The ShySinger-Songwriter
Blog URL http://theshysinger-songwriter.blogspot.com/
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags creativity, artistry, singing, composing, writing, social phobia, self-esteem, Vikki Flawith, songwriting
I call myself the shy singer because that is who I was & am. I had acute social phobia & extreme stage fright. The process of finding & releasing my authentic voice became the process of finding & freeing my Self.
Latest Blog Posts
- Creatively managing creative time on Nov 18, 2009 in creativity artistry songwriting planning composing time management delegating creative process
I was privileged to teach a class at a recent music conference. The class was called, "You Can Give the Industry What It Wants and Still Be Creative". It was taught by a team of 4 people: Suz Doyle talked about finding inspiration when you are blo...
- ~ ready, set, go on Nov 2, 2009
Ah well what to report, what to report. Big Brothers came and took away a big bag of clothes and a box of shoes. The junk van came and took away old beat-up furniture, old junk, old carpet, et al. Feels good.Been working hard to get prepared for t...
- ~ boxed in on Oct 25, 2009 in creativity organization
What is it in me that looks at an empty box and deeply desires to keep it? Walk into my bathroom, and on the top shelf there are empty boxes that once contained a toaster or a mixer. Walk into my bedroom and on top of my cupboard are empty boxes th...
- be gone, stufffffffffff! on Oct 12, 2009
I am trying to clean my bedroom - a Herculean task of mammoth porportions. If you don't hear from me, bring a tractor over & dig me out. Seriously. But I did find the abstract I painted in August - it's good, I like it. And I found piles of music I'd...
- Sticking to your guns on Oct 4, 2009 in self-esteem creativity goals artistry motivation creative process
You know, somewhere along the line, after waffling for years, never finishing anything I started… something changed. I actually began something that didn’t end. I certainly thought about quitting - a lot. I procrastinated. I didn’t follow t...
- Finding your path as an artist on Sep 24, 2009 in art creativity songwriting composing inspiration making money making a living
Someone was asking on a songwriting board I belong to, about how they could make money with their music... which way should they go - write for artists, record a CD to sell, score films...I replied... why not do some reading. I suggest Jason Blume's...
- Striving for imperfection on Aug 23, 2009 in self-esteem performance novel writing art perfectionism creativity singing imperfectness songwriting inspiration creative process
Eh? What’s that you say? I should strive to be other than perfect? What’s the point of that?Well… you see, we’re caught in this terrible bind. We do need to learn something about what we are doing. As artists, we know we have to have cra...
