All the leaves are………you know how the song goes, probably one of my favorites!!! California Dreaming? NOOOOOOOOO…I’ve been to California in the heat of AUG and just about froze my ASS off!! I remember coming back to Minnesota and 90 Degree Humid heat and for the first time, I LOVED IT!!!!  But yeah, dreaming of sunny warm days, as we near October and its miserable cold winds and rain…and soon…………….Snow!!!

  Well .. last week, I gave the last two Kittens away to their new and wonderful owners….What a life they are having. I’m fortunate to be in touch with most of the new families, as some are friends…..or have become friends.  Now LuCi is about to have her second litter…and very likely her last, as it’s just not the healthiest thing for smaller cats to have too many litters….Being that she is Maiine Coon…she is still a kitten herself….One year old, with 3 more years of growing…as these cats tend to get a bit larger than the average house cat.  I’m anxious to see the new crew….which will likely enter this world in about 10 days or so……they’ll be ready for CHristmas and I’ll again be screening the ‘potential new homes’……I’m particular about this…as I made sure the last litter had Plenty of interaction, play time and so much love that I almost thought of them as my own little fluffy balls of love.

  My CD “DiRTY CRiMES” has almost been collecting dust. So many positive and wonderful changes have taken place in my life, that the Finishing of this  CD has been a bit of a challenge, not to mention funding which seems impossible considering I don’t do my own fundraising…although I have considered it!!!   I have had the Great Fortune of working on some heavier projects, like ELEPHANT GIRL with Jane Devin…which She FINALLY received funding for and she has big plans with her book, the song I wrote is part of it…….her story is incredible!!!  I’ve also done the vocals for Slim Girl Fats song ‘SUNRISE’ and we’re both very pleased at the outcome of that………You can listen and download for free http://soundcloud.com/slimmie/sunrise-feat-suzen-juel-free we hope you enjoy it as much as we have!!!!!

 My whole life has changed in the past several months….sometimes that’s why I can’t keep up on things, because so much has happened that I don’t even know where to begin talking about it, nor do I even think it’s relevant to my blog…..those that know me well, well………….they know me well, and there are very few, who truly know ‘me’.  I”m grateful for my close friends/family….without them, I sure would have stayed a big mess…..but when someone Turns your Lights on in life…as difficult as it is to see the mess before you, it’s awesome to see the  beautiful things you once overlooked…because of the darkness one can surround themselves with sometimes.   Sometimes people find it easier to stay in their darkness….it’s familiar…..but I’m finally taking off the ‘sunglasses’ because I’m finally used to this amazing light in my life…..and now, it’s comforting……and to be honest, I like the struggle of change…even though change is tough, hard and uncomfortable…….once it’s over, it’s pretty damn amazing to see this ‘new world’ before me.   Now I’m trying to be patient with the songwriting…as I’ve always been partial to the darkness of my chord in life…….finding the lighter side in life, has left me with new WORD Challenges and I’m anxious to see where this leads me…in my writing.  I must say….SUNRISE with SlimGirlFat has been a blessing…..a HAPPY SONG is nice too!!!

 I hope to KICK off OCTOBER with a new season of NAKED ACOUSTIC SESSIONS and have already been getting requests from musicians to be a part of this seasons Sessions……So I”ll be starting that as soon as I can sit down and find time to Log into Second LIfe……….summer was sweet and busy and chaotic and wonderful…….and with the cold bitter chill of Minnesota Winters….I”m ready to settle down for a few months and perhaps get into Second life, more regularly instead of for my regular scheduled shows.  I also have more gigs in the Metro (St. Paul and Minneapolis areas) which keeps me afloat and connected. THere are a few musicians I’ve been meeting locally that II find  Great Satisfaction in performing with.     …….

ENJOY your first day of AUTUMN and I’ll certainly try to keep you posted on new things……………For more regular posts….join my Facebook network ( Suzen JueL ) pretty easy to find….I also have a FB Fan page…with my same name…one is with a small l and one with a Capitol L……………………….PEaCE ON with your badaZZ self!!!!!

PS….. check out thestage.tv                     I’m a big fan of this website, however I am not on it as often as I once was, due to lots of projects happening here and now that don’t include sitting in front of my computer all day……there is just no way I have time to do that,  but on a good day, you can find some great Live Music with it’s Open Mic format and it’s a great way for musicians to expose their new stuff….jsut not a place I care to oversaturate anyone with my music…..being that I’m working on a new cd..the last thing I want to do is over saturate my dearest fans…..you all know where to find my music   STAY TUNED for the new cd….I am still uncertain of it’s release date, but as usual, when my Soul is ready to explode it out, you’ll know!! THANKS for all your support and Do feel free to donate what you can, to help me with expenses…….and believe me, there are expenses!!!!  ( there should be a donate or paypal button right on my website) Much peace and Much Love in all you do!!! – Suzen JueL

http://www.metatunes.org/members/suzenjuel/ Tomorrow….Saturday AUG 13th, I’m thrilled to kick off META STOCK/ META TUNES  and would Love and could certainly use all your support….there are 20 AMAZING artists . . . Which you can read here… http://www.metatunes.org/metastock-performers as you can see, I’m first up…Nice n Early…. You vote, by going to the first link on this page…and ‘friend’ me during my performance…. I sent out a notecard to my Groups in Second Life and those on my SubscribOmatic…

FUN FUN FUN…all the artists are ones I’ve loved hearing over many years (most I know personally) and it’s going to be a FUN Event….I’ll be filling a nice chunk of time up with WOODSTOCK style tunes…..LOVE those 70s acoustic mmmmmm yeah!!!

Most of you know, life is a STRANGE RIDE indeed and we all could use a Prize now and then, for our effort, time and of course to feed our families!! There is a $500 grand prize, and my goal of course, is to Entertain you and have a great time doing it, as I always do, and the prize is a nice bonus, for whoever wins it…me, or any of the other Talented People out there.

My fan group is not the biggest in the world, as most of you are not in Second life, but can always tune in and listen on my stream, on this page…. just push play…. the URL to hear ALL the performers is… http://listen.metaverseradio.com:8000  you may have to take off the :8000 part, not sure how that all works……… I will begin at 10AM PDT/SLT.  NOON CST. 1p EST…For my fans in the UK… 6pM, if you are in Germany, France, Spain it will be 7pm Your time……    Thanks SO much for all your support and if you want to kick this up a bit..Pass this info on

JueL Resistance in second life, it Has been added to Events so it’s easy to find, and if you are NOT in sl.. the streams are listed right here. MAIN THING is vote with love   .. friend me on my metatunes page and remember, this site is for both Second life and NON second life fans/musicians…..XO XO XO

A long time has passed since my first plans to record the new CD….I would say…the Crazy Ride I’ve been on is finally Over, but I know better than to ever believe life just settles down, when we want it to.  The Swings of HIGH and low are a pendulum in my life, that will always swing, back and forth, up and down.  However, for now I feel as if the last song has been written and the CD is on it’s way to the emotional aspect of studio time. Of course STUDIO TIME for me, means a lot of track recording, listening, recording, listening and then arranging it all, as if it were a story, each song, a new chapter in the book of experience.

I’m calling the CD ‘ DiRTY CRiMES’, something of a theme that has had it’s way with me over the past year or so.  Some of the lyrics are pretty bold and aggressive just dancing on the edges of some rather disturbing images (that is….a matter of thinking and perception of course)…. The easy part is writing the songs, the hard part…is living through…what I write about, and getting through…..it always comes with a price.  My mother said to me the other day ‘ Sorry you had to go thru ‘this or that’..and I found myself responding with… “Noooo, it’s all good, ya gotta go through the sad low low’s in order to write a song!”   It’s like a t-shirt a friend of mine gave me in the Virtual world that said “Break my heart so I can write a song”….I wore that with a big crazy grin, knowing how true, yet how absolutely funny it is, how many of us songwriters……write our songs.

I finished ELEPHANT GIRL and it’s up on nimbit.com as well as a couple others…great site for selling either Albums or Single Songs…they take a small percentage,  but what site that’s good, doesn’t   as far as ‘selling songs’……..I’m quite sure I’ll be putting the new CD out on CD BABY this time…..I have the other 2 cd’s on itunes/amazon … however songcast.com charges a $6 fee a month…and for what???? I ‘ll decide later on whether or not I’ll keep the ‘songcast’ account…or move my cd’s from there, to CD baby..who also sends them to itunes etc……….

Always looking for new ideas, music sites and opportunities to produce, perform, collaborate……….and thanks for those of you who have made some fantastic suggestions to thoughts I’ve posted on my Suzen Juel and Suzen JueL facebook  (the second one is the fan page….do hit LIKE if you haven’t….all my fans ROCK MY WORLD!!! https://www.facebook.com/suzen.juel (regular facebook)    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Suzen-JueL/45430674299 (FAN PAGE)……

Enjoy your week and I”ll keep you updated through the lovely pages of Facebook…and of course here…..I need to find some original art work for the cover of ‘DiRTY CRiMES’ and perhaps a few other fun things I may throw in………..

It’s  such an incredible feeling to stop fighting and just accept. Perhaps it’s the smallest thing, or maybe it’s a life changing choice you’re about to make….there is a sense of true peace when your entire insides offer you 100% clarity.  When this recently happened to me, it was as if someone ripped the heavy shades right off the windows, and so much light came pouring in, that it actually hurt. That’s the best analogy I can come up with. It hurt, the clarity of aspect of my life were clear as day and suddenly life had become HD in front of me. It took me a few days to adjust, the clarity didn’t go away, it wasn’t just a moment that came and went and left me back in my darkness…I can’t find the blinds, and for the first time, I don’t want to. And OH HELL is there ever a mess in front of me….like I said, it’s a very High Definition Moment!!! I could see every detail of my life, the threads, the emotional textures woven in between like fine fine hairs.  The scariest part is…I can see now…and I don’t have the least intention of ever putting the blinds up again, even if I did find them!

I will likely not write much about this, because the process of change is ever evolving and every day there is a new challenge and a new perspective to see things from.  Transitions are prob. the hardest part of change, going from one way, to another,  becoming YOU again…and of course, there is always change and I believe it is something to be embraced, even if it’s a little prickly and hurts sometimes….it’s because embracing is accepting..and that has a way of changing us, letting us see ourselves in the mirror again, showing us we really are there.  And it hurts and it’s a relief and it’s change, and that is life.

On another note, I finished Elephant GirL for author Jane Devin feel free to take a listen, @janedevin on twitter, wanted me to put that up on Soundcloud before adding to her book Trailer “Elephant Girl”. I have been honored to be a part of this experience in her book, you’ll have to read her blog to read about the fantastic piece of word art, she has created!

Kitten news…they’re within a week of being ready to head off to their new homes. I still have two little girls with quirky crooked tails and multiple toes awaiting new homes….meanwhile they can remain with me and my original Luci and 7 Hemmingway… ‘meet the parents’  haaa!   I post lots of pictures of them, in their folder LuCi and 7 Hemmingway and of course, lots of the little ones, there are four total.  They grow fast..hardest part is litter box training, some go easy, some go next to it some go in a WHOLE NEW SPOT that you never would have thought of, like your pile of imp. papers that you carelessly tossed on the floor for a moment,  prob. while thinking of something else, that you never came in that room for to begin with…and the papers sit there, because you’ve forgotten you even grabbed them and…for what? Anyway, yep, there’s a brand new treat left by one of the furrr balls that have taken over my bedroom!  I like to focus on the photo opportunities these creatures give me, and the wonderful hair styles they make on my head while I’m sleeping…a nest of sorts, as if they have created a new home, in my hair…top of the pillow, perched up there like they get to have this whole bed….and oh, well  ’she’ can sleep here too I suppose! haaaa

After finally finishing Elephant Girl, I hope to continue on my CD that has been put on hold, for so many reasons……. A good theme is my title…..and it seems to finally be ready to shoot off in the direction of finding just the right songs to represent exactly what the CD means…. Dirty Crimes is going to be a tight set of songs that have found their ways into the changes, the creases, the paths in my life……I’m shooting for Oct, November……Maybe sooner…..we’ll see. There are many doors more to open and many more that will close and then there will be an entirely new color evolving in the constant string of words, that is my life.