February is for Love and Album Writing š„°
Wow - I really look forward to these monthly recaps - It makes me focus on all the good that is happening.
For those that were concernedā¦ I landed a new day job! It is with a healthcare AI tech company and all I can say is everything turned out for the best! What I learned about my creative self is that I have more creative energy when my basic needs are met and I feel secure. If I am worried about how Iām going to be making money next month, then my creative juices all flow toward solving that problem and not toward songwriting, even though I technically have more time for it.
It is good to know these things about oneās creative spirit. Once said job was secured, I had three weeks to enjoy without one :) and dove heavily into songwriting.
Have you heard of FAWM?
FAWM stands for February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org). Itās a group of about 1,000 people all over the world who join an online forum and commit to writing an album in a month. Thatās 14 songs in a 28 days. Within the forum are daily and weekly prompts and something calls āSkirmishesā where someone hosts with a prompt and everyone logs in and writes a song with a 60-minute time limit. Most of my contributions were written this way and I appreciate the pressure.
Below are some songs you may have missed on social media:
The first is a song I wrote from my oldest son, who is 14 and growing so fast!
This one was from a prompt to write a song in another language. I wrote a song about dreaming about someone and waking up and theyāre not there - I think weāve all known that pit in your stomach when you have those really real dreams. Hereās a clip of me singing it at an open mic:
I wrote 9 songs in total - not the 14 song target, but the new job and our family vacation got in the way..
Speaking of vacationā¦.we went to Orlando and had a blast! This year I decided to do something special and get us to ride the Mardi Gras floats at Universal Studios:
āļø Other Highlights
In case youāre wondering, here are some other things I did while unemployed:
I got my BlockBlast score over 300,000 š®
Watched all 10 seasons of Younger šŗ
Sang at the open mic at The Perch Philly š¤
Learned Ukulele ( I told you that already but itās a big enough deal to mention again) šø
Rewrote my welcome email series and created a merch bundle just for subscribers š§
Cleaned out my closet and donated clothes & deep cleaned some rooms (not all like I had wanted!) š
Grew a hydroponic herb garden šŖ“
Read: š
7 Spiritual Laws of Success
Think and Grow Rich
Neuro Sculpting
Eat that Frog
The Power of Now
You Can Be Happy No Matter What
Creative Visualization
Your Mental Mess
Donāt Believe Everything You Think
5 Second Rule
Girl, Wash your Face
The Art of Asking
In My Own Words - Dali Lama
Tao te Ching
The Art of War
You Deserve this Sh!t
Inner Excellence
š Where you can find me in March
I share songs on social media as much as I can, or in my live streams, even if I may never release them. I am committed to not releasing new music unless there is a demand for it, so you can show your āvoteā by liking the posts and commenting. And sharing my posts really, really, helps get them some more reach.
LIVE!
Make sure you have notifications for my Facebook and Instagram pages turned on so you can get notified when I go live!
Thatās all for nowā¦ a short update for a short month!!
Have a lucky March! š