Business and Growing

Well, after all this time, ten years, we've finally completed our business plan!  Believe it or not, Anne and Pete Sibley Music is about to become an LLC.  Also, we've recently brought on a manager, business manager and more.  It has been a spiritual adventure asking if we are brave enough to grow the business to grow the music's reach.  We're setting up for a fabulous couple of years ahead and glad you're here with us.  We'll be inviting fans to take part in our CD project soon, stay tuned.
In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these photos taken by studioholladay.com.  PEACE!

Anne: Gosh the heart keeps trying to get its desires up there on the list! My heart wants to continue singing and creating and gathering people together. My inspired action steps (I'm trying to practice those!) has walked me into two upcoming events: (see heart, I am listening!) a workshop/music experience in Colorado (where we haven't toured in a few years! gasp!) and a Women's gathering I'm leading at a friend's house around Mother's Day.  It's all based on the music but what a joy to connect and communicate with others on a deeper level. I love the phrase "thanks goodness" and I'm doing that right now.

Luckiest People...

So this week we began our latest full-length CD project at Happy Valley Studios in Santa Cruz, CA.  It was a fabulous first couple of days with nearly six songs tracked.  We're really loving the new songs and love co-producing with Keith Greeninger.  After finishing on Thursday we all wandered outside under the redwoods and felt like the luckiest people on the earth!  I took this selfie to capture the moment.  Peace.

Traveling with Friends

As Anne warms up, the wonderful trio, Red Molly, gets prepared for the show in Portland, OR.  Once again we received such great kindness and support while opening on the road for Red Molly in Oregon and Washington. 
We took the kids with us and a rental minivan that had a DVD player.  (Yes, it was used several times during the trip.)  Overall, we traveled nearly 2000 miles.  Thanks to Red Molly for the opportunity to perform for their great audiences!  Thanks to all our friends, old and new, who took us in, fed us and cared for our kids. 
It was fun to see snow again in the Cascades after almost two full winters of no snow in California.  We did stop to make a snowman and throw a few snowballs!
Our view from the hotel in Eugene met us with this great message written for all to see:  Peace on Earth.

We're all connnected

While traveling up to San Francisco last month to play on KALW, we stopped in at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto.  I went into the bathroom where I spotted this Ome Banjo Sticker.  Yeah Ome!!  I knew this was the place to get our guitar repaired!  Besides they were really helpful folks too.

Our session on KALW and with our host, Kevin Vance!

"I would gladly give away my things.."

Oh joy to the world! This beautiful Ocean, the view of Monterey Bay from our California home is a daily blessing. I can sit on the sofa with the guitar and the writing pad, gaze on the blue waters, hear the crashing waves and this is bliss.  I'm bursting to share these new songs with you and the quiet voice of patience reminds me the time will come. The more I release my grip on the thoughts of how exactly things should unfold the more I am in amazement that reality is more exciting than my plan ("remind me things always get better,

better than I can picture them in my mind"). Pete and I agree that we have come to a crossroads recently, and continuously choosing the path to our heart has brought us back into the flow of life, rapids and all!! We have new music for you, first it has been healing for us and now the bonus is to share it with you. "Here with you, I'm in harmony, and there's no better place, no brighter point of view". Let me live from my heart, I'll keep trying. (Photo by Pete, Sunset on Monterey Bay)

"We Choose Love"

We had the privilege of playing music in Sandy Hook, CT this past month.  There is a sense I felt within this community of connection.  The sense of connection was not talked about or posted for those visiting, other than the simple bumper stickers that read, "We are Sandy Hook.  We choose Love."  Even though emotions still sit right below the surface, the sense of "We choose Love" can be felt.  The question is, can we too have the courage to choose love?  The pictures below were taken in the Newtown United Methodist Church where we sang twice last month.  These are thousands of origami birds sent from Japan and represent prosperity.  They hang and lay everywhere inside the church.  "WE CHOOSE LOVE"
--- Pete