Journey of a Soul

A Great Love Affair

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:50:00 +0000

Who has not got a taste for forbidden fruit ....it seems natural for us humans, as soon as we are not suppose to have something, we want it more....I Love the Movie "Dangerous Liasons" ....for this reason ..."The edge of the Flame''...always seems so warm and inviting until you get your fingers burnt!!!.....I will say I have done several times....gone somewhere that just was not a good idea...but it was too late the process of being seduced had begun and I was entirely ...lost to the currents....of the water in which I was swimming....So what is it about affairs that are so enticing....I think maybe because they are a Fantasy....a hotel room....we don't have to see the other person as they really are...on a day to day basis....we just get to turn them into anything we like...i think it probably points to issues and fears reguarding intimacy...A lot of people use an affair like a drug.....sex addiction is becoming a recognized addiction....I've been told that the hormones secreted for a sex addict are those similar to someone is on heroine...when is a secret affair healthy and when is it not and can we nourish our long term relationships...with an element of secrecy....play out the souls need for a little romp in the dark......what do we think chemistry is from a spiritual perspective...do we believe it is too do with past life connections......why is the archytype of the lover important......so potent.....have you ever had a truely skillfull lover who had the art of seduction down !!!! what do you consider the most important elements of a great love affair?.....physical attraction....the mind ....the location....
when a love affair occurs out side of a relationship....do you believe it is due to some element of starvation in the relationship that noone cares to address.....why do people often prefer to have an affair than confrount the issues of there first realationship.....Have you ever suffered through the painful guilt of an affair....do you think there is too much emphasis put on monogamy....and repression...what would an ideal world or relationship look like....well let me know......Love Zoe

A Great Love Affair

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:50:00 +0000

So Can Men and Women Really Be Just Friends?

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:49:00 +0000

Ah those of you who know me know we have covered this territory before.....But really can men and Woman be friends ?....I sat and debated it with a girlfriend of mine last night...after a rather stormy couple of weeks ...redefining boundaries with a friend of mine....which ended in a big ? If people are going to be friends.....male and female....what are the chances of it lasting and being genuine....If one party wants more and the other party feels it would be inappropriate...is there any hope for a friendship.....can people work through stuff...or is a friendship between a male and female bound to be short lived......what are the best friendships between the sexes you have experienced....whats the key to balancing a good male and female frienship. Is it appropriate to be friends with someone who is married of the opposite sex. Let me know your thoughts and feelings......''Can Men and Woman Be Mates"
Does it require too individuals who are highly processed....does it require lots of compassionate understanding......at some point does everyone have to come clean about there intentions.....and even if we come clean do we all have alterior motives anyway.... Are your best friends of the opposite sex the ones who are the best to fall in love with anyway, because you know them....like all relationships there is work to be done....I guess it just boils down too whether the two people involved can be bothered to do the work......friendship I guess like any other relationship is a negotiation process.....
Have you ever had a friend come clean and say they were in love with you ...or just lust with you...how did it feel and what were the consequences to a friend coming clean?......Have you ever felt betrayed by a friend just wanting to take you too bed in the end.....let me know you feelings.....Love Zoe

10 Positive Things About The Recession

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:25:00 +0000

1. Well if we cant afford to watch T.V. maybe we'll go look at the stars more !!!
2. If we can't afford gas maybe we will invest in more alternaive forms of fuel better the planet
3. If we can't afford gas maybe we will all take up cycling which will be more social and much better for the earth and our health.
4. If we cant spend all our hours shopping maybe we will have more time for a great hobbies!!!!!
5. maybe we will become less of a consummer society and more of a creative one.
6.Rock tours will become more of community event...with artist riding between towns in station wagons
7. maybe we will think a bit more before we plough our energy into war again
8. maybe we'll become less into me and more into us
9. winter always comes before spring
10. in some places where there is less consumarism it seems there is sometimes more room for spirituality....it does not cost anything to sit and meditate or prey or dance on top of a mountain......add yours Zoe

What Is Happening To America Right Now??!!

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:25:00 +0000

Well it seems we have drifted into a fairly rough recession.....people are loosing their jobs, their homes and people are just having to re-think the way they are living. We are still at war in Iraq.... Global warming is killing us in L.A.. can anyone lend me a cooling system....I just dont know !!! The music Industry has taken it's famous top heavy flop..... But all this free down loading has a really negitive affect on me and my collegues who are starting out......because hey people it costs money to create albums...it takes years of work to become an artist....or engineer or muscian....and I'm hearing the best in the BIZ ....going what the hell is happening....Me I'm always focusing in on the positive....but with cost of fuel prices up....food prices up and the Markets down....ITs getting a little crazy here in the U.S.A.....Who Shall we Blame....YOu Tell Me....Well I got $15 dollars for a coffee and a movie anyone want to come.....WE may have to walk to the Cinama because the gas is so expensive!!!! Can Obama save us !!!!.....What do you all think ....Well at least Love is still free and where there is Love their is Hope.....So find something to love and hold on tight......during these crazy times.......PLease express your views.........Zoe

Another Side of Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:24:00 +0000

I have heard LA described as the bastard child of America. Not so anymore! There are, of course, the obvious sides of LA. You've seen it in the movies, and you've heard it on TV – car chases, prostitution, Sunset Strip, and hundreds of young people with big dreams and no money. As much as LA can be the horror of horrors, LA is fast becoming a total Mecca for New Age spirituality and learning. You can really become a weekend or full-time student of the esoteric in LA. Sure, when I first arrived in town, I did spend endless nights hanging out on the Sunset Strip at the Whiskey bar with weird rock creatures who were probably on all kinds of drugs, cause they didn't look as thought they had slept in a few thousand years. However, not so anymore! These days, if I'm not plunked on my sofa with a guitar and a Dictaphone, or in the studio, I'm on the yoga mat, or in front of a meditation teacher, or going to some extraordinary, wild esoteric event. You can do it all in LA, you can to workshops on finding your soulmate, or transcendental meditation. This weekend I did Kundalini yoga at Golden Bridge, followed by a wonderfully enlightened conversation with a British bloke who I happened to be sitting next to on an Indian sofa. Then I went to Erewhon, where Truth, who is a magician with Chinese herbs gave me some sort of drink which he said included something to do with raising my "jing." It was accompanied by a beautifully enlightened conversation with Truth about creating your own reality. After that I hit Beverly Hot Springs, whose mineral pools are to die for. LA is an extraordinary place. It's never quite what you expect it be. You think it's one thing, then it reveals itself as another. But more and more I'm enjoying being an LA woman, not for the apparent reasons, but because there's so much variety to be had in this city if you don't fall into the clichés. There's something for everyone in Los Angeles. Of course, being in the music industry I'm spoiled by the sheer level of pro musicians, pro engineers, and pro producers on tap. I really have met the most extraordinary, creative people in this city…I've met the good, the bad and the ugly, too, but LA has provided me the space to do my very own brand of musical alchemy. So give LA another look, even if she's let you down from time to time. You might just find something new to learn this weekend out here!

Global Warming – Life on Fire – Becoming a Leading Lady of my own Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:23:00 +0000

So how's it going out there on Planet Earth? Sorry I haven't been doing too much blogging, but I've been mad busy, and I've just been on this wild creative learning curve over the last four months. My nights, days and even my dreams are dedicated to writing better and better songs right now. LA has been hotter than Hell some days – don't tell me that Global Warming is not happening. Unless it's my imagination, LA is getting hotter each year. I had to buy a hammock to put up in my garden to sleep in in case it gets even hotter…this is very disconcerting for an English rose. The Females on Fire gig at the Mint rocked. I really had a good time. Thanks to everyone who showed up – especially Wild Wizard who flew in for the event. It was a sexy show, lots of hot female artists on stage, and some really hot female participation. The stage was full of rocking cool ladies by the end of my set. It was thrilling to perform Goddess to such a receptive audience. So thanks to everyone, especially Gilli Moon for organizing it. Ya, I got some faith back in the LA music scene as well.
So I've just been really taking my creativity up to a whole new level. You'll be getting a reinvented Zoe in the fall, more honest, more confident, more…I know this has been an extended writing period, but hey, it took Duffy four years before she had her hot album "Rock Ferry" together, which I love, and has blown her up bigtime. Love the sultry vibe and retro sounds and the sheer honesty, Duffy! If you missed the movie Sex & The City, you have got to get it on video when it comes out. I thought New York posse of leading ladies told a fine tale of love and what it takes to maintain it. I also saw Mama Mia last night and I loved it! I walked out of that movie thinking "ya, it's great to be an entertainer! Let me get out and entertain!" Magical. So, if you're in London, NY, Rome, LA, San Francisco, Capetown, or just about any other place on this earth, keep it real, let the world know how you feel…love, your female on fire, Zoe

Females On Fire Show Review - By Gilli Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:22:00 +0000

"I am ecstatic about last night's Females On Fire compilation CD 3 album launch ...
so I'm writing a review on it, first hand.

The event has renewed my faith in the Los Angeles music scene, which I felt had
been dying a slow death since 911. Ever since that time, I felt the L.A clubs were
losing audiences, and the artists and bands in this town, losing faith in their
ability to put on a good show, with less and less people supporting live music and
opting for home video game/internet blogging instead (something I'm doing right
now.. blogging J).

Last night, 9 female artists and 3 spoken word artists, plus their musicians (a
total of 27 artists) rocked the house at THE MINT, on Pico Blvd in Los Angeles. It
was truly a stellar night. Firstly, we SOLD out dinner seats in advance and only
an hour into the show, the room was at capacity. A full house! (130 people,
standing room only)

This is completely and utterly due to the diligence and team effort of the artists
involved. Everyone made it a success because they all brought people – their fans
and friends… who came to support the whole night. In L.A, it can be really hard to
draw a crowd, but with combined efforts of all the girls, we DID IT!

Secondly, the artists were not only talented, more on that later, but very
professional from beginning to end. They all came on time (early) and were ready,
willing and able to ensure the schedule stayed on time (we even ran a little
early!), that they didn't hog the stage, that they used the VIP lounge, they were
courteous to all, including the Mint and their sound policies outside, and were
just all a great COMMUNITY and TEAM together, supporting each other. All the
artists stayed till the very end, and that's a feat in of itself as we started at
7pm and went till midnight.

Thirdly, People didn't want to leave. We passed the midnight hour and the crowd
begged for more.
Fourthly, artists travelled from far and wide for this. In particular, Lori and
Steve of Hide From Cleo from Michigan and Claire Wyndham, all the way from
Australia!

The night was in aid of the launch of the new compilation CD (details at end), and
in aid of CARE.org (CARE believe that the status of women in the developing world
is the key to fighting and ending global poverty. With education, skills and basic
resources, they can become catalysts for change. Women can help build a better
world for all. Check out their website at www.care.org). Warrior Girl Music is
donating $1 of every CD sale to CARE.org and part of the proceeds from last
night's door is also going to their charity.

The artists

First up was Amanda Abizaid, who also graciously lent her P80 Yamaha keyboard for
the night. Solo artist, she was a great first act as she set the stage for the
rest of the night. She was soulful, accomplished and eclectic. Very talented lass.
Robbie Kaye came .. as a duo. Two blondes on stage. Really easy going and
full of flavor. Loved her too. Spoken word artist Antoinette Valente gave us a
story about her rabbit with higher meaning. It was very honest and heartfelt.
Thank you Antoinette for sharing such depth.

Michelle Mangione and band came on stage and took us to a whole new level of
energy. Really great stage performer, Michelle rocked us with her great accessible
songs. The night was really coming alive around 8pm and people were filling the
room with all dinner seats taken. Claire Wyndham came on stage solo and
completely wowed us. From Australia, she caught laryngitus, but you couldn't tell.
She was awesome. I might say that our 2 soloists of the evening, Claire and
Amanda, were able to grasp the whole audience with awe and quiet. That's quite a
talent! I took the stage with musicians Shawn Cunnane and Andy Cat, and it was
really fun performing on a night I also coordinated. I could feel the electricity
on stage, and am grateful to feel it both ends, on and off stage last night. I'm
still on such a high.

Laura Bradley and her band then took the stage. She is tall, graceful and
beautiful and her songs are deep and beautiful too. Awesome. J.Walker, spoken
word artist, and also co-host of the evening, gave us some time to change bands
over with his riviting spoken word pieces. No ordinary poems, his flow matched an
imprompu jam session on stage with Nicole (drummer from Michelle's band), Andy and
Shawn (Gilli's band). What a hoot, and we were left in a frenzy!

Time for Holly Light: soulful, bluesy, rock, pop, country, folk, all in one little
person… and her band were hot, including Cara from Little Sista (also a Females On
Fire artist). It was now 10pm and the room was full, to capacity, with people
starting to dance under the euphoria. Some of the gals including me jumped up for
the chorus of Red, White and Blues bringing the house down. Flint came up next as
our third spoken word artist. She has performed for us before, and tonight her
talent shined again.

All the way from Michigan, Hide From Cleo, as a duo, hopped up and duelled
acoustic guitars. Sensitive songs, with a great American "I feel good" vibe, their
performance was a perfect wedge between 2 bands, and they were very powerful in
their own right. Zoe Scott, her sister Victoria and their band ignited the stage
for the last segment at 11pm. We were running early… how amazing! Zoe is from
London and she has this great British retro pop sound that delivers strong with
her cool voice. Perfect time slot for this band, as Zoe melted all the men, and
I'm sure some women, in the room in her little black mini. They were great.

We all got on stage for a bit of a jam at the end, because at midnight people
didn't want to go home. Finally I had to put an end to it all. "People,… don't you
have anywhere to go on this Tuesday night at midnight? Don't you have real jobs
tomorrow???" Jeez J he he. I grabbed Holly Light back up on stage to end it with a
graceful, easy, cruisy song to end the night.

WHAT A NIGHT! The Mint crew were great with food, drinks, door. Thanks to Rob the
sound man, Deana on the door, all of the Mint people were fabulous. The artists
were fabulous. The audience was fabulous. It will go down in our memories as one
of the best Warrior Girl Music Presents nights.

Thanks everyone,
gilli moon"

More of Females On Fire at www.femalesonfire.com

Female On Fire

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:21:00 +0000

Sitting, perched on top of a tall wooden stool, a bright red Gibson guitar slung on my knee, I seductively sang "Our innocent flirtations and late night conversations…" Ya, here I go again in the womb-like dark space of a rehersal studio somewhere in Hollywood. I love being on stage. These old rehearsal spaces smell of something, and I don't mean B.O. I mean, there's a magical energy in the air. It's the energy of alchemy, turning shit to Gold, turning a few random guitar chords into a song that sticks in our memories forever. Myself, my sister Victoria, guitarist Yogi, and bassist Corey, sat in a circle and strummed through my songs, some new and some old. We're getting ready for the gig next Tuesday night at the Mint! The name of the evening is "Females on Fire"…wow, and am I a female on fire these days!! From the moment I wake up in the morning to the moment my head hits that pillow at night, I'm writing, I'm recording, I'm rehearsing. I think this is what's known as being a female on fire! I'm just really digging the whole process of feeling really inspired by my life and my music and all the interesting people there are to collaborate with. You never know what new jewel of insight will come to you in a creative day. You never know who you might run into, and who might shed a light on something you've been pondering for a while. It's all one big swirling collaborative, cosmic life we live. You say something to me, which inspires me to write something like this, I say something to you which inspires you to write something like that…I just feel like I'm in a very enchanted and centered moment in my life. I feel like the world is my oyster, and just about anything can come out of my mouth and end up on that tape. One day my engineer left me in full charge of the Pro Tools rig to record myself, and I did, until 2am. It was simply magical! Just singing to myself…At one stage I was strumming on my guitar this sensuous little number, and all of a sudden it actually sounded like someone was plucking the strings at the same time. Ah, maybe the spirit of Morrison…
Well, I hope you're all well, and all living your bliss!
See you all at The Mint on Tuesday night! To buy tickets online, go to www.femalesonfire.com

Remember, music is love!

Full Moon Night...

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Ah Can you feel the crazy energy of the Full Moon tonight.......Their she is high above the Hollywood Hills....In the velvet night big Sexy Mother Moon. I spent the weekend with my friend Nita the Cherokee Medice Woman and a wonderful group of powerful healers....and one of the things we talked about was the power of the moon to manifest your dreams....I think maybe I'm gonna go swim under it....I'm just Mad about the Moon...I've just been with my friend Truth, who makes the most fabulous Herbal tonic teas full of amazing chinese herbs out of the store Erewhon....and I'm not sure what he's putting in those drinks, but woow I'm ready to Howl at the Moon....Maybe I'll take my guitar and go sit high above the city and just Sing too the moon.....as truth says "can't stop the Jing".....feeling inspired................LOve Ya All Zoe

Are You Pissed Off With The Opposite Sex??

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:00 +0000

At the end of last year I was in New York on the phone to my X....I was giving him a hard time and he suddenly got really frantic and said ''why are you pissed of with men''. I thought how strange can he be right? Then I went out for supper with another male friend and he said, you know what Zo. I was really upset when you got angry with me this year...''I was just tryin to help you''.
So I had to think about it, Two of my favorite men in the world said I was an angry woman. I've always loved men....so what went wrong I thought...when did I become a man hater!!!! As we went into 2008 I had this feeling that this was a really amazing year for relationships and creativity. So I decided to take a very different tact with the men I Love !!! I decide that the only way was to Love and support all the magic creative men I encounter....for we are just reflections of each other. I decide I felt best when I was in total harmony with both my male and female side. Men are such fun......Last year I met some stunningly gorgious men and I wandered to myself did I leave them all feelin like I was pissed off with them!!! Damn... So I want to announce to the Male species.....come out from hiding....I am no longer the goddess Kali...I've gone back to being my good old self, much closer to goddess Aphrodite....who loves to have fun. You know the one who writhes around in the foam...he...he.... Actually the reason I have not written too many of bitting blogs recently is because I really got bored of the old Zoe and wanted to be reborn as the new. Also the business of creating an album is inherently a marriage of both male and female aspects .... you got get out of your head and out of thinking in duality...else you write in cliches.....music is a feeling sensual universe ....hey and sorry to any of my guys, I rubbed up the wrong way... I'll make it up to you in 2008

Do You Believe in The Spirit World?

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:20:00 +0000

Has there ever been a time in your life where you felt like you were on your own?
We're never really alone. We're all connected. As you know, I've spent a lot of time learning about the medicine way. My teacher is a Cherokee medicine woman. The native Indians believe that we walk in two worlds: the Material world, but also the spirit world. That each and every one of us has spirit guides that are around us all the time. I've spent a lot of magical time with my friend, the Cherokee medicine woman, and yes, I do believe I've broken on through to the other side. That is, I feel like I've experienced a whole spirit realm. Last week, it was raining up in the hills. I just had candles around the house bruning and incense. I'd been watching some Doors videos, and I was just sitting, listening to the rain, and I just felt so inspired. I felt like the air was thick with the old ones. By that, I mean the spirits who have passed over. I love it when I'm in this magical space. It's the space I imagine people like Jim Morrison or Stevie Nicks writing from. That moment where we're somewhere between the two worlds, or maybe more in the spirit world than in this one. I've done a lot of ceremony and I know all of my animal totems, and have spent a lot of time understanding the magical powers that each of these animal totems give me. I love to spend time in old places. Los Angeles is not really very old, but one place I've found that I do like to go and hang, which I'm sure has many spirits that could tell a story or two, is the Chateau Marmont. Old places just seem to be warm with all the spirits that have past between their walls. I used to feel alone, but these days I just don't feel alone. In fact, sometimes, when I am sitting on my own, that's when I feel most connected to all that is. Every journey I've taken with the medicine woman into the spirit world has had a purpose. Each journey has taught me precious new wisdom and given me vision to move forward in my life. If you're interested in the medicine way, they say a teacher will appear. We've all had experiences when we've felt there was magic on the air. Getting in touch holds so much medicine and powerful wisdom that you can bring back to your tribe and share.

woman on top........a Rock n roll day in the life of Zoe

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:48:00 +0000

Well I feel like I'm in Rock n roll boot camp right now......which is just fine by me. I'm focusing with my whole self on what I love to do....Yesturday my day began at 730.....by eight I was in the car clutching a raw vegi juice....by 930 I was sitting in frount of my Rock n Roll life coach.....By 11 o clock I was on a yoga mat for an hour and a half.....my yoga teacher complained about my focus...I admitted I was thinking about the Tudors !!! by 1 oclock my sister who is my acting manager arrived with cassie....."You've been invited to perform in Australia" !!! great I said I'm ready....Legendary recording engineer John X arrived about the same time, what a breath of fresh air......he's about the only person I've meet who likes to crack outragious jokes and do crazy parody's of me......yesturday was all about my dating techniques...... He and I have been trying all different techniques for recording songs......sometimes I go collaborate with Tim Pierce, who I think is just a genius guitarist. The other day legendary drummer Kenny Aronoff and guitarist Yogi and I crammed into my home studio with John X we lay the demo track for a rockin little number about.........a hollywood groupie.......It was awsome to here Kenny and Yogi interpret my new song.... Oh yeh a treat to see Kenny(he played on that legendary recording of Jack and Diane} right now John X and I are stripping it right down....he gets me to simply sing with my guitar and then we build the instruments around the vocal....We worked on a romantic number about.... seduction today~!!!
At 6 john X left and the night shift arrived......at 7oo I started rehersal with Yogi and my sister on back ups......our three voices blend so beautifully for the acoustic set....sitting singing in the canyon as the sun go's down ....ah a very eternal end to a long rock n roll day......Watch this space new music coming and lots of new gigs coming... Zoe

Blaze Your Own Trail & Live Your Bliss

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:47:00 +0000

Have you got the balls to get off the marketplace and into your own imagination? One of my all time favorite quotes is by the philosopher Nieitche. He said "ye who has the will to create, go far from the marketplace where the air is clear and the actors and men of fashion do not lurk. It is only there you'll find your true originality." Well, I'm paraphrasing, but you get my point. More and more, I love blazing my own trail. For me, the road less traveled is far more inspiring than a tried and teested path. Of course, some days I do end up getting caught in the thistles, falling off my horse, and ending up with my face down in the mud. But, there are other days where I experience unimaginable beauty. Ah, it's that good! Sunsets that are so extraordinary, human kindness which is profound. I just feel so blessed to be alive to witness all this magic. So I want to encourage anyone with the words of Joseph Campbell: "Follow your bliss!" If there's something you know in your heart to be your true destiny, do it! If there is some inner calling you have, blaze it! Joseph Campbell also said: "hero, on this journey, nothing is for sure. The only thing you know for sure is that you will be changed by the journey." When I first heard these words, I was 20-something, up on the mountains of Spain, trying to figure out what I wanted to do, whether I wanted to continue acting, to write a film script, and then it came to me: what I really wanted to do was rock and roll! So as one does, I danced under the moon and asked for direction, and the moon said "California! Go to California!" Hey, you may laugh, but the primal forces of nature are what you need to connect with to have the raw energy to live your dreams. I never imagined it would be this good blazing a trail out in the wild west. I remember when I first arrived in America, me and my sister, who had just read Jack Keroac's On the Road, sitting in Central Park with a Dictaphone. We considered ourselves like spiritual journalists at the time. I proudly said into the Dictaphone: "we are here in the United States of America to put it to the test. Does the free spirit still exist in modern America today?" I can honestly say yeah! The free spirit is alive and well in America. We headed out West, as we were convinced in our young minds that the next spiritual revolution, just like in the 1960's was gonna come up from the west coast of America, and if there was a happening, we wanted to be part of it! Of course I now realize that the gigantic shift in consciousness which is happening right now, attuning the earth to more peace love and bliss is actually happening all over the world. Joseph Campbell believed the more people living their bliss, the more lit up the planet would be. He believed when one person is inspired to live their bliss, they inspire other people to also live their bliss, and this, he felt, and I honestly feel, is the soul purpose of each human being during their life on this earth. What do I love to do? I love to perform! I love to rock out! I love to sing! I love to write songs and connect with people. What do YOU love to do? It's all a very individual thing. It's not to do with grades at college and what your parents said you should be when you grow up. It's to do with that magical vibration where you feel so alive you could just take on the world. Joseph Campbell said you can always read a person when they're talking about their bliss. A little light springs up behind their eyes like a smile. We are all different, and that's the point. There's no judgment. Just get inspired and blaze your own trail. It all comes down to what makes you happy in the end. It's taken me a long time to really tune in to my bliss. As Neitzche said, the marketplace will scream within you long after you have departed it. Sometimes I'll find myself in this pure space of possibilities. Maybe I'm sitting out in the desert under these huge American skies, contemplating the billions of grains of sand. Maybe I'm sitting on stage with a warm spotlight on me, knowing I'm about to give the best I have. Maybe it's hearing the first words of a new song, an inspired song, a song you know in your soul people will love. Whatever it is you love, tune in. You are a precious beacon of light when you do what you love.

Thanks To Everyone in Vancouver!

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:00 +0000

Just to say, it was absolutely divine to be in Vancouver to perform! Thoroughly enjoyed performing up there in that magical city! Thanks to everyone! Special thanks to Pam Southwell for inviting us, and to everybody who organized New Music West. I especially enjoyed the acoustic performance on Saturday night at the Libra Room. It was really intimate, and the audience was so responsive. It was a great atmosphere, and I really enjoyed playing all my new songs to a live audience. It was just so much fun meeting so many different people involved in the music industry, bands, managers, songwriters, in such a great and supportive atmosphere! I loved all the other female talent playing on the Violet Femmes stage, and I'm looking forward to doing that again. Thanks to my band for getting up there and rocking out. It's been a while since I've rocked with a full band, so that was great fun! Thanks to my team. It was a great experience, and thanks to Zeus Records for getting us up there! I love performing and traveling. It's really my passion! Keep an eye on this space for more performances coming!

In Vancouver For New Music West Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:41:00 +0000

Hey everybody so I have some great news. My rock show tonight will be live streamed on "Virtual Vancouver"....12am Vancouver time.....Im so excited to be here in! This is my first trip to Canada and it is beautiful here and its's absolutely stunning in the city... I'm compleltey inspired by its energy and its natural beauty and the great Canadian hospitality... The New Music West Festival kicked of with a great VIP party last night and it was great to hang out with some cool Canadian talent... Adam, from Rock Star Management, "Thanks for the tour of the city.. I walked around Stanley Park in the rain yesterday morning and sat under some awesome huge native indian totem poles and reflected on what an incredible journey I have been on across the world to be sitting here... Looking at the totem poles, you can't help reflecting on what or how harmoniusly they are in tune with nature and thier surroundings. A big black raven, flew over my shoulder, for those of you who know, the raven symbolizes "magic". And I will give you my best to give you a "magical" show tonight... Thanks to Victoira, your a queen for oranizing all this and Zeus Records. And thanks to my band, Yogi, Spike & Pete. "LET'S HAVE A GREAT ONE TONIGHT!"

Watch LIVE Show Tonight From your Computer

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Hello everybody,
We are very excited that tonight's show at New Music West will be streamed live from Virtual-Vancouver.com. Just click on the link below .
You will have to register and download software client .(Windows only I'm afraid !!) Show is at Midnight , Pacific Time . Venue, "The Chapel".
So get ready to tune in !!!!
Zoe xxxx

http://www. virtual-vancouver. com/?trq=1053

From: WIRED BLOG NETWORK
Canadians Planning 'First Massively Multi-User Online Music Festival'
With so many excellent music festivals coming up this summer, it would take more money and time than most of us have to attend them all -- not to mention growing your carbon footprint a few dozen sizes. To attend the New Music West festival in Vancouver from May 14 to 18, you won't even have to leave your computer. Virtual-Vancouver has partnered with the festival to recreate the whole thing in real time inside its three-dimensional virtual world. In order to attend, you'll need to download the software client (Windows-only), but the festival is free to attend.
"Nothing like this has ever been done online before," said Brian Shuster, CEO of Virtual-Vancouver and its parent company Utherverse. "In addition to the forty thousand plus fans that will be attending the festival in real-time, Virtual-Vancouver has the capacity to accommodate millions more [online]. This is a huge step for virtual worlds, as well as for the music business, which has increasingly been employing online outlets as a means to gain exposure."

All Roads Lead to Vancouver

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Well, I've been having this little Vancouver theme going for a while, and so it figures that guess where I'm going?? Ya...hey, Vancouver! Really looking forward to rocking out with ya!! Hey everybody, if you're not there, get your asses up to Vancouver because it's the New Music West Festival starting on Friday May 16th and going all weekend long! Another reason you should get on a plane, ride a camel or take a bus up to Vancouver is because I'm going to be there playing out! Ya, I'm gonna be playing the New Music West stage on Saturday, May 17th with a full band. Actually, it's a great lineup. I'm taking half of Chris Cornell's band up there. I've also got a very special acoustic show with the Violet Femmes on Thursday, May 17th! This is a special time, and a great moment for me because this will be the first time I've ever stepped foot on Canadian soil, and I'm looking forward to meeting some great Vancouver folks! The Acoustic set should be really beautifully intimate, and I'm going to do a bit of a story-teller thing and give some insights about the songs as I sing them. I'll be singing some of my brand new songs off my upcoming album for the first time live! I will be joined on the acoustic stage by indie artist and guitarist, Yogi, and my super cool sister Victoria, who made this journey across the world with me to live my dreams. Ya, we're both wild roses in the wild west. It's been a while since I've rocked with a full rock band, so vancouver you'll get to see me as I truly am: a real rock n' roll woman blazing my own trail all the way to the heart of you! Please come and join me! We'll have some fun!!!

The Secret Weapon of an Aspiring Queen of Rock

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:38:00 +0000

What does every aspiring Queen of Rock need to have in her life? A genius guitar player like Tim Pierce!! For those of you who don’t know who Tim is, he’s one of the all-time great rock guitarists...whose record hasn’t he played on? The Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer, Shakira, Jewel...and just about everybody else has required the soulful tones of Mr. Pierce to make their record sweet. Tim and I have developed a writing relationship for several years now, so on a spring morning, one of my favorite things to do in the world is throw on a pair of jeans, some high heel boots, a t shirt, grab my acoustic guitar, my dictaphone and some fresh tapes, jump in the car, grab a caffe latte and head for Tim’s. When i arrive at Tim’s house, I descend to the basement where Tim has his beautifully organized studio. I always know I’m in for a treat. Tim is truly a magician on the guitar! Like a brilliant fine artist, any sketch I take him he will turn into a full canvas in about an hour and a half. Usually, it starts with me sitting and singing to my acoustic guitar. We describe the scene I’m trying to create, the vibe, maybe any influences, then Tim sets up a click and off we go! The first time I heard Tim Pierce play on my first record, it was love! I thought "now THAT is a guitarist I want to write with!" Tim is incredibly flexible, whether I take him a ballad or a hard rock song like Lenny Kravitz, he’s gonna give me what I want and what I need! So this has been a beautiful part of my life over the last couple of years...quiet mornings in a basement, etching out our new brand of rock. Get ready....it’s all coming to you soon!!!

Bumping Into Joni Mitchell

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:37:00 +0000

I know one should not name drop especially in a place like L.A. But I have to enthuse about bumping into Joni Mitchell last night.......as you know I live in Laurel Canyon and I was inspired to move to Los Angeles really because of its roots in the the kind of music I love, which changed my life and way of thinking when I listened to it. I’m not sure how much I learnt at school, but I will say I learnt my world view from a number of the singers from the 1960’s. So you can imagine my excitement to meet one of my hero’s last night accidently out and about. Of course I was 30 years too late for the 60’s revolution....but I did come here with some wild idealism about a new spirtual revolution, which I think we can all see really is happening in the world.
I Immigrated to America in 1997. I felt the spirit of all that had created here would inspire me to create my own artistic tapistry......in a profound way which it has. i feel I have worked incredibly hard to expand myself to write all of the songs I have been working on in the last 2 years. So to happen to run into Joni Mitchell last night was a profound honour and I shall deffinatly take it as a good luck sign......these days I deffinatly feel like one of her ladies of the canyon......So I told her I’m recording up where you used to be......its so magical up their I said i feel like the spirits of the Canyon are just listening to me when I sing in the evenings.......and they are happy that the tradition continues....she asked if the bands were still playing up there....my sister said yeh if you walk around in the evenings around the top of the canyon you can still hear bands playing. As you can imagine she had a magical presense, a beautiful smile in her eyes, a grace and kindness of a great spirit. We gave her a copy of "Beautiful to be alive’’ told her how the spirit of her music was so inspiring to us. Onetime my friend drummer Kenny Aronoff came to visit me when I had just moved into the canyon.....’’ah he said, this makes total sense, where you were always headin.......Joni Mitchell......Ladies of the Canyon’’.......I smiled, it made more sense this morning. I am profoundly moved by the arist of the 1960’s there creative flair, there consciousness, there sense of responsibility. Who lived in this canyon well a few.........but my favorites The Doors, Crosby Stills and Nash............and the Queen of Laurel Canyon......Joni Mitchell and she looked like a queen sitting there radient in here own journey of creative........ah a legend.... But I take pleasure in the idea that she was once a young woman like me sitting in the Canyon........’’Chasing the Muse’’ into her songs......probably sometimes with candles burnin and sage bought from the country store....hope you are having an inspiring sunday. Love Zoe

Songwriting in Manhattan - Spring Break

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:36:00 +0000

Sitting on a Zebra Rug, in an apartment......somewhere downtown in Soho, New York. I sat strumming a guitar and singing to myself....Oh can someone give me some free love...can’t pay your rent, my monies already spent, but give me some light and easy free love. ...I was pondering the possibility of finding, free love in New York or whether it even existed anyway even back in the 60’s...what does it take to find it? Well according to one very spunky English chick who shampooed my hair at a hair salon. It would take a flight to either London or Rome. The Love Gods of New York city do not exist!!! I asked her to qualify a Love God....she said in a great cockney accent " No Names, No Numbers....just you know some good raw love!!! no they all want to take you out wine you and dine you and get to know you’’. I did notice one very hot barman...with a tee-shirt that read "Lovers come from Detroit’’...he was also a self proclaimed recording engineer!!! Whether he was a love god I’m not sure....but he was sure he had got a friend request from me!!! Wow the power of myspace......to link us all up. I Love New York. Its just got so much soul I feel very at home there and despite the fact I was getting over a bad cough...I was happy to bundle up in 4 layers of clothes and walk around. I like to just go hang in my favorite breakfast joint Versuvios in Soho. I like sitting in the Cafe’s and just watching the people and I like how open and straight to the point New Yorkers are...Hey Sexy wanna go for a ride...reminds me of Europe...I love a place I can walk on the streets...a couple of summers ago I stayed there for 3 months so I got to know it well. I became really friendly with some of the paparazzi...especially one called Hector and we would sit and have these great philosophical debates....Id read him my poetry and he’d be like that’s great cause the people will dig it cause its real. I also went to a Ronnie Woods Art exhibition at my friend’s gallery Pop in Soho. Great to see all his images of the Rolling Stones. Sitting on a Zebra rug in a loft somewhere in soho.... a picture of Bob Dylan looking down on me what I love about New York is it full art and artist and they really.. dig the business of being an artist, I get real Inspiration there, I get turned on by all the great art and great conversations and fashion. I Did find my Love God in the form of Fabrice, a French hair stylist...who gave me the coolest hair cut....Yeh I went a bit shorter for spring. The hair cut was so good, he asked me if I would be moving to New York for him....If your in New York Fabrice Rocks at the Fredrick Faikai Salon......say Zoe sent you .So hope you all had a good spring break...What did you all do !!!?My recommendations in New York to see Soho artist, the main drags are lined with artist West Broadway and Prince. I bought a cool photo which read "Don’t Work See the World". The Mercer hotel restaurant does great café latte and there is always some one interesting to chat too. Versuvios the oldest bakery in New York on Prince Street. John Lennon Imagine memorial sight in central park. The Poets walk in central park, simply eternal. The Bowery Ballroom for great rock music...take a trip to the big apple simply inspirational ZOE

Spring Has Arrived

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:35:00 +0000

I’ve been laid up on the sofa watching the Beatles Anthology all week because I finally got the dreaded bug. How fascinating to hear the Beatles talking about the Summer of Love and George Harrison talking about going from drugs to meditation. I guess as Jim Morrison said out west the collective art form has always been "getting down!" Well there are many ways to "get down," but as long as I got my music I’m ok. I feel a lot of joy and inspiration right now. Every day is a beautiful new stream of ideas. Imagine me hiding out in my sanctuary, drowning in tapes, lyrics and tracks. In the end you only need 10-12 songs on an album, but I think I’m ready to get committed!!! Cause hey...I definitely want to pop this lovely record out to you by summer! I feel like I’ve almost written 3 albums: the dark record, the light record and the desert record. And now I’m taking a little from each to give you guys some more lovely, sexy, intimate rockin’ tunes from Zoe! I thought about the song California Dreamin’ yesterday. Ahhh, California, the wide open spaces! The sunlight! The citrus fruit are ripening, and I feel like one of those little hummingbirds who are checking out every flower in the garden. I once heard my friend rock drummer, Kenny Aranoff say "you can take away the money, but you can’t take my music away from me." I watched Kenny play last week. He was sheer, undulating rhythm. Man, he’s got beat...every part of him moves with the groove.
Nothing going on but the tunes and a bit of healing!
Send me some love!

Zoe

The Power of Love

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:34:00 +0000

I guess there is one thing I really believe in and that is the power of Love, to heal to inspire to create and just move mountains.....Nietzsche the philosopher wrote ''where there is no Love walk on by''. I pretty much live by this phrase...or maybe, "where the love is... thats where you'll find me''. I guess love is so abundant there are so many opportunities, to find it. I can remember times feeling love and feeling how inconvienent that was, not part of the plan....how very funny.....but I'm learning to hold the paint brush a little less tightly and let the canvas paint it self !!!! Yeh my mum who is a magical painter in england, taught me and my sister a certain way to look at the earth, all the colours in nature... I feel this is an incredible blessing... have you ever seen Tuscany in Italy in the fall ? Have you witnessed the colours as they change ?....you realize how creative nature is and we are all part of the dance. Recently I realized that when I judge someone negatively it's usually because I have character traits similar to them myself and I am just not being honest with myself.

We all have the capacity to experience pure love in this lifetime...IF WE CHOOSE. I AM REALIZING THAT SPIRITUAL LOVE FOR ANOTHER HUMAN IS PROFOUND.....I think when I was younger, romantic love took the focus, but now I realize I have the capacity to love so many different people....its spiritual love! I do believe in past lives...that we have often met those we are drawn too in some other life. and maybe in some parallell universe we are living out all the possibilities. Sometimes we put up so many road blocks when we could just experience the love..... I feel that is what spirit really wants for us, to just experience the love and then when it is no longer, move on by. I think we are all molecules of love...I think negitive emotions are what causes disease.....cancer I think is a disturbance in the emotional body. I think schools should teach us to trust our intuition....I think schools should teach us to trust the power of love!!! I think when we feel full and give ourselves what we need, then we can give to the rest of the world...If every day was just a celabration of the power of Love, Imagine how this planet would be vibrating. So next time someone says I love U... don't doubt it... dont under value it...Love will set you free!!! Lets celebrate it LOOOOOOOOOOOVE I LOVE YOU ZOEXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Innocence Is An Important Word

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:33:00 +0000

You know, more and more these days I feel there is something quite beautiful about innocence. You go through life and you can so easily lose yourself along the way, but you know in the end, what is true and real for us is what really sticks and what nourishes our lives. So many turns of the wheel...there are so many crossroads and moments where we can give up what is profound and important to us, but what we really care about really says a lot about who we are. Society does ask us to switch off in some ways and not feel too much. Hey man...be cool....no connection! Luckily, being an artist, I get to express my feelings through my creativity. Less and less I feel the need to spend time with people who are asking me to stitch myself up and not be able to express how I feel. There's an innocence to expressing yourself...some sort of profound belief that we exist in an all-loving universe, and that somehow the universe will support our feelings. So innocent belief is important. Belief in a dream, or a connection to someone you love. I've never met a happy person who was totally jaded. It is the native indian belief that after a battle, one must return to innocence. They call this "washing off the blood." My connection to my creativity and the wonder I find as I create new art is a beautifully innocent pleasure, and it stems back to my connection to my creative self as a child. My mother, being an art teacher, would have me and my sister sit for hours painting and drawing, and my sister and I still do this...except now with songs. There is an innocent wonder for me when i see a genius guitar play, like Tim Pierce, play when we are writing. Where there is a wow factor, there's probably creative magic, but you have to believe in order to create anything. And innocence is definitely an ingredient. Protect YOUR innocence, the bit of you that is soft and fleshy and lovely.

Are We Going To Hell?

noreply@blogger.com (Zoe Scott) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:32:00 +0000

Walking in the rain though a pedestrian center on Saturday, there was a guy standing on a pedestal shouting "YOU ARE ALL GOING TO HELL! IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, YOU ARE ALL GOING TO HELL!" I thought about it...quite honestly I couldnt believe him. I find this a really outdated way of seeing things. First of all, with all this beauty on the earth, I can't believe God would be anything but all-loving. Seriously, this idea of Heaven and Hell is harming the planet, cause hey, if we dont wake up and consider the Earth heaven, we will all go to hell by destroying it. Ya, I believe we live many lives, and I feel like there's a thin veil of consciousness which stops us from realizing how many times we've been here before, but this is a beautiful Earth. When we are here, it should be preserved for whoever's coming next. The native Indians say we borrowed the Earth from our grandchildren, and I do find the Native Indian spirituality the most reverant towards the Earth. Growing up with a love for Nature, I can't imagine following any kind of religion that makes me feel like I'm saving up brownie points to get somewhere better. My spirituality has become profoundly based on the idea that the more present I am now, the more I'll be able to just be a channel for light and love and good vibrations. For me, doing yoga is equally as spiritual as going to church, or sitting, looking at the ocean. There are many ways to feel close to something higher. When I do connect to my all-loving creator, I'm sure he's not saying "hey, do it MY way or youre going to Hell" Do we need a creator who has a wrath? Do we need the man standing on the soapbox screaming "Youre all going to Hell if you dont repent!?" I think being with our creator is all about feeling good, and a realm of possibility far beyond fear and anxiety. Next, this guy on the soapbox started shouting "If you lust after women, you are a sinner, and you're going to hell for that as well!" You know, for the pagan religion, sex was a spiritual act, a way to get closer to God and to the life-force. Actually, being turned on by someone can be a hugely inspiring experience. It's kind of part of who we are. The whole immaculate conception myth seems a little off to me. Although, I do believe in channeling sexual energy into creative and spiritual acts, I think sex is a natural part of being a human being. Religions that breed intolerance and division and fear I think are quite outdated at this point. We live in a world that is getting smaller and smaller, and we need to embrace the idea that we are one World Family, that God is an all-loving force, and therefore we are each all-loving forces in the world. Today, I picked up a mug in the coffee shop that had a Ghandi quote on it: "We must become the change we wish to see in the world." Of course, it's not every day that we feel like perfect bubbles of enlightenment, but we can all aim for something higher. And if it comes to picking up a gun or a flower, I'd far sooner pick up a flower. I think younger and younger generations are picking up a baton of internationalism with, for instance, all the countries in Europe now being a part of the European Union. This just shows that merging and acceptance is becoming much for fashionable than division and difference. We all have one thing in common: we are all human beings, and we all have experienced in some way or another, the universal force of love. Each day we create Heaven or Hell within us, and each encounter with another human being is just a lesson. How we see things is all important. I believe we're all going just where we want to go.