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Windsor, Ontario
Canada
Crissi Cochrane combines the heart of an East Coast singer-songwriter with the soul of Windsor/Detroit, living and writing just a stone's throw away from the birthplace of Motown.
Crissi Cochrane is a pop/soul singer-songwriter from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Read her blog to find out her latest news.
I first got the idea to name the album Heirloom when I was thinking about my electric guitar, which my father passed down to me, with the stipulation that it must remain in the family. In the act of giving it to me, he essentially created an heirloom.
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Read MoreWhen I got to page 2 and saw my professor’s note in the margin - “gross” in red pen, underlined three times - I knew I had to share this with you.
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Read MoreThe first time, I just let myself choke a little, because every time I hear the finale of this song, I feel the urge to cry and smother it. But no one is around, so I let myself feel the song at last.
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Read MoreIt didn’t occur to us until we were turning into the crammed parking lot at Devonshire Mall this morning that today is Black Friday. It just so happened that we had a little bit of Christmas shopping to do, and wanted to finally drop off some albums at Sunrise Records.
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Read MoreI was so nervous about playing the show - there’s something about playing in Toronto that makes me feel like the city will eat me. If I’m going to drive all this way, I’d better really have something to deliver.
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Read MoreI’m always surprised at how many hours of music my body can make - I’ve taken on some really long gigs, like a regular holiday open house that lasts about 5 or 6 hours, but I’ve never tried to play 17 hours of music in 4 days before, until this weekend.
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Read MoreI talked about coming to Windsor for the first time because I had money from a tax return and wanted to go somewhere, and wanted to come see what Michou were up to and play a gig at the newly christened “Best Live Music Venue in Canada,” the Phog Lounge. I talked about how I’d probably be a barista or an admin assistant if I had've moved to a city like Toronto instead.
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Read MoreThe arrangement sets a scene, and my voice is the hand in yours, guiding you through it. Even though the album was virtually complete, I still had to draw my vocal performances out of me, and, as much as possible, I tried not to think about it, to give myself less opportunity to doubt myself.
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Read MoreMany mornings, I’d wake to the sound of the rain - a sound that used to be so lovely and soothing, but that now filled me with dread. I’d try to steal just a few more seconds of bed warmth before tiptoeing to the basement to check for water.
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Read MoreThrough all these chaotic weeks, we did absolutely no work on my album, and I felt like there was a cloud following me, the guilt of doing nothing. We had only barely gotten started. It wouldn’t be impossible to just drop it. I started to wonder if maybe I was done making releases. But it was such a heartbreaking thought.
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Read MoreAs self-employed people in this fickle music industry, we assumed we would live in an apartment forever, and never have the luxury of owning our own home.
Read MoreThere are quite a few women who hate being pregnant, and they’ll try to convince you that people like me don’t exist, but oh, I do. I was terribly romantic about the whole thing - creating life, carrying this precious little soul inside my belly, never being alone.
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Read MoreIn the end, I feel like the album I’m making would have pleased a lot of these judges. The songs are so much fuller now, there are little hooks everywhere, and there is no lack of impact anywhere. I am undoubtedly making my best work right now. But I’m still not trying to conquer the world…
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Read MoreThe feeling of self-sufficiency was so wonderful. It gave me this little flame of confidence - I might not be the greatest live performer or the most excellent singer, but now I felt I had a sort of life-raft under me that most musicians don’t have.
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Read MoreEach time my parents come to visit, they bring along some of my childhood things. Now that I’m in a house (instead of a cramped apartment), I finally have room for all my old belongings. Last time, they brought me my diaries.
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Read MoreI’ve got a bunch of dates coming up in November, and three of them are extra special listening shows, so listen up!
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Read More“The Way You Move” is my 65th (!!) custom love song, and my third fully-produced custom song. This was written to celebrate the 30th birthday of a lovely woman named Amanda, on behalf of her husband Darryl.
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Read MoreI’m so excited about this record. I feel like I’ve heard so much different music, from so many different time periods, and I haven’t heard anything that sounds like this.
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