It's going on almost 4 years since my music ventures ended...by ventures I mean recording, writing and performing the songs that once filled my head and had me vocalize what my heart had endured years prior. Altogether I had compiled 3 independent albums that featured covers of some of my favorite songs, and 1 independent album that contained original written material, 7 notebooks filled with lyrical content ranging from heartache to personal independence.
As a solo artist I was able to reach a development deal on the east coast for a year, unfortunately the company folded and there went my investment. I tried out for American Idol Season 2 and made it to the top 500 in Hollywood, Ca. I was a part of my church choir/band for 5 years having started out as a background singer and ending as a lead singer and I had formed 2 incarnations of my own band "Image-One1" performing in a coffee house and then stretching to church festivals.
I decided to end my run with my band and as the lead singer of the church choir/band wanting a fresh start to a career that I had already worked at just as hard as my musical endeavors, hair and make-up artistry. At this time I had also ended my very short lived courtship with my ex-boyfriend wanting to flee the trapped box I felt I was in. I even thought that ending that relationship would give me more material to write about in my music, yet that wasn't the case.
I wrote my first song since I left music just last year in August of 2011. It felt like a ton of bricks had been lifted off of me. Since then I have only written 4 songs that have been completed along with 2 others that need to be finished. Yesterday as I was loathing the task of doing my laundry for 3.5 hrs, my mind started wandering in the realm of music and as I was folding and waiting for my "whites" to be tumble dried, I had written what has become my 4th song aptly titled "This I Know". Strange how words can just flow from one end to the next isn't it?! This song took me all of 15 minutes to complete, and I even have a chosen melody for it...and in due time, I will let you all hear the full sound of this and the many more songs I will continue to be writing as LIFE goes on.
For now, here is "This I Know" for your viewing pleasure:
Come out and fit in where you can,
There's only one memory left to live
In all of life's dreams.
Look up and See
How you dream of me
Say it as you feel me so clearly
This I know, you love me.
There's only one more debt left to pay,
Why can't you see it off and let it go?
There's a word for what's inside,
Only I can push and shove.
Look up and See
How you dream of me
Say it as you feel me so clearly
This I know, you love me,
Look now and Show
Lift us up against the world
They have no chance to win I know
We will live to move the skies.
You don't believe me?
You don't see it?
Lift my arms above
Catch me once you've gained our trust.
You don't believe me?
You don't see it?
My heart is yours alone,
This I know we are meant for more.
Look up and See
How you dream of me
This is one last opportunity
Come rule right next to me.
BLQ MUSIC PRODUCTION 2012
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