Sharing is Caring
Share a song with a friend today. You have no clue how much it’ll mean to not only your friend but also the artists whose songs you’re sharing. Sometimes creating music can feel a lot like screaming into a void. You put your heart into each song praying someone will find it and feel that same heart when they listen. You can dream that people will resonate with each story and shape their own stories around these songs. It is an uphill battle to feel known and seen in music, but each listener pushes you higher and higher up the never-ending hill.
In this season of life, I have been finding my relationship to music kind of difficult. I never want to do anything else with my life, but honestly, sometimes it feels like my freakishly small feet (size 5 thanks for asking) keep tripping on the way up the hill.
I wake up every day with a song in my head and I can’t do anything without somehow romanticizing it enough to write a song lyric in my notes app or to hum a melody into my voice memos. I have thousands of notes about sitting in traffic, moping around my room, and even about my obsessions with sparkling water. You can make a song out of anything even if it’s not good.
What’s so funny about music is no one is as hard on me as I am on myself. I was talking to someone about how I was feeling a couple of days ago in tears, and they reminded me this is supposed to be fun. Not every day is easy, but it can always be fun if you let it.
I’m writing all this down to share with you not as a woe-is-me stupid sob story, I just wanted to share a peek in that not every day following a passion is easy or immediately fun, but I still can’t help but show up every day to do the one thing I love. In the time I’ve written this down, I’ve probably written down three song start ideas or brainstormed a creative idea regarding this music. This is in no way a brag, just sharing the way my brain never lets me rest :)
This is simply a reminder to do the things you love and to continue to make that choice. Life is always going to get hard so you might as well spend it doing something you love. I do music not because it is cool and fun and because I hate the idea of ever making money, I do music because I have to. Every fiber in my being wants to create, share, and think at every moment of the day. Thank you for letting this music be an outlet for my heart.
And now for the weekly report!
R- I just started reading “The Maid” by Nita Prose and only forty pages in I would qualify this as a page-turner!!!
E- I’ve been eating many a sandwich. The main one on rotation currently is a turkey, arugula, mozzarella, tomato, and balsamic concoction that has been perfect for a summer afternoon.
P- I’ve been playing around in some hot yoga classes this week! After training all year for the half marathon I wanted to give my body a bit of a break before I got full steam ahead back into running for the summer. It has been great for my brain and body.
O- I’ve been obsessing over James Taylor this week. No one ask me why, but the JT album has been on repeat. Something about his voice is so nostalgic and comforting to me.
R- My current recommendation is the show Abbott Elementary. I just finished the season three finale and I’m HUNGRY for season four. It is the ultimate funny comfort show I will be rewatching ASAP.
T- This week I’ve been treating myself to a Moscow mule. My favorite refreshing drink! I secretly get it with gin instead of vodka because I’m super chill like that.
I’ll chat with you soon, and share a song with someone you love in the meantime.
Love,
Cece