Strings: Orchid Quartet (Molly Rogers, Michelle Shin, Kiara Ana Perico, Leah Metzler) 
Vocals: Leah Ashton
Arranger and producer: Justin Sinclair
Recorded at: Haven Sounds Studios
Engineer and mixer: Caleb Parker
Mastered by: Rob Kleiner
“Christmas Without You” written by Leah Ashton and Justin Sinclair


Christmas Without You (Orchid Quartet Version)

Godmother

My first official single! “Cat Dreams” is basically what happens when you scroll too many cat videos at 2am and your brain goes full purr-mode.
Cats. Synths. Sleepy vibes. A whole mood.

[Verse]
Scrolling
Scrolling slow
Another cat video
My cares all go

[Prechorus]
Away away away
Until another day

[Chorus]
Cat dreams cat dreams
That's all I ever see
Cat dreams cat dreams
Just purrfect for me

[Verse 2]
Them paws
Them claws
Breakin all the laws
Without a cause

[Prechorus]
They play play play
Until the end of day

[Chorus]
Cat dreams cat dreams
That's all I ever see
Cat dreams cat dreams
Just purrfect for me

[Verse 3]
That trill
That purr
A tiny little stir
One blink, one bop
And all my stresses drop

[Bridge]
Little whiskers on the screen
Chasin’ strings inside a dream
Every time I press replay
All my worries fade away

[Final Chorus]
Cat dreams cat dreams
That's all I ever see
Cat dreams cat dreams
Just purrfect for me
Yeah, purrfect for me

Cat Dreams

You Do You

You Do You (feat. Mira Perusich, Lucia Leena, Ricarda Maria Jr., Ursula Reicher & Veronika Sterrer)

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Useful

Nadolig Gwyn

BONNIE X CLYDE - When The Silence Breaks

A Five-Year-Old Walks to the End of the Road (1984)

A boy thinks about not sitting the exams on the last day of school (1990)

Middle aged geezer who has lived in London since Elizabethan times. Understand how to edit and mix, as well as an interest in music theory and a bit of guitar/bass/keyboards. Doing this very much for the fun of it and not really interested in copying anybody else. Love "hybrid" music and sound (or sound design) - meaning I love crossing different genres. Into LoFi and Electronic Folk right now...

Ever feel like you've been playing quantum leap in your own life?

Leah Ashton is a Los Angeles-based artist whose style and sound is grounded in the combined traditions of soul, jazz, and the 60s/70s era singer-songwriter. Influenced by the likes of Sara Bareilles, Lake Street Dive, Jamie Cullum, Carole King, and Bill Withers, Leah’s music draws listeners in with her powerfully soulful voice that tells stories of self-discovery, empowerment, and chasing after one’s dreams.

Leah’s new holiday EP, sad girl silver bells, will be released in November of 2024. This collection of beautifully melancholic Christmas songs mixes heartfelt vocals and jazz adjacent arrangements with lush string and woodwind orchestrations, and leans into themes of heartache, loss, loneliness, and conflict during a time of year that is traditionally met with joy and peace.

sad girl silver bells is a follow up to her 2022 debut full-length album, Late Bloomer: a genre bending, pandemic era, election year journey from the perspective of a maturing woman coming into her own in her mid-30s. Late Bloomer marked a return to Leah’s artist roots after spending more than a decade working behind the scenes in Los Angeles as a contracted vocalist supporting artists like Andy Grammer, Michael Bolton, Matoma, Katori Walker, and JMSN, and performing on stages like the Hollywood Bowl, The Dolby Theater, The Ford Amphitheater, and the Cannes Film Festival, and appearing on TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live!, House of Lies, and Good Day LA.

As a Midwest native, Leah began releasing music in her early 20s (an independently released EP Things Better Left Unsaid in 2010, and a self-titled EP from Orangehaus Records in 2007), but took a slightly longer than expected pause on pursuing her own original music upon moving to Los Angeles. 

Now, along with continuing to write and release music of her own, Leah is also co-writing a new musical, Two Crowns (working title), developing both the music and script. You can find Leah performing music from all of these projects around the greater Los Angeles area.

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