If you ever wanted to be a groupie, here is your chance….follow Judy Davids and read her book, Rock Star Mommy
As a fellow Baby Boomer Diva within the Boomer Diva Nation, I wanted to joined in share about Judy Davids’ book, Rock Star Mommy with my readers. I asked Judy a few questions about her writing journey and here are her answers.
I am anxious to read your book. I’m sure this is covered in your book, but how do you schedule your time between family, the band and traveling?
It’s difficult to do it all, so touring with the band doesn’t happen much. Occasionally, we do “road trips” where we’ll do an out of town show, but we’ve never done the bit where you wake up in a different city every night for a month on some stranger’s floor. We’re way too old for that. Plus we don’t want to be known as the “mom band” that leaves their kids!
Who writes your music?
Most of it is written by our lead singer’s husband John Rasmussen. He channels his inner “mommy” who seems to be very angry. He’s very funny. (He used to be a stand up comedian.) He’s written us songs like “Soccer Mom Stomp”, “Take Out the Trash” and “Never Mind the Laundry”. I write lyrics occasionally and he puts them to music.
How did you promote the band in the beginning?
With guerilla marketing! We passed out flyers. Hung posters in grocery stores, day care centers, soccer domes….you name it. We also printed up dozens of t-shirts and had our kids wear them EVERYWHERE!
Where was your first invitation to perform?
The first place we performed was at a club called The End of the Park. They do an open-mic night and bands come in and play 3 songs. We met the host of the event in a bar. He was born in 1978–the same year I graduated from high school so I felt we had a lot in common. (LOL) He convinced us to play even though we only knew two songs. We rose to the challenge, learned a third song, and played. Musically, we were a disaster but we packed the venue. I guess all those posters worked.
What is your greatest moment in life?
Just yesterday my seventh grader said “Mom, they do this thing called Career Day at school and a lot of kids said ‘You should have your mom come in’.” He seemed proud of me and it made me so happy. My real “day job” is a desk job in the world of gray corporate cubeland, so I’m glad I found something exciting to do with my life and, OF COURSE, I’m glad I had my two kids and that I don’t embarass them too much.
What is one thing you wished you had done in your life?
I wish I would have gone to radio broadcasting school and I was a morning drive on-air personality. That job would work for me on so many levels. I’m an early morning person and I love to talk, brag about my kids, laugh, and I love music, and I’m obsessed with pop culture. It’s the only job I can think of that pays you to love all those things and you don’t have to get dressed up and wear makeup because no one sees you!
Do you plan on writing more books?
Yes. My husband, John Davids, is an architect and we have a really funky house. Recently a reporter interviewed me and said “Does your house look like this because you’re in a band?” (My house looks like Pee Wee’s Playhouse.) I and told him “No” that the house came first. It’s an expression of who we are and all the things we love. John and I want to do a book called “Hot Rod Your Home” with some simple DIY projects. (You can see our house on HGTV at http://mydols.com/hgtv.htm.)
Yesterday the Judy Davids’ blog tour was located with Heidi Richards at http://virtualwomensday.blogspot.com
And tomorrow the blog tour continues with Heidi Caswell at http://connectsimply.com/blog
And if you would like to read Judy’s book for yourself, get it at http://www.judydavids.com
