Finally feels like spring is comin' round the corner,
Great news! Rallye/ Klee a fantastic record label in
Japan is planning to release " Mirrors" in the fall this
year!

there will be two new bonus trax available on the cd.

more details to come....
until then if ur in the ny area please come check out
the Naked Hearts! (myspace.com/thenakedhearts)
it's a party everytime...

Yesterday it snowed in NYC!
I opened my eyes to the day and everything was white.
makes you feel different

been recording " red heart" and having a good time working with chris maxwell and phil hernandez, both extremely talented musicians.

noah wheeler , from perry went home, and i have started a new new project together called " Naked Hearts" please check it out here!

www.myspace.com/nakedheartsmusic

Hi There!
lots has been going on even though it may not seem so way with a lack of shows happening. but what is happening, is that i'm moving back to nyc for a while. my main reason for this is to make my next record there with a few close friends, who i've been longing to work with since leaving in 2004.
this way i will have a record made in SF, LA and NYC!
that is the idea.
i've travelled a lot this summer..(across the states twice, Sweden and Norway) and am looking forward to honing in on new recordings and more shows.
Thank you LA for having me and being so beautiful, but the city streets are calling my name...

Updates soon!

popmatters review!

August 15, 2007
Amy Cooper, Mirrors (Retone/Leftwing)
Amy Cooper is one hell of a songwriter. Lean, mean, and as tight as they come, her songs are personal narratives that often unfold from a single, seemingly simple line, as in “You Can’t Have it All”, when she sings, sweetly, yet matter-of-factly, “You are the reason that I left my other lover”. Cooper finds the guts of her stories in these lines, fleshing them out with the insight of a young woman who has studied her mirror image long enough to know where the laugh lines will appear. The efficiency of her verse contrasts with the flexibility of her voice, which she adjusts like a finely tuned instrument to match the story she’s telling. She’s got a luscious upper range ("Tonight We Fly"); she’s edgy, almost Joan Jett-like, but with a vulnerable lilt at all the right intervals ("Back Together"); and she’s a bad-ass who coolly sports the kind of detachment that underscores, rather than hides, the hurt beneath.
But it’s her willingness to internalize the life lessons, to smack her own forehead in I-should-have-known-better fashion, that distinguishes her style and lends credibility to what-were-you-thinking lines like, “I thought everything would be finalized / by the time I was 25”. Dissonant vocal layering emotes like shattered glass, giving us that familiar “brokenhearted” feel, but without the clichés. On Mirrors, Ms. Cooper creates her sound in a sort of reverse White Stripes lineup: Frank Lenz’s bass and energetic drumming keeping time with Cooper’s own expert guitar that wows us, from the rumbling chords of “Come Alive” and “Undertow” (a water-themed song of epiphany along the lines of Ani Difranco’s “Swim") to her smart, subdued handiwork in “Strange”. At six and a half songs (final track “25” only lasts about a minute), the EP gets in good with your ears and then makes you sad to see it end. [PopShop, Amazon, Amazon UK]
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/shorttakes/

Tour is done!
We had a Blast!
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us!

Now that's travelling is done for a little while, i'm working at demo-ing some new songs!

Hopefully in studio this fall!
Shows to come...

We are officially on tour!
Our past tow shows in LA and Sacramento have been awesome! Noah, Chris and I are really creating something together. It's made playing live a whole new experience for me.

We've gotten a bunch of really cool articles written about us! Here are links to two of them:

sacramento news and review:
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=335785

marin independent journal:
http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_6141673

I've also started a blog for the TOUR:
www.amycoopermusic.blogspot.com

see you somewhere along the road i hope!!
*amy

MAY DAY!
The EP is now available for you to purchase!!
JUNE 14th at the SILVERLAKE LOUNGE we are kicking off our month long tour around the states!!
If you're here, be cool and come and hang tough with us
My band is ridiculously good and we are gearing up the 1992 Ford Econoline as we speak!

Thanks Californians!
Thanks for the great fun and support on our mini mini tour.
We are having so much fun playing this new tunes off the EP!
The EP is officially out on I tunes and in select stores on May Day! (May 1st)....
Please stay tuned on new dates because we're planning a national tour this summer!
see you soon i hope!

wow! been a while since i updated the news section...
lots of news though!
Mirrors, the real deal this time all printed up and loking awesome, is done! it should be up on i tunes in the next couple weeks. i will have it available to buy from here too!

We are planning a national summer tour 07!
Looking into a van right now... we might get one from our friends, they named it Tobias.

I hope you checked out the music video on my myspace page... hmm.. i really should put it on here too.

Lots of shows coming up in the Cali area and stay tuned for dates all around the country!!

I'm really happy with the new EP and looking forward to rocking it all summer long...

hi everyone. record is mastered and sounding awesome! LEFTWING recordings has officially changed it's name to RETONE RECORDS. this compilation of tunes titled 'MIRRORS', will be out late summer

I met a new friend/producer his name is Frank Lenz and we are recording the whole album together. Since I love working with him so much i am re-recording new songs i've recorded to make the whole album much more cohesive. My last week in the studio is next week and then the album will be finished!! eek! I hope people enjoy it and it makes them feel better.
I've been through a lot of heartache in the last 3 months and I think the music really shows my growth.
Thank you for your support!!
Love, Amy

The new year has already brought so many new things! LOVE IS IN THE AIR
I am finishing up an EP that is supposed to be released early spring on LEFTWING RECORDINGS>>
A couple of new tracks are in the making and I've recorded 4 already
very exciting, will have more show dates soon!

Just returned from a very exciting trip to new york. that city never stops creating... i went to a number of amazing galleries, performances and saw lots of friends that made me feel very inspired. it is good to be back in california, it is raining and beautiful this morning.
the show at the key club last week was fun and thanks to those who came out. hopefully you can make it to the hotel cafe next week!

Recommended Listening: BROADCAST tender buttons

fall is soon to fall.
very exciting... been having wonderful times playing with my new band:: Rob Douglass, otherwise known as "Teenage Rob Douglass", on bass, and Joey Galvan hitting drums.. hard. Our next show in on Thursday! Check out shows page for details on where and when.. we're psyched to get this new sound out to you!
::: hey, if you happen to be in the LA area i highly recommend going to see the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit... before it's gone!

just got out of the studio recording two new tracks!
1. strange 2. back together
i'll post clips soon!

some may know, some may not.
i moved down to southern california for awhile.
since i've been here (2 days) i've:
watched dolphins
gone surfing every morning
listened to Neil Young records
played my baritone guitar

writing lots and getting ready to record more!
in the mean time, i've been recording demos on my friend's 4-track.

"the eyes touch, or feel, light waves and so enable us to touch things out of reach of our hands" Alan Watts

i can feel my life unfolding.
sometimes before my eyes
sometimes behind.
i'm catching up to where i need to be.

celebrate!

just returned from southern california with a rainbow colored thread on my wrist. the spoken words of Jack Kornfield brought my solo drive up the 101 a a soft gift. I've enjoyed the music and company of many new friends the last few weeks... Kings of Convenience, Birds of America, Simone Rubi and The Red West.

you all must check out THE KNIFE music and videos... though they are not yet released in the US... happy birthday JTLV.