Just A Thought 6/30

I was really in my bag for this one. lol.

"If matter can't be created or destroyed
Tell me in what forcefield has he hid my heart?
What altered space time continuum can change how quickly we fell apart?
Where's the Pythagorean theorem that will bring me back to him
Tell me what algebraic equation that explains the value of my ex?
Cause all I'm coming up with is a zero
If I go, will this compass take me in the right direction?
Someone who can show me more than the humanus erectus
If I educated guess this
Love is as real as imaginary numbers
I'm hoping I will stand corrected."

A Year

Never be afraid for things to take a year. lol. I know that sounds weird but some of the best situations for me have taken a year to happen. I mean I met Carvin Haggins a year before I actually got in the studio with him. I was probably ten times more ready after letting a year pass. Where some might have gotten discouraged, I just kept it moving and eventually the opportunity was there for me.
In a another situation, there was a job that I was supposed to start in the summer of last year. Well somehow that didn't happen either. About 20 failed job offers and a year later, I'll be starting that new job on Monday. And I'm probably more prepared for that then I was a year ago.
I guess in all this I am learning patience. Great things come eventually even if it's not at the time that you think it should be. So getting songs placed, meeting the person that can take your career to the next level, learning an instrument can take a year, maybe 2, maybe 10. But keep it moving and it might still happen for you. Or in the time you're waiting, you might find something else, something better, something meant for you...

Just A Thought 6/24

So I was on the train yesterday and this is what came out...

"And so I know this is the end for us
But with endings there are constantly
new beginnings
I've decided to let go
In hopes that His love will catch me
Or that I can land silently in some other time
Free of any and everything that kept me bonded
Unable to see
Or believe
In what was meant to be"

"Today the world stopped
At least for a minute while I listened to you speak
Or saw you mouth the words because I couldn't really hear
Hear past "You can't"
It seems the other words were unnecessary
But somehow too heavy for me to carry
So I put the burden down"

Erykah Badu - Green Eyes

Another great performer, producer, writer! One of my favorite Erykah Badu songs. And I don't care that I look like I listen to Erykah Badu. lmao.

Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing

Written by Diane Warren ... an iconic songwriter

Women in the Music Industry

So through an internship that I did with Jr. Music Executive, an awesome non-profit in Philadelphia that helps youth explore careers in music, I’ve met a lot of other aspiring female music industry professionals. Well a few of us decided to start getting together every so often and talk about up and coming projects that we are working on, how we can help one another, etc. And as gay as it might sound, lol, I actually like the idea of it. I mean no doubt we live in a male dominated society and so in turn the music industry is male dominated as well. There is a lot to look out for when you are trying walk this career path. There are a lot of people that don’t necessarily care about your talent … For instance being at an “Unnamed Studio” and exchanging numbers with producers that hit you up on some very unprofessional terms. Like are you really serious right now dude? So it’s nice to feel like you have an alliance to fall back on. Some type of security that makes you feel like your not going through things on your own. I can’t tell you how many events I’ve been to and I’ve been either THEE only woman or one of two. Hopefully just a few friends getting together can turn into something bigger, maybe a summit for young girls that might not be the next Beyonce but the next great A&R or engineer. I mean even as a writer it shocked me that so many men, write a lot of the great women anthems that we dance to in the club and bang in the car. I mean, seriously? We can’t even write our own songs? There are a lot of great women in the industry doing their thing, believe me, but I also think that there is room for a lot more. All that feminism I just wrote will probably hold me over for about the next six months, cause it’s really not my fight of choice normally, but I just wanted to put that out there…

JUST A THOUGHT

As a writer, I often think of random lines during the course of a day. Some make it to songs, others just end up in my notebooks. So I'd like to share at least one on the daily with yall!

"I must have loved you before
somewhere else, some other time
How else could you so quickly
occupy three quarters of my mind"

The Roots - Dear God 2.0 (Official Video)

This is a very powerful video. Gotta Love The Roots for continuing to do what they do!

New Joint by Paula Campbell