Same But Different

Lovelies,

For nineteen years my creative life consisted of writing, recording, and performing original songs. 

Then 2020 brought a deluge of fantastic and fantastical suggestions to do other things. Would I produce songwriters? Sure! I'd produce over a hundred songs in the first three years. Would I write for other artists? Sure! And my first placement would be for Journey. Would I build a creativity app? Sure! And that situation went live mere months ago.

I was so occupied by these new pursuits "my music" didn't stand a chance. But I was so fulfilled by these new pursuits I didn't miss it in the slightest.

If anything I felt an aversion to it.

"My music" bored me.

This is not uncommon. Artists are like whales through plankton. We're nourished only to the extent that we're moving.

This is all to say I made a skeptical return to "my music" this month. First, a production group in the UK asked to work up my song (more on this later). Second, I, myself, produced four of my songs.

I can't say it was a homecoming, because these last years my creative life has felt more like home than anything else I've tried. But there was something neat in it: To experience my new sensibilities in my old environment. 

And I'm very happy I'll get to share this part of me with you again.

Love,
Rachel

Yeah so the thing about recording music is that it's a PROCESS. You don't get to hear it for a while. In the meantime, please enjoy this photo evidence (Daniel Fabricant bassist, Jason Slota drummer, James DePrato guitarist).

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