Clarity of Purpose

Music making is taking center stage in my life here in the spring of 2025.

My heart is most fulfilled when I make room for the creative process to unfold. I am compelled and inspired by it each and every day. Clarity has arisen: I am going all in on my music career: this is version 2.0. I’m committed to listening and staying true to my voice and my intentions as a musician. The impact of acknowledging this, both to myself and to the world, creates a deep sense of restfulness within me.

It is humbling too: it often feels like I’m starting from scratch as I explore new voices, both solo and collaborative. The logistical side of the music business can feel daunting and unintuitive for me. And now that I’m finding myself in the driver’s seat of my creative life, it feels like utterly new territory, as if I’m doing it all for the first time.

I’m finding my way, one step at a time, and asking for all the help I can get along the way. As an introvert, it’s all too easy for me to hide out in my basement studio, simply making the music that I love. (And indeed, when I do this, my present moment experience is that all is very well) And then I have the sobering realization that success in the music industry necessitates doing all sorts of things that have nothing to do with music, things that don’t come easy for me, and hence, I meet all kinds of internal resistance. It’s time to metabolize that unpleasant little constellation of sensation in my body. The music wants to be made, and therefore, it wants to be heard. If the price of pursuing music professionally is a little (or a lot) of emotional discomfort along the way, I am willing to navigate it. Yet if I look more honestly, it isn’t actually a price to pay, the feelings are just signposts pointing my way home. The music is worth it.

Thank you for being on this journey with me. May we take each step in celebration of this one precious life that we share.