Here's one of my favorite songs from my 2007 album, 'Leap of Faith.' It's a song called 'She Sits' and it is my dedication to all people everywhere who know they were born to live 'bigger' lives than the ones they've been living. It's never to late to make a different choice, a more rewarding choice, a bigger choice than the one you've been making. Just close your eyes, take a deep breath, take that 'Leap of Faith' and just trust that everything will work out just fine - because it always will - ALWAYS. I hope you enjoy the song! Thanks for listening!
Love,
~Jen
She Sits
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Every song tells a story
So, here I am, up late once again. :-) Tonight, I'm watching VH1 Storytellers with Jason Mraz. Yum, yum and more yum. His music is delicious and his songs move me. His level of honesty inspires me to keep on digging. I know there are levels of love and spirit and fear and wonder and simple human-ness that I have yet to tap into - in both my life and my music. I've recently started writing again. No new songs have come - yet - but I know they're in there....just waiting for the right time and space to bubble up to the surface.
I was on the phone with a dear friend of mine (who also happens to be a terrific musician/singer/songwriter) last night and we were talking about the idea of writer's 'block.' He asked me what I thought about it - whether or not I believe in it. I stopped and took a deep breath before I gently answered, 'No.' I believe that songs and music and creativity in general are ever flowing. God (which is most definitely the Source of my creativity, my music, and anything else that truly matters in my life) doesn't just stop giving me songs. The Universe doesn't support me in my creative endeavors for a brief time (or even a long time) and then all of a sudden stop. If songs aren't coming to me, it's because of one of two reasons: 1) I'm not ready for them yet or 2) I'm blocking them because I'm afraid of something.
One thing that I've learned about music is that it's not the notes or chords that make the song - it's the silence in between the notes/chords that gives the song life. The same goes for me with songwriting. It's wonderful when I am blessed enough to receive a new song. I get excited - like a little kid at Christmas - and I want to spend all my time working on it, playing with it, seeing what it wants to be. But, equally beautiful, is that time in between songs. The time where I'm not writing because I'm too busy living life and having incredible experiences to even think about writing them down.
The time to write will come and I'll recognize it the moment it arrives. I will feel that inner pull, that 'calling.' I'll pick up the pen and start writing again. Every song will tell a story. Every song tells my story - and, God willing - every song will tell your story, too. I'm truly blessed to be given so many opportunities to connect to a larger Source and hear what it has to say. I do my best to relay those 'messages' in my songs. I hope that, whatever that Source has to say, it ends up moving you as much as it does me...
I was on the phone with a dear friend of mine (who also happens to be a terrific musician/singer/songwriter) last night and we were talking about the idea of writer's 'block.' He asked me what I thought about it - whether or not I believe in it. I stopped and took a deep breath before I gently answered, 'No.' I believe that songs and music and creativity in general are ever flowing. God (which is most definitely the Source of my creativity, my music, and anything else that truly matters in my life) doesn't just stop giving me songs. The Universe doesn't support me in my creative endeavors for a brief time (or even a long time) and then all of a sudden stop. If songs aren't coming to me, it's because of one of two reasons: 1) I'm not ready for them yet or 2) I'm blocking them because I'm afraid of something.
One thing that I've learned about music is that it's not the notes or chords that make the song - it's the silence in between the notes/chords that gives the song life. The same goes for me with songwriting. It's wonderful when I am blessed enough to receive a new song. I get excited - like a little kid at Christmas - and I want to spend all my time working on it, playing with it, seeing what it wants to be. But, equally beautiful, is that time in between songs. The time where I'm not writing because I'm too busy living life and having incredible experiences to even think about writing them down.
The time to write will come and I'll recognize it the moment it arrives. I will feel that inner pull, that 'calling.' I'll pick up the pen and start writing again. Every song will tell a story. Every song tells my story - and, God willing - every song will tell your story, too. I'm truly blessed to be given so many opportunities to connect to a larger Source and hear what it has to say. I do my best to relay those 'messages' in my songs. I hope that, whatever that Source has to say, it ends up moving you as much as it does me...
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