This time, it’s not about a new song, it’s about the fact that there are only a few days left until the release of the first five singles. Now I realize it so much I should have done or do. Maybe I should have waited longer.
If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m not a full-time professional musician and the photos are avatars of my personality like my pseudonym. I have another full-time job, and I’m a parent to two wonderful kids. That means there isn’t exactly an abundance of time left over for writing songs and find the right music. Gosh, I haven’t even created any social media pages yet, and I suppose I should?
Sometimes I wonder, will anyone appreciate the lyrics and songs as much as I do?
A few people who know what I’m working on have asked why I don’t just wait and release a full album with all the other songs. It’s a fair question. I remember how it was when I grew up. You’d save money, walk to the record store, and buy your LP or CD, the full album from one of the great artists I loved at the time.
And oh, I listened to them all. The Cure, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Madonna, Alphaville, Cher, Roxette, Sandra, Midnight Oil… the list goes on forever. I have no idea why those names come to mind first, but they do, maybe because their music still echoes somewhere inside me.
The thing is, time changes. Maybe it’s the same for you as it is for me. After the millennium, I started buying fewer albums. I stopped listening through entire records and found myself focusing more on single songs. These days, I sometimes listen through an artist’s entire collection on streaming platforms and create playlists of the ones I love most.
There’s a little sadness in that change, because when you listened to a whole album, you got to know the artist in a deeper way. You followed their thoughts, their moods, their stories, song by song. Now, the connection is shorter, more fleeting.
But there’s also something beautiful about the new way. I discover so many more artists than I ever could before. So many talented voices that deserve to be heard. The bad comes with some good, I suppose. Time simply shifts how things work — and that’s okay. It will be alright.
(Mmm, I really should write a song about that thought… but not tonight.)
Even artists and producers have to do administration, and that’s true for me too. I wonder if anyone will ever read this blog. Maybe not. But that’s alright as well. I see this as a sort of diary — a way to capture my thoughts and to share what lies behind the songs and lyrics.
It’s getting late. Time to sleep.
Goodnight, everyone out there.
There will be another day tomorrow.
Alicia Z.