Self-advocacy is an awkward exercise for me - it always has been. What drives me is the writing itself. The whole "look at me, look at me" aspect of being a singer songwriter is difficult. Yet, in order to keep sustaining myself as a writer, I have to find the right mix of those two things. So, on my songs page of all places, I offer these thoughts.
I naturally gravitate towards surrendering to the process of writing and then performing a song. It is the blend of the words and the music that make the expression complete. It feels the best to me when I've expressed something that is true and vulnerable. I look to be moved by music -- and that is what I ask of myself most in my songwriting process. I say these things, here, in the hope that I can share the intimate struggle that I face in searching for these songs in myself and then having the courage to put them out there.
