Let's all pretend I've been keeping my news up to date shall we?
It's November- eek! How did that happen?
Earlier this month I released a synth pop track with w0lfpak music called "Free Falling" The links have been added to my spotify list but you can access it on apple here and spotify and a lyric video here:
hope you like it!
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I have also been busy working on various collaborations with some of my faves, Remi Blaze, Jen Athan and Andy Skinner and continuing to work with clients including some mixing work for a wonderful US based client. I "got myself out there" performing at a couple of open mics, I met some musician friends IRL that I'd only met during online songwriting lockdown sessions which was super lovely and met some sweet, very encouraging people in the audiences too.
I also just wanted to address something which has been on my mind recently about my own music.
A while ago I posted a little promo of a song I was hoping to release in November called Chasing Faces. Well it’s November and you may be wondering “what’s she playing at teasing us with stuff and then doing NOTHING!” … the truth is although I would love to release this song I have been battling with various issues around it.
The number one thing causing me problems is: perfectionism and procrastination; being able to finish something to personal and technical satisfaction and let it go.
I am used to sharing things that are unfinished because (in classic procrastination stylee) it is less scary to have your unfinished, unpolished effort judged than producing something to actual completion. You can always justify any potential criticism because “well, it wasn’t really the finished article”. I know I’m not the only person dealing with this but it is a real stumbling block for me and I wanted to share incase it helps.
I am working on this issue of being unable to let things go and say “it’s finished, I worked hard on it and I’m proud of the result” with Dr Sierra Bard during some coaching sessions. I totally recommend her guidance if you’re an introverted performer/singer/writer/producer who needs a little help to understand your motivations and appreciate your own worth, I’m making slow progress!
The other issue is the song itself which needs some sound choice tweaking and dragging into the 21st century. Some of these songs I started a year ago or so and when I was just a baby producer selecting the first sounds that appeared in front of me and didn’t really know what I was doing. Although the arrangement is fine in terms of balance, on reflection… is it what I want to put out as my first track…? Maybe not now. I have tracks I’ve started more recently which show my progress a a producer and require less work to mix because I haven’t created 100 (unnecessary!) tracks. Learning how to mix using reference tracks (from the great Liz Cirelli!) has also been super important!
So I am planning to release my own track later this year (agh! Not long left!) and also have a fun Christmas track with Andy-skinner music coming out soon… so watch this space- I promise I will get a track of mine out by the end of the year and when I do I will definitely be super proud of myself 🙌 and hopefully you will like it too! Hint: it might even become your new Obsession...