This Side of Wednesday

I did it! I put myself out there as hard as it is and I’m part of a pool league and I know people and this may seem like nothing but for me it’s huge! I did it.

Operation reduce my animal allergies so I can sing again started today. No cats allowed in my room for a week to track how much it helps. Hepa air purifier running. All sheets and blankets being washed.

So tired of wheezing every night.

Riiiight

I’m starting to feel the loneliness of being in a city I don’t know without any friends. At least when it was my hometown all the places were like an old friend.

And yes, I’ve been trying to make friends but I’ve never been any good at it.

Because they’re all happy songs and that’s not my vibe. I don’t even like the sound of most happy songs. 😅

I’m okay with not being everybody’s taste and cup of tea!

Sad songs forever.

I don’t share my music with one of my closest friends.

I used to, but she’d always come back with suggestions and gentle criticisms- things I was not looking for.

But then I started paying attention to the music she loves and listens to, the music she sends me.

And I’m glad she doesn’t get mine.

“Not political” on a dating profile is an instant no for me. Like what do you mean? You just don’t give a shit about what’s happening at all?

I went on a solo birthday trip to the mountains this weekend and played a lot of guitar, wrote some songs and caught some live music.

Here’s one of those songs:

One of my many works in progress #MusicSky #IndieMusic #MentalHealth #Depression

I'm On Fire (feat. This Side of Wednesday), by Son Terre track by Son Terre

I finally signed a lease today and have a new place to live! Moving is exhausted.

I also do vocals on this amazing cover of I’m On Fire that released today!

sonterre.bandcamp.com/track/im-on-...

Like, people ask me to be in songs. They ask for my vocals.

The girl whose mom said that I had a terrible voice and should never sing.

And for so long, I didn’t.

That’s so crazy to me.

I was wrong, I stole it.

Oh I didn’t mean that, just like if you really wanted to do pop 😂

I love your sound as it is personally, but it can be fun to experiment.

Do you ever visit a place you’ve been before and you can feel the other versions of you in other times kind of mingling around you, like the echoes of those memories push and pull, swirling in and out.

Playlist curators will be like we love everything about this song but the melody needs work.

Guys, it’s a cover of Time to Move On. Like…

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Oh, a melody came from nowhere today. Been a while. Thank you music gods 🙏🏼

I released a song today. But I haven’t created any promo materials, so I’m mostly just letting it disappear into the ethers.

Thank you for the email confirming that I don’t want anymore emails.

Having to move in less than a month with going out of town for a week and no place lined up yet is so much fun. Errr I mean, it sucks.

I packed all my music production stuff away for my upcoming move.

This means I finally have the motivation to work on music. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Maybe it’s just an experience thing and not everyone cares. But it definitely took me some ear training!

When I was 18 and moved to
Olympia, WA I started hanging out with a band and me the bassist endlessly listened to Nirvana, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc. and he taught me to hear the different elements of a song because I simply could not.

Kinda ruminating on how absolutely wild last year was. Huge mistakes were made. Hearts were broken (mostly mine) and I lost all the places that felt like home.

I’ll shine again soon.

People will wonder how you can be so filled with darkness after they bathed and leeched in your shining light.

Ooh thanks! I love them 😍

I don’t get what the fuss about the gen z stare is.

I think it’s pretty amazing not to feel like you have to be polite and small talk for no reason at all.

idk 🤷🏻‍♀️ just posting here cuz I deleted threads but I have no engagement

After being a single mom for 17 years, two of my children are moving out and it’s such a strange, unexpected feeling of loss.

The world would be a better place if cats led our governments instead.

I felt this way at 41 too. Somehow at 46 in the last year my skin is going to shit despite taking care of it. So it goes. 😅