Some of you already know how much I love housesitting. I recently had the pleasure of sitting for "Shadow" in #London, the most intelligent #dog I've ever met. Shadow is a #BorderCollie and all L-O-V-E. I fell so in love with him, I felt I had no choice but to feature him in my latest music video, "The Gun and the Gold". I started #housesitting in 2016 in order to make #traveling as an #indieartist less stressful and more #affordable. Two years later, I feel it was one of the

If it wasn't for having actual #goals in life I'd probably spend most of my time in coffee shops. I only started drinking coffee at around age 19 after having dated a serious Italian obsessed with his #Nespresso machine. I had no choice but to be converted. I do love #coffee, but, in my view, that's not what coffee shops are about. To me they have always been a place of inspiration, regardless of what I'm #drinking. (Growing up, my grandfather used to ask me to make him cups

Today I sat with pen and paper in one of my favorite #London #coffeeshops, "Ginger & White", in #BelsizePark. It's been a long time since I sat down with an actual pen and paper. 10 days ago I was extremely #lucky to be visited by my #American family in #England. #Life stopped. For months I'd anticipated their coming, feeling the withdrawal of family #togetherness. For weeks, I felt like a #kid waiting for her own birthday party to start - that anxious #excitement and #frustr

Welcome to House of Sam Records!!! Hi. My name is Samantha Preis. I'm an independent #singersongwriter, #recording and #performingartist and, YEAH, being an #indie artist is super hard but also very rewarding. Some of you may already know my #music or have seen me #perform, and, if you know me, you know that in order to pursue my music, I actually rely on several other streams of #income. Ideally, I would love to be focusing ALL my attention to #writing music, #recording, and

One of the beautiful things about #life is knowing that we're all going to die. No amount of perceived #security regarding our life insurance or dental policies is going to save us from the inevitable – and none of us, even the most #beautiful, #talented, and #successful are going to make it out of here #alive. #Anxiety is a strange human response to feeling #threatened that frequently hinders our ability to move forward, make #progress, or take #action. If we could stop thes

I have been sleeping on the floor for the past two weeks of a tiny farmer's cottage by the sea with three #cats as housemates. Just yesterday they brought me not one but two peace offerings of bird and mouse carcasses. Thoughtful little buggers but they made such the mess! How did I end up on the floor of this itty-bitty seaside cottage with such thoughtful roommates, you might ask? I'll tell you. Several years ago, after the pursuit of several advanced degrees at two of the