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    Three Colors, Twelve Notes
    Three Colors, Twelve Notes
    Three Colors, Twelve Notes
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    Three Colors, Twelve Notes

    By Catherine Harrison

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    Do you want to say “yes” to life more often?
    Three Colors, Twelve Notes is a memoir and a guidebook for the curious and those who want to learn how to go for it. Catherine Harrison shares personal stories as an artist, business leader, and regular human to show us why trying new things should be a lifelong pursuit. She also invites the reader to participate in reflections of their own.
    Three Colors, Twelve Notes shows us how every interaction is an opportunity to gather more insight and how every experience is a moment to learn. By noticing and reflecting on our habits, behaviors, patterns, and triggers, we can all connect the dots and learn to leverage curiosity and expand our awareness. Getting comfortable with oneself is complicated, and sometimes messy, but it enables
    meaningful growth, creativity, and tangible results in both life and career, for ourselves and those around us.
    With a welcoming and warm approach, Three Colors, Twelve Notes encourages readers to find the best in themselves, and reconnect to their inner confidence and creativity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCatherine Harrison
    Release dateNov 17, 2020
    ISBN9781774580196
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      Not Knowing the Outcome and Going for It Anyway

      Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality.

      Jeff Buckley

      One day, around the turn of the twenty-first century, I was at the Rivoli, a bar on Queen Street West in Toronto known for its live music. I was going in to finally talk to the booking agent about doing a few gigs there, of my own music. I had been a songwriter for decades, a light and infrequent performer, and it was time to get my act together and book some real gigs.

      Interestingly, although my conversation with the booking agent (Kathryn Gilby) started on that topic, it quickly morphed into something quite different. We discovered we had a mutual love of Jeff Buckley. This was not a common common ground... Not a lot of people that I’ve talked to in the course of my life even know who he was, never mind his work and the story of his untimely and tragic death. (If you haven’t listened to his album Grace, do it. Listen to it at least three times. It is so unique and so musically rich and layered, you need to get your soul around it. Call me when you’re done.) Anyway, during the conversation, I shared that I had heard about venues in New York and Chicago putting on multi-artist tribute shows and how great it would be if someone did that in Toronto.

      I walked outside and thought, What the hell have I just committed to?

      She said to me, Let’s do it. I said, Huh? and she said, Let’s do it. You produce it, you host it. We’ll gather musicians together, promote it together, it’ll be great.

      I said, Uh, yeah, sure.

      I walked outside and thought, What the hell have I just committed to? I don’t know how to produce a tribute show! I wanted to turn around and say, You got the wrong gal. But I didn’t. I stayed curious: What might this be like? What could I learn? Who could I call to help me? What’s the worst thing that could happen—it’s a flop and no one comes? Could I live with that? Yup. So, let’s go for it. And that’s what we did. And I learned as I went along.

      First, I decided to stay true to my values, which specifically meant don’t take advantage of this person’s image/music/etc. I wanted to do this tribute respectfully. So, I looked up the phone number for the Jeff Buckley estate in New York City and gave them a call. Told them the situation and that we wanted their blessing, and that all the proceeds would go to charity. They were thrilled. And guess what happened next?

      They put me on the phone with Jeff’s mom, Mary. We became lifelong friends. They connected me with the folks in Chicago who were doing the tribute there, Michael and Helen... and they became my friends. I went to Chicago to play in their annual tribute—and made more friends from around the world. We invited all those performers to play the upcoming Toronto shows. Many of them did!

      We ended up having three nights of shows because so many performers wanted to be part of it. We received donations of gear, promotion, beer. All the musicians donated their time and talent. We raised more than $5,000 for Regent Park School of Music (Toronto) and Road Recovery (NYC). I made lifelong friends, and over the next many years, I met interesting people and had interesting experiences thanks to those friendships. Like having dinner with songwriter J.D. Souther (Eagles, Linda Ronstadt) because he was in town on tour with my friend and fellow Buckley tribute player April

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