1July 6, 2010
It’s been 1 year since the release of Reverie and not too much longer since I’ve embarked on this whole singer-songwriter, performance/recording artist thing… (say RED BULB BLUE BULB 5x fast!)
With the new album due out in August (just over a year post Reverie), I thought I’d celebrate this occasion by saying thank you in some official capacity but also sharing with you what motivates me to keep on keeping on when it would be much easier to slow things down.
One reason may be apparent. I love what I’m doing. It’s scary. It makes me feel way too vulnerable. I get nervous. I can’t sleep sometimes… But I love it. In fact, I love it more and more as time goes on so yes, this is a motivating factor.
With a busy school schedule though, there often needs to be more motivation. And thanks to you there is. Consider the picture below and meet @JBonomo – an awesomely awesome guy from Indiana who is officially one of my favourite people. We ‘met’ on twitter. He heard the music and liked it. I read his tweets and liked him. A connection was born. This isn’t just someone I call a ‘fan’ or a ‘listener’. It’s someone who, despite our knowing each other in any physical sense, has brought tremendous joy to my life.
Par example: When I FINALLY changed my profile picture (after a year) he responded by going on an elaborate road trip/adventure with his best friend and mom in order to most accurately mimic/mock my new look. Ummm… HILARIOUS! This is really something you’d expect a friend to do, which in the conventional sense means someone you’ve met and hung out with etc. But for me, since embarking on this musical journey, I’ve had the privilege to make friends all over the place. And they are real friends. People who inspire me. Who go out of their way to make me laugh. Who support my musical ambitions by sharing my tunes with their friends, parents, children whoever… Real people that have, in many circumstance, given me micro moments of joy exactly when I needed them. So damn you twitter haters… Real connections can be born!
This is one example of many… people who come to almost every show, take pictures/videos and go out of their way to send them to me, send me their personal stories in case I’m inspired to put them to song… you know who you are! The.List.Goes.On. So why am I putting in 10 hour days in the studio and attempting to balance a life in music and medicine? It’s safe to say that you, yes YOU (by virtue of even reading this!), are high on the hypothetical list of reasons.
So Happy Birthday Reverie. And thank you for connecting me with such beautiful listeners/fans/friends. Although the upcoming album may be shiny and new, you will always hold a very special place in my heart.
As do YOU!
Love you long time,
Andrea
