This last weeks I’ve been mostly…

Hey it's Coeur Vaillant,

I hope the weather is nice where you live because here in Manchester we've had a lot of nice days lately.

I love spring, not just because I was born on March 21 lol, but it's such a season of hope and renewal. It's the season of rivers and streams, and I LOVE water.

So much so that I love washing dishes. I'm not kidding.

But I digress. So what have I been up to these past few weeks? 

Well, I've been getting back into songwriting, which has been really good for me. There are so many things to do to make the project move forward that I had put it aside for a while.

But frankly I love it too much, it's what really makes me tick and I can spend hours on end in a kind of meditative state where time doesn't exist anymore. 

Speaking of songwriting and springtime, I've started working on a new song called “Picnic Trip”

It is inspired by the bike rides I used to take in the springtime in the countryside of southwestern France when I was a teenager.

I had my own little secret spot near a stream where I used to have my picnic in solitude with my favorite food: croques monsieur. 

I'll keep you posted on the evolution of the writing of this song.!

Here I’m writing the strings for “Picnic Trip” :

I also did a mini-concert at the Whiskey Jar  a  pub in the Northern Quarter where I played three songs.

Here’s a video of the best moment of the night!

Honestly I almost didn't go because I was in the middle of a water fast that I didn't want to break and I wasn't feeling great.

But I kicked my ass to show up anyway and boy didn't I regret it: there was a crazy atmosphere. The audience started to clap and sing along to my choruses: I didn't expect that! 

It was so heartwarming. A long time ago back in France I had this crazy dream : to come and sing my songs and touch the hearts in the country of Shakespeare. Yeah!  And now, damn it, the dream is becoming reality! 

Well, it hasn’t been easy every day, I must admit that here and there it rained a few anvils and assholes along the way (you know … those nay -nay -nay -naysayers) ^^ but my enthusiasm was, and will always be my umbrella!

And to quote Moki in the wonderful video game Ori and the Will of the Wisp: Enthusiasm makes everything an adventure.

So thanks to you for following the Adventures of Coeur Vaillant, 

Stay tuned & see you around!

Yours truly, 

Coeur-"Enthusiast"-Vaillant