Hochapeafarm
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Some years ago on UU, I shared an original song that I wrote about the passing of one of my beloved animals. Although some person gave me a "thumbs down" on the song on my YT channel (which did hurt a lot, I admit, but it goes with the territory), I still found that writing the song and playing it on my ukulele to be very powerful in helping me throughout the grieving process.
More recently, I went through a loss of a different sort: that of losing two very good friendships; both meant a great deal to me. I needed time to go through the stages of loss, but a recent visit with a dear ukulele friend of mine (who is a singer/songwriter) inspired me to put my feelings on paper, in a song, on my ukulele. I had shown her the chords that were speaking to me for some reason...and after her visit, the words for the song just seemed to naturally flow.
It had been almost one year since I had written an original ukulele song. This is mostly because another uke friend of mine commented on my last song that people like to hear stories in a song (or something in that regard). That "last song" I had written/posted didn't tell a story, just how I felt about something in particular. This person's comment gave me pause at the time and I think I felt afraid to write again because of it.
But, what I have learned (again!) in all of this (if you're still reading this now) is that music is healing (along with many other things, of course!). It does something quite powerful that other things cannot. Some people aren't going to like what we write/play/sing...others may. I hope that this new original that I have written, "No Choice," may help someone else out there. Words are very powerful on their own, but when music accompanies them, I feel words are transformed in an entirely different way...and for me, it's healing.
Thanks for listening and here's the video, if you're interested in watching it.
Happy Strummings,
~ Chelle
More recently, I went through a loss of a different sort: that of losing two very good friendships; both meant a great deal to me. I needed time to go through the stages of loss, but a recent visit with a dear ukulele friend of mine (who is a singer/songwriter) inspired me to put my feelings on paper, in a song, on my ukulele. I had shown her the chords that were speaking to me for some reason...and after her visit, the words for the song just seemed to naturally flow.
It had been almost one year since I had written an original ukulele song. This is mostly because another uke friend of mine commented on my last song that people like to hear stories in a song (or something in that regard). That "last song" I had written/posted didn't tell a story, just how I felt about something in particular. This person's comment gave me pause at the time and I think I felt afraid to write again because of it.
But, what I have learned (again!) in all of this (if you're still reading this now) is that music is healing (along with many other things, of course!). It does something quite powerful that other things cannot. Some people aren't going to like what we write/play/sing...others may. I hope that this new original that I have written, "No Choice," may help someone else out there. Words are very powerful on their own, but when music accompanies them, I feel words are transformed in an entirely different way...and for me, it's healing.
Thanks for listening and here's the video, if you're interested in watching it.
Happy Strummings,
~ Chelle
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