Today's song is about love. It not about romantic love. I enjoy romance, but this song is about the aspects of love that require work, reconciliation, reflection and transformation. Enjoy!
As always, your comments and feedback are welcomed.
Lovingly,
GaBrilla
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Song of The Week: Week 1
Last week, I had a conversation about songwriting with my husband that made a huge impression on me. I have been suffering from "writer's block" for a while now. Although I have been performing and collaborating with other musicians, I haven't written a song in almost two years. That's a long time. I thought on some level I didn't really have anything to say in a way that was impactful. I told myself I didn't have the energy, time or support. And frankly, I thought I didn't have anything to write about. Yes, I was drowning in my own sob story of why it was so hard to write songs.
Then my husband told me, "write about your life... about what you are dealing with and working through." I thought, "who wants to hear about me being a stay-at-home mama trying to create meaningful work for herself and building community." But then I thought about it. That IS what I write about it on my other blog. I wrote an e-book about it, so why can't I write songs about it? It became very clear. As soon as we returned home, I got a little pocket notebook I had recently bought and started jotting down ideas. Ideas which resulted in the song I am sharing with you today in addition to lyrics for other songs.
With that said, I am pushing myself to write a song a week. I am not marrying myself to any formula. Only that I write and record a song per week. I plan to share snippets of each song here each week and to make the song available for purchase the following week. I'm still not sure how long I will write a song per week. But I wanna strive for 3 months, which is a total of about 12 songs or more depending on how inspired I feel.
Today's snippet comes from a song I wrote called, "This Choice I've Made" which is about the difficulties we are facing as a family and how it impacts me emotionally. It is about the paradoxof going through a hard time, yet still being able to be grateful in the midst of it all. I played around with my cajon and since I LOVE harmony, I added those too!
Your feedback and comments are welcomed.
Then my husband told me, "write about your life... about what you are dealing with and working through." I thought, "who wants to hear about me being a stay-at-home mama trying to create meaningful work for herself and building community." But then I thought about it. That IS what I write about it on my other blog. I wrote an e-book about it, so why can't I write songs about it? It became very clear. As soon as we returned home, I got a little pocket notebook I had recently bought and started jotting down ideas. Ideas which resulted in the song I am sharing with you today in addition to lyrics for other songs.
With that said, I am pushing myself to write a song a week. I am not marrying myself to any formula. Only that I write and record a song per week. I plan to share snippets of each song here each week and to make the song available for purchase the following week. I'm still not sure how long I will write a song per week. But I wanna strive for 3 months, which is a total of about 12 songs or more depending on how inspired I feel.
Today's snippet comes from a song I wrote called, "This Choice I've Made" which is about the difficulties we are facing as a family and how it impacts me emotionally. It is about the paradoxof going through a hard time, yet still being able to be grateful in the midst of it all. I played around with my cajon and since I LOVE harmony, I added those too!
Your feedback and comments are welcomed.
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