does anyone out there have any inspiring words they can pass on? i'd love to hear something great today. i'm down and struggling to focus on everyday tasks that would normally be easy to me.
i was supposed to have an audition tomorrow in chicago and had to cancel because i feel so down about my voice. that's a horrible feeling and i think it has me in a funk.
since most of my friends are singers, we all probably know about the book "the artists way". i'm going to get that back out. anyone else reading it? we should discuss what we read on this blog. that would be so great, wouldn't it? sometimes i feel like being an artist is a burden! (sorry God)
it's just a responsibility, that's all.
anyway, can someone give me an inspiring shout-out?? :)
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my mom wrote this:
THIS IS KIND OF LONG BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I JUST READ ABOUT IN GUIDEPOSTS. THERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT MARTINA MCBRIDE. SHE IS FROM KANSAS AND WAS SINGING IN CLUBS IN WICHITA BACK IN THE LATE 80'S. SHE WAS 22 YEARS OLD AND AFTER SINGING FOR 4 HOURS IN A SMOKE-FILLED ROOM, HER VOICE WOULD BE VERY TIRED. THE PEOPLE IN THESE CLUBS DID NOT WANT TO HEAR COUNTRY MUSIC BUT WERE INTO MADONNA AND CINDY LOPER, SO, IN ORDER TO GET THESE GIGS SHE WAS SINGING THEIR KIND OF MUSIC AND NOT REALLY LOVING IT AND HER VOICE WOULD FEEL VERY TIRED. NOTHING BEAT THE THRILL SHE GOT FROM STANDING AT A MICROPHONE AND BELTING OUT SOME TRUE COUNTRY. IT GAVE HER A SPECIAL FEELING, A FEELING THAT SHE WAS DOING WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING - WHAT GOD GAVE HER THE TALENT TO DO. JOY. IT'S THAT FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU REALLY CONNECT WITH THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE. A DOCTOR HAD TOLD HER SHE WAS RUINING HER VOICE BUT WHEN SHE STARTED SINGING WHAT SHE LOVED, SHE WOULD BE TIRED, BUT A GOOD TIRED AND HER VOICE REMAINED STRONG. SHE IS PAST 40 NOW AND FEELS BLESSED TO MAKE THE MUSIC SHE LOVES. SHE HAS THREE DAUGHTERS AND IS A FULL-TIME MOM.
IT'S THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT FOLLOWING YOUR HEART AND DOING WHAT GOD HAS ORCHESTRATED. I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE ENCOURAGING TO YOU. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE GOOD CHOICES AND ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD'S LEADING., NO MATTER WHAT OTHERS KEEP TRYING TO TELL YOU. HE WILL LOOK OUT FOR YOU AND SEE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE THOSE BILLS WITHOUT COMPROMISING YOUR GIFT. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS AND LIKE YOU SAID, A TALENT CAN SOMETIMES BE A BURDEN UNLESS YOU, AND ONLY YOU, MAKE IT OTHERWISE. PT
well, i'm sort of answering my own shout out!!! ha! it's saturday morning and i'm so happy to be home, chillin', houseshoes on, listening to jazz, drinking a lovely cappucino. and a jazz standard just came on. the words describe EXACTLY how i feel.
birds flying high
you know how i feel
sun in the sky
you know how i feel
breeze driftin' on by
you know how i feel.
it's a new dawn
it's a new day
it's a new life for me
and i'm feelin'....good."
YES!!!
check your e-mail, i just unloaded my empathy there. should have checked here first!!! luv you for doing this blog!
I am new to this blog but thank you for such a wonderful place to interact with likeminded women. I wanted to share an experience with you that I had this past Sunday. As you know, I'm singing jazz pretty much full time now. This does not mean in any way that I am neglecting my classical music calling. I am director of music at my church and sing three times a weekend and LOVE it. Sometimes I don't know if the things that I do there are really getting through but this last Sunday I have proof that they did. It is Advent season as you know, and I dedicated myself to singing one solo (that the congregation doesn't sing with me) during mass. I wanted to share my gift that God has given me this season and I wanted to touch some people out there. Well, I sang Come unto Him from the Messiah. I was thinking that it went pretty well, especially after singing for 4 hours Friday and Saturday night and I was singing this at an 8 am mass. After mass the PRIEST came up to me and told me that I was a gift. The PRIEST said this to me. Wow! You don't know how blessed I felt at that moment. That I was a gift to the church, to God, to the priest and to myself. That is one thing we have to remember, that we are using a gift that has been given to us. I don't look at it as a responcibility but as something that I am blessed with and I want to share it with someone else in order to make their life just even a little bit better. Even if it's just for that one momemt. So, singing jazz, opera, classical or church music...it doesn't matter. As long as I am not doing it for me ONLY. Yes, I still do it for me because I LOVE to sing. I am BLESSED this Advent/Christmas season to have a loving husband, a beautiful healthy daughter (who is almost one), wonderful friends and family, and a gift that God gave to ME! How WONDERFUL is that - His Name IS WONDERFUL!
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