Music
2020 Challenge: Learn to make music
5 Year Update!
I thought making music would be fun, so in 2020 I challenged myself to learn to make music by forcing myself to release 1 song/month.
My 1st song was called “I’ll Find Air” — realizing I had bitten off more than I could chew (it’s at the bottom of the page — listen at your own risk… 🙂
Now, 5 years later, I thought it was time for an update.
Ironically, the song I made this year is called “Easy Ride” perfectly contrasting the 1st song 5 years ago.
Also, in 2020, I made music videos for each of the 12 songs, so I thought I had to do one for Easy Ride.
So I shot I shot this video. It’s cringe. I was sick as dog. But I give myself a pat on the back for getting WAY outside my comfort zone!
***NEW MUSIC***
- I like “Easy Ride” but for the 1ST TIME EVER, I’m experiencing what it’s like to actually work on a song I enjoy listening to over and over, so I’ll have it for you sometime in 2025!
- Shoot me a text if you want to get the song when released: 314-207-3216
- Or you can add yourself to my phonebook here
2020 Challenge
Looking back on the year, what hits me the hardest is how naive of a goal this was. I was clueless to the magnitude of all that goes into making a song (nonetheless, 1 song / month with no prior experience).
But I believe there is “Strength in Innocence.”
It’s what the final song of the challenge is about. There is power in “not knowing,” in being naive to the obstacles ahead and ignorant of what (others think) is possible.
I think it’s often “innocence” that gives one the strength to embark on something hard / worthwhile. Because if one were to know all that the struggles the path entailed, they’d likely never start.
Thank you to all who have followed along on this journey this year with me, for all the encouragement, and listening to undoubtedly some of the worst music you’ve ever heard 🙂
THANK YOU!!!