Music is the lifeblood of living out loud ~ Laura Botsford Originally the music flowed like a river, and somewhere out of the midst of longing and its essence; a song branched out from all its tributaries into the sea of manifested music. As composers and songwriters, we know the many influences when we hear them, but in the mixology of it all is what makes it exciting; the blend, the whoosh, the whir of harmonies so sympatrically, that it leaves one breathless. In this flux of creativity beats the drum of discovery, and make no mistake; all music has a collective soul of the ones who influenced or created it together; their rendezvous resonates, and depending on the song, leaves an everlasting impression of it as an incandescent listening presence. "Laura Botsford music spans many musical genres from folk country, to pop, rock, and jazz, cinematic ebullition for over three decades. Her blend of genres uniquely mesh in an air of ethereal am