Party Nails Writes

  • Performing: the bigness and smallness in all of us

    Performing: the bigness and smallness in all of us

    In moments like right now, when it has been a year since I released new music, a new single and album years in the making are set to release but I have yet to receive a press clipping or or send out an email to people to pre-save, this time between creativity and feedback, I am empty. The song is not mine to birth or nurture or tend to. She is adolescent, in college, about to graduate, soon she’ll have her own kids. The literal release of music from my person has always brought me great excitement and joy. I love...

  • The Internet I'm Nostalgic For

    The Internet I'm Nostalgic For

    AOL, the place to be after school in 2001.  Originally posted on Medium in 2023
  • Not Your (Grand)Parents’ Dream Job

    Not Your (Grand)Parents’ Dream Job

    It is money and popularity, not skills and experience, that are winning in the job market right now. So what can we do to combat this? originally published in 2018 on Soundgirls.org
  • I will not be naked for the show but I WILL be exposing myself, emotionally

    I will not be naked for the show but I WILL be exposing myself, emotionally

    Songwriting is one thing, but giving you the physical experience of the emotions is just as important to me. I can’t act, I can only go back to an emotional place I have been to before. Originally posted on Instagram on October 24 2023
  • Deep Dive: Bull In A China Shop (in the studio with Party Nails)

    Deep Dive: Bull In A China Shop (in the studio with Party Nails)

    From the books I was reading to my personal relationships to voice memos to synths and drum machines, watch as I deep dive into how I made my song "Bull In A China Shop". Originally posted on Patreon August 11 2023.
  • I didn’t always want to be an artist

    I didn’t always want to be an artist

    When it came to engineering, editing, instruments, production and mixing, the phrase I heard over and over again was, “You don’t need to worry about that.” I wasn’t “worried”—I was interested.

    Originally posted on Instagram on December 7 2023