presley discussed this same subject in a TV Land special of interviews... I am going to add the core version of Re~verb  - as the studio transfer to my live version in the studio did not fare well... Hope you like... Over the next three to four weeks I will post a few days before I go down to The Park Bar for their Open Mic... Pictures from inside Big Sky on the way... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 1:17pm ~ 12 August, 2007 Twice in the studio with Big Sky Studios - sometimes you accomplish everything and sometimes you accomplish “somethings”... I am attempting to upload two peices of music - this may load easier on my “my space” page - check both places... It’s nice to be in the studio with a Neumann mic built in 1967... Mozart on Ice (first movement - did well) I hope you like the first sounds - I will add more later... Re~verb will also be added... Please comment in the guestbook and let me know what you think... I am booked into the Urban Mill Cafe in October in downtown Grand Rapids - this will be a lunch time performance on 20 October... I will officially post the date in a few weeks... I will be sending bookmark/information handouts and postcard handouts in the next few weeks... More studio time on the way and another update... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 3:28pm ~ 02 August, 2007 In the studio tommorrow and next week with Big Sky Recording in Ann Arbor to put the tracks down for my EP... I will be working with Engineer Chris Duross... Thank you to Chris for re-scheduling my studio time... I will be hosting some of the work soon - prior to completion... In the studio with Mozart on Ice and Re~Verb this week... www.bigskyrecording.com My newphew Chris has also done recording at Big Sky Recording with his first band “i the magician” for their EP “The Lonely Illusionist”... Although they are no longer a band - you can still listen to, and buy copies of their EP by messaging them on their “my space”  www.myspace.com/ithemagician - he is now in a band called Cielos awating the printing for the release of their CD - www.myspace.com/cielos ... I will continue to perform at Open Mic’s and look forward to visiting The Park Bar in downtown Detroit... Thank you to Levitan and Lindsey again for hosting my flyer’s and handouts...  I will post my next Open Mic on my “my space” page... Thank you so much for reading... ~12:07pm ~ July 2007 18 July, 2007 I was unable to secure a performance time last night - I will attempt another Open Mic next Tuesday at Trixie’s Cafe and be attending other Open Mic’s including The Park Bar ... I will be doing a small performance in downtown Grand Rapids at The Urban Mill Cafe in September - that will be posted soon... I am also sending more Bookmark/Information Booklet Handouts to them... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 1:41pm ~ 17 July, 2007 I will be calling in for an Open Mic performance spot at Trixie’s Coffee and Cafe about 6:00pm this evening - if I am unable to secure a performance time - I will attempt this again next week - visit my “my space page” for an update after 7:00pm... Trixie’s is located off of I-696 and the Gratiot Ave exit - from 11 Mile - on Gratiot - between Frazho (10 1/2 Mile and 11 Mile)... This will start the Open Mic’s I will be doing over the next few weeks - I will post here and on my “my space” page... I will only be able to perform no more than two peices at time - depending on the Open Mic I am attending... If you are in the area - stop in... At some Open Mic’s I will be bringing my Bookmark/Information Booklet Handouts and copies of my writing/poetry preview collection to buy... I will also be signing... Studio time at the end of this month... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 12:11pm ~ 12 July, 2007 I will be starting open mic’s this Tuesday at Trixie’s Cafe & Coffee - www.trixiescoffee.com ... Open Mic’s at Trixie’s run from 10:00pm-1:00am... I will post on my space if I recieve a guarnetted time slot... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 8:16pm ~ 07 July, 2007 Starting next week I will be attending some open mic’s - check my “my space” page as I will be posting the locations last minute... Yes, I will be going down to the Park Bar - this will probably be one of the later open mic’s I do over the next three weeks - maybe not - I will post it on my space a few days before.... Studio time is here and I am excited about completing my EP... Music up in the next two weeks - here and on my space... Please sign and comment in my guestbook when you visit or if you have bought or looked at writing/poetry preview collection or have one of my Bookmark/Information Booklet Handouts... Thank you so much for reading... Happy 4th of July weekend... ~ 2:32pm ~ June 2007 19 June, 2007 Still working towards my studio dates for the final tracks on my EP... It’s amazing the context in which I am listening to songs at this moment - like the infused chords of each note on a page inspire the words and time for what I am doing... Less than three weeks to go... Open mic’s on the way... Soon... Thank you so much for reading... ~12:20pm ~ 02 June, 2007 Bookmark Handouts/Information Booklets will be delayed by a few days - all locations should have them by Wednesday or Thursday... Open Mic’s dates in the next week or so - look them for them here and on my “my space” page... Studio time set for June... If you are downtown - drop in and see the people at The Park Bar, and pick-up one of my postcard handouts... This place supports local music and reminds me of some of the true small music venues that Detroit is known for... I will be visitng them to perform at an Open Mic in the next few weeks... My postcard handouts will also be available at The Plymouth Coffee Bean starting this week - stop in and pick one up... I am once again attempting to host “re~verb” one of the songs off my forthcoming EP that was recorded last June when I performed at the Urban Mill Cafe... This version is completely “un-cut” and in raw form as to when I first started to play and perform it, although it has great grit in this form - you can hear the unfinished pieces that provide the null space... It is what I call one of my “Rough Cuts” off a CD I put together with my cousin Jeff via his in home equipment - thank you “DOC of Rock”... Open Mic dates in the next week... Please sign and comment in the guestbook - I like to know what you think... Thank you so much for reading and visiting... ~ 9:53 am ~ May 2007 18 May, 2007 These are my postcard handouts that will be available at The Park Bar starting next week... Look for them on the windowledge... Thank you to Lindsay and everyone at The Park Bar in downtown Detroit for hosting my flyers and handouts - see you at an Open Mic... I am pulling in some cover songs at the resepect of artist’s who influenced me - listen for them at Open Mics... My writing/poetry collection is currently unavailable at Liberty Books & News in Columbus, Ohio - if you would like to buy a copy and are from Ohio - you may order a copy online with no shipping charge... More flyers and handout locations on the way... Thank you so much for reading... ~ 11:21am ~ 09 May, 2007 My flyer’s that I designed are being posted in cafe’s - other venues and businesses... ~ 11:47am ~ 07 May, 2007 Studio time has been re-scheduled for the first week in June - this will delay the release of my EP by two weeks - I apologize for the delays - hopefully the delay’s will produce a more complete piece of work... I will still be performing at open mic’s - those will start in two weeks, and I will post them here when I attend... You will know at least a few days in advance ... Some of them you can call ahead and others are a “wait and see” kind of performance... Once the EP is released I will start to book small performances around the Detroit/Ann Arbor area... If you attend one of my open mic’s or if you buy ~ pages ~ please sign and comment in the guestbook - I like to know what you think about my work... The picture’s I took at my Chicago performance did not turn out well - unfortunately they will not be posted... I may post some of the other pictures from my last performance...  I am again posting flyers and putting handouts in cafe’s and other places that owner’s are affording me the opportunity to advertise my writing & music... If you would like to see a flyer or pick-up a handout - check back here - I will be listing the places where they are available... Flyer location’s - Caribou Coffee ; Grand River - Novi, Michigan - Milford Road, Milford, Michigan -1610 North Street; 3645 North High Street Columbus, Ohio, Mountain Town Station Resturant; Mount Pleasant, Michigan - The Park Bar; Downtown Detroit, Michigan (starting 11 May),.. Handout locations - Book Cellar & Cafe; Ann Arbor Trail - Plymouth, Michigan - Urban Mill Cafe; W. Fulton Street - Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan - Bourgeois Pig Cafe; Fullerton Pkwy - Chicago, IL - The Park Bar; Park Ave - Downtown Detroit, Michigan (across and down from Commerica Park - starting 15 May) - Park Road Books; Park Road - Charlotte, North Carolina (starting 14 May)... Thank you so much for reading... More updates soon... ~ 10:24am ~ April 2007 30 April, 2007 Studio time is set for the last week in May and I am continuing to work on the tracks that will complete my EP... I am always working to improve the version from the previous version... I am also working on some cover songs for “in performance”... Over the next two weeks - look for me at the Plymouth Coffee Bean and Trixie’s Coffee Open mic’s... I may drop in on Trixie’s Poetry Open Mic as well... Once the EP is out - I will start to book one hour performances and continue to sit in on open mic’s... Still working on hosting the music... I am also completing “backpages” that will be out later this summer... My Bookmark/Information Booklet Handouts are now available at The Park Bar in downtown Detroit - down the street from Commerica Park... The Park Bar supports local artist’s with an Acoustic sponsored Open Mic on Wednesday’s... www.myspace.com/theparkbar ~ 1:40pm ~ 23 April, 2007 There will be a slight delay in projection in artistry ~ window preview ~ - studio time and a change in two peices will delay the release to May... Sorry for the delay... I will be doing open mic’s during this time and I will post them here, and on my “my space” page... The guestbook is now linked to my website - the link had to be reloaded... Please sign and comment - I want to know what you think about my music/writing/artwork... You will still have to exit my site and log back onto it after you visit the guestbook for now... Thank you so much for reading and visiting my site... ~ 3:01pm ~ 22 April, 2007 My second time in Chicago - it was a beautiful too days to travel and perform in the blues city... I did a 50 minute all music performance due to the wide range of seating at the cafe - there are two levels to the cafe and two patios... My set list - warm up intro mozart on ice - movement 1 - movement 3 (abbreviated) pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor pentatonic pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor (outro) re~verb captured... It is nice to have people come up to you and tell you they like your work... It always amazes me when people tell me they like what I love to do... Ten minutes after I finished - I was honored to see everyone that had listened to my preformance from the upstairs come down - thank you to everyone at the cafe for listenting...  I also left more bookmark/booklet information handouts on the window sill of the cafe... Thank you again Bourgeois Pig Cafe and Chicago... pictures soon... ~ 2:45pm ~ 19 April, 2007 In Chicago tomorrow - not sure if the vocal peices will make my performance... When I figure out how to admin the guestbook I will provide a navagation bar... For now you can enter throught the guesbook page and then have log back into my website after you get out it if you want to return to my site... Sorry for the inconvenience... ~ 3:17pm ~ 14 April, 2007 Studio time may delay the release of “projection in artistry” ~ window preview~ by a few weeks... As soon as I figureout how to upload my music you will hear it... I look forward to performing in Chicago and I will have preorder forms available if you would like to pre-order after my performance... The pre-order price at my Chicago performance will be $5.00 for this performance - after that they will pre-order and order at the $6.50 amount... Performance time is from 8:00-9:00pm.... Hope to see some of you there... When I return from Chicago I will be playing more open mics and booking some short performances... I hope you like my music... ~12:23pm ~ 10 April, 2007 The guestbook is now up - please sign and comment... I will not be doing an open stage at the Park Bar until after Chicago... Only a week and a half to Chicago - I hope the weather is warmer next week ... You will be hearing completed versions of my songs and introducing some that I have yet to perform live... I will also be reading from “backpages” that will be out later this summer... I don’t care if it is April - when it’s 36 degree’s I still wear a winter coat... ~2:10pm ~ March 2007 25 March, 2007 I am having a software problem with the webdesign software, so if my website is less than right now - I am working on it... I did not want to go another week in the middle of a record release with an un-updated site... When I know more about the new upload procedure in this - the updates will be out sooner... I will be attempting an “Open Stage” at The Ark on the 4 April... The Ark is an exceptionally popular Open Stage - it is not guarenteed that I will get to perform... I will be dropping in on Trixie’s Open Mic in the next week or two, and I will post it here and on my “my space” page - look for it on my “my space page” first as it maybe an “hours before” event... Trixie’s Cafe and Coffee and Xhedos have “call ahead” schedules - I will able to give a time... I may also be heading downtown to the Park Bar just before Chicago - if I do not make this open mic - I will definitely be attending one with a couple of weeks of my Chicago performance... I am heading into the recording studio after my Chicago performance to record the final songs for my EP that will be available at the end of April... I hope you like it... Thank you so much for visitng and reading... Three and a half weeks to Chicago - thank you to Chelly and Mason for inviting me back to the Bourgeois Pig Cafe... ~ 2:12pm ~ 18 March, 2007 I have added a guestbook to my website - please sign and comment so I know what you think about my writing and music... Chicago in just four more weeks... I am working to finish the final tracks for my EP so that I may bring this to you when I perform... I will be adding other dates and look for me aroung town at some open mic’s while I am finshing ~ window preview ~... Music in the next week - this is one of the rough cuts from my Urban Mill Cafe performance in Grand Rapids last June... ~ 11:49am ~ February 2007 16 February, 2007 projection in artistry ~ window preview ~ will be available in April... I will also be going back to Chicago on 20 April to perform at the Bourgeois Pig Cafe and introduce the ep... You can pre-order  - see my order online page... Visit the music page under the cd & audio to see the ep... I hand-designed all of the artwork... This is a self-published and self-processed CD/EP... I hope everyone likes it... Please let me know what you think about it if you purchase it... ~ 1:55 pm ~ January 2007 29 January, 2007 I am putting together the final artwork for ~window preview~ - as well as the final tracks... I am really excited to see everything coming together... I want to be able to have copies available when I play in Chicago... It’s amazing that this is the complete first piece in a chain of creativity... I hope you like it... ~ 4:14 pm ~ 23 January, 2007 I will be sharing a live version of re~verb from the Urban Mill Cafe with you in the next week... Look for it on here and on my “my space” page... Somewhere between the website building software and the webhost was a missed connection... I am happy to be back and updating... More updates in a couple of days... ~12:30pm~ 12 January, 2007 I will be going back to Chicago on the Friday 20 April to perform at the Bourgeois Pig Cafe again - a possible second night may be added 21 April... I will know more about the second night - the closer I get to April... I am now offically in the world of high-apeed... I am finishing the first peice that I will share with you and the it will be up in the next two weeks... I may also upload one of the peices I recorded last year while playing the cafes - that I refer to as “rough cuts”.... ~11:33am ~ 07 January, 2006 Over the holidays - I visited the Book Cellar & Cafe in downtown Plymouth to drop off copies of my Bookmark/Information Booklet’s for customers... As I walked in on Friday, and waited for Nada to get free from behind the counter - I was once again reimbursed as to why I do this... People sitting in the cafe having coffee and reading a potential book buy - people surfing the internet on the free high-speed that is offered - people walking around and looking at what is the latest thing - just being out to enjoy the day... I do this not only for my love of writing/creating/desigining - for my love for sharing, and having people share back by saying thank you... Thank you to Nada and the Book Cellar & Cafe - I enjoy sitting in the middle of it... ~11:09am ~ 04 January, 2007 I amazed that I have not tuped 2006 on my journal entry dates yet... Next week I will have new neighbors (meet George Jetson), and “live in a TW/Brighthouse”... I am polishing the final track to the first song that I will host on here, and on “my space” page - look for it in the next two weeks... It will be available for listen - download - to share on your “my space” pages “~ pages ~”... I hope you like it... ~ 10:48 am ~ 01 January, 2007 Happy New Year... Thank you so much to everyone who has visited my site over the last year... It was an exciting and building year for me... I look forward to the coming year - completeing my music, and sharing my music with you... As it stands right now - it looks like 20 April will be the date I will be in Chicago... I will soon be hooked-up in the high speed world of the internet, and also look forward to sharing the first peice of my EP... Happy 2007... ~1:48 pm ~ December, 2006 27 December, 2006 My Bookmarks/Information Booklet Handouts will be available at the Bookcellar & Cafe in Plymouth, Michigan starting 29 December - they are free - stop in and pick one up... Happy New Year ... ~ 10:49 am ~ 18 December, 2006 I will be going back to Chicago in March or April - will post dates soon... Bookmarks/Book Information Handouts will be available at the Urban Mill Cafe in Downtown Grand Rapids starting on the 26 December... ~10:29 AM~ 14 December, 2006 I have been spending alot of time doing the late night musical drive-through - falling asleep on Monday night with my flute in my hand, - waking-up to put it back in case...  I am starting the first of two songs on the full CD.... The tracks for the EP are pulling together - I haven’t been short of the early AM clock in about two weeks, with the exception of workout night - in which it bothers me to take the night off in the middle of a sentence... ~9:49am~ 06 December, 2006 I never consider anything in music easy - I never consider anything done... Even if it is a peice I have written and played many times - I still consider it work - to make it work... I am always working on something - always writing... If I think I am going to sit back and just work on existing music and writing I have - I am always writing more... There is always more... More to be done - more that exists - I am in the middle of playing through something right now - the thought of the thought that keeps me playing brought me to write this... More wakes me up at 2:00am or 3:00am and invities me to write - more keeps me up until 2:00am inviting me to play... A piece may be complete in concrete form - when I sit or stand to play - I want to make sure it will play well and reach out ot pull people in... ~2:50pm~ 02 december, 2006 I donated four signed copies to Housing Works Book Cafe in New York on Monday... Look for them in you drop-in to look around... They have some good artist’s and events going on for the holidays...  I really like it when I can help the homeless and people living with hiv... (see my location’s page for information about Housing Works) I always think about the homeless more in the winter - not having a warm place to go to when it is 20 degree’s and the wind is kicking you in the backside... I always become sad to think that homeless shelter’s turn people away when the snow is blowing.... It would be nice if every shelter just said - okay you can sleep on the bathroom floor - at least there is heat... My cousin has a freind who take’s clothers and hands them out to people living on the street in the winter... When I went down to Comerica Park to take pictures for the World Series - the downtown area has really been built up and is beautiful - it’s the “before you arrive section’s” where you see people living in abandon buildiings with no water and furniture - when you know they dream about being able to shop for any kind of food they want, and don’t have to choose between a loaf of bread and package of cheese... No one should be homeless... ~ 3:34 ~         november 2006 24 November, 2006 You should never sing directly after eating a turkey sandwich... Thanksgiving was nice - lots of family... I am working on the first two songs this week - I started to do this a few weeks ago and then pulled it back for a closer look... This is my first record and it’s interesting to learn as I go - sometimes it’s like walking thorugh a dark room and searching for the nite-lite... The music helps you feel your way into unknown spaces so the chair is getting more com[ortable to sit-in...  I changed the colors on my logo for the holiday’s so this is what my greeting cards look like... I will be putting up the discussion board in March - I am sorry this has taken so  long - I really look forward to giving people a place to comment and ask questions...  More updates next month and maybe some music... ~2:58pm ~ 12 november, 2006 Three - four weeks into projection in artistry ~ window preview ~... It’s going good... If I stand here  - I could talk all day about the technical and creative in what I am doing and want to do to complete this EP... I am also working on the CD at the same time.... I hope it is well received when it is done... I have spent four years writing and scoring the music and lyrics to both the EP and CD... They are not identical - still related... The EP introduces my work with an infinite number of sides in an edgier room... I love to write and create - yes there are vocal peices on the EP - I like to pull mainstream into my work - it’s the influence of the years of listening - writing and the inspriation of many who have inspired me... I love all genre’s of music - good music is good music... more later... ~10:53am ~ october 2006 29 October, 2006 Working on the finalizing the first two songs this week, and putting my artwork into the CD cases... I really like the way this is coming together... Can’t wait to share it.... Faster loading speeds and some music coming soon... ~9:57am~ 18 October,2006 I am working on “Mozart on Ice” and “Spaces & Lines” this week - I can really feel these coming together... Sorry for the slow updates on my website - I am going to be upgrading my connection and the Jetsons will be my neighbors - so updates every few days and music will be coming soon... ~7:14pm~ 16 October, 2006 I am in the middle of finishing the final songs for my EP - my EP is self-produced and engineered...   There will be two songs available for listening and download ...  It sells for $6.50, and will only be available on my website... I sent some of my bookmark & book information handouts to the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant, Michigan... ~11:02am~ 02 October, 2006 photo’s taken by victoria zande Played the Plymouth Coffee Bean Saturday...  Fortunately it stopped raining just in time... No vocal peices - they were orginally on the list - not completely reading, so I took them out... music - spaces & lines mozart on ice re~verb pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor pentatonic pentatonic blues scale in “A” minor (outro) “nutctacker” (p.tchaikovsky)/”break song” (j. perry project) pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor (abbrev)/break song (j. perry project) - abbrev/pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor (outro) I am now starting to work on completing my EP... Should be done over the next eight weeks, and I may do some small perfomrances in between... Still trying to understand how to load the music on here... ~9:39am~ september 2006 25 September, 2006 As you read most of my current performances - are a combination of my writng/poetry collection and music... I guess you could say I broke my own rule of “I don’t read my poetry at performances...” The original idea was to perform my music and let you buy the small preview collection I put together - take it home - sit in a corner and read it... I will eventually stop reading from my collection and create sole music performances (with the exception of bookstores)... It’s just my own personal theory - soliatary words sit better on their own - music is meant to be shared... Music is a 360 life performance - words are consumed by the reader... ~1:21pm~ 22 september, 2006 I have been giving away the bookmarks and aritist work and infomation that I desgined for almost a year - look for these at my performances - they are out next to the writing/poetry collection... Last year - October 2005 - I did my first event to promote my writing/poetry preview colletion at the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant... Kris the manager and I were talking about what I could do for the in store promotion - she suggested I put my book infomration on a bookmark... I created a basic bookmark with just the title and name on it - over the past year I kept re-designing it until this final design that I am nowing using to promote my writing/music... The bookmark detaches from the information book... I have just started to hand these out when I do an event or perform... If you are interested in having one - send me an email at order@victoriazande.com with your name and address, and I will mail one out to you... I will be sending some of these up to the Book Mark in Mount Pleasant this week - look for them on the front counter... ~ 3:20pm ~ 17 september, 2006 photos taken by victoria zande I love what I do - I am so amazed sometimes that I took such a long vacancy from creativity... Chicago was amazing - such a warm and welcoming city - everyone is so friendly... My first time being there to see the Lake Shore Drive at sunset from a taxi ride on my way to perform, and feel the energy in the heart of a midwestern blues town... So many places I did not get to see - when you are working its a limited view... I will definitely have to visit as a spectator... I will be back again to play the Bourgeois Pig Cafe... This is an exceptionally inviting place - everyone made my performance a good one... I played for 35 minutes and read from ~pages ~ ... I introduced a cover tune that I have been working on - its a work in progress that will expand over time... Thank you so much Chicago - see you again soon... post Chicago - After I got home - as I was exiting my driveway to go to the supermarket - I flagged myself down - when I parked back in the garage I gave myself tip... set list - music - spaces & lines (abbreviated version) mozart on ice inverted blues movement no. 5 (intro) re~verb pentatonice blues scale in “a” minor pentatonic pentatonic blues scale in “a” minor (outro) “nutcracker” - p. tchaikovsky/”break song” - joe perry project writing - shy brick wall ~ 23 june, 2003 ~ 11 july, 2003 ~ transposition ~ 19 august, 2003 ~ 23 june, 2003 ~ 11, july, 2003 ~ 29 september, 2003 ~ 22 august, 2002 ~12:06pm ~ CST 08 september, 2006 chicago - home of the blues one week from today... it will be almost a one hour performance with both music and about two excerpts from my writing/poetry preview collection...i will be bringing copies of my writing/poetry preview collection to buy during my performance... yes, i am nervous playing this gig... i will have an excerpt up from “backpages” next week... ~9:30pm ~ august, 2006 31 august, 2006