So, I'm sitting on an airplane, on my way to Miami (yay!) to master the album (IN LOVE & WAR -- NOV. 3RD--double yay!) and I can't get over how blessed I am. It's funny because I'm about to release my fourth album & in a lot of ways it really does feel very similar to when I released my first. I admit it usually does feel brand new with each project though. There's a lot of excitement & preparation, but it's mainly the huge desire to share my music with everyone else that gets me all fluttery.
People often ask me, "What's your favorite part of what you do?" I think that would be the creative process itself. Having a song playing over & over in my head & then being able to make it tangible so others can hear it too--also so I can hear it outside of my own mind--is what I love most. & it never stops; ideas keep coming. I'm always excited about what I may want to do next, experimenting with sounds, etc... I really believe music/sound is spiritual energy, but more of that another time! Lol.
Anyway, I was talking about feeling blessed, & I was thinking how wonderful it is to live one's dreams. Another question a lot of people ask me is, "How did you get into the music business & become an artist?" Now, there's a lot of great people & circumstances to that answer, but in a nutshell, I believed & I believed & then I believed some more.
There's no one way to get into the music business, just as there's really no one way to get into anything. But one thing you have to have is belief in yourself, & belief that your dreams can really come true. Not just hoping, because hope without expectation doesn't do much--but true blue belief that it's really going to happen. That kind of belief will lead you to take proper actions. So don't be afraid to dream the supposed impossible; don't feel resigned to choose practicality over passion! If you dream it, you have to believe it to achieve it. Don't cheat yourself out of your own blessings!
Love,
Amerie
