Hey everyone—
It’s me, crawling out from behind my posts—I am, indeed, a
human being!
Thanks for taking this ride with me for the past two years.
I mean, right now, I feel like I’m kind of between milestones. It feels like I have
taken so many strides, but am far from the potential that this blog can be. They
say love the journey—I’m learning.
Yeah. Everything is a learning process.
One thing that has been great about me starting this blog
was the change in me from when I started. I used to seek other people to teach
me things, I used to put me learning what I need to know in the hands of
whoever I worked with. Yeah, makes sense. You have a job you expect it to train
you for the next job, etc. But I hit a standstill. I had the style, but I wasn’t
well-rounded. I wasn’t the writer I wanted to be. And my time was spent
perfecting my tone (yo-I’m veering. So what is more important, time or money? I
used to think it was money, but time is coming around the bend, whoa, they’re
head and head, I think time could-go-all-the-way! You can’t get time back.
Photo finish though). When I got past that, I needed to learn a lot about doing some things for myself.
They say you hear a lot of no’s before you hear a lot of yeses.
You also hear a lot of crickets and get the run around before you can get
people to take notice. Luckily, I had some people who helped me along the way—especially
when nabbing an interview was like, taking a trip into space on the Enterprise.
I’d like to take this time out to thank all of the
publicists who gave me a chance! And those who gave me more than one. I’d also
like to thank the artists who are doing their own dirty work but who gave me a
chance as well. I get it now—if you’re doing your own dirty work, it may take
you eons to get to my e-mail (if you’re an aspiring intern, I think I know some
people that need you lol).
The name of this blog is Girl Blue Sees The Light. Girl Blue—is
a character. But Girl Blue is me. And Girl Blue is you.
Let me explain.
Girl Blue is listening to the radio play the same 20 songs
over and over, and the same song every hour, sometimes every 30 minutes—and getting
tired. Yeah, “Snapbacks & Tattoos”
is a catchy song. Yeah, I like Meek Mill too. But damn. Carly Rae Jepsen? Cute—but—this
stuff is limited. I get easily bored. I’m looking for an aural “AHA.” I want to
be moved. Moved to dance in my room when no one’s looking. Moved to sing with
you at the top of my lungs. Warmed inside my heart. And I want chills. At the
same damn time.
So Girl Blue Sees The Light? Well, it’s those artists that
give me that feeling. The truth is, Stevie Wonder did it for me, and “Girl Blue”
was originally my fav Stevie Wonder song, but it always changes now. I love “A
Seed Is A Star/Tree Medley,” “I Believe When I Fall In Love (It Will Be Forever);”
it varies. The second person to do that for me was Robin Thicke. I told way too
many people that his first album was bananas. And there’s so many more from
there.
Girl Blue is also, getting through a crappy period and
seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve all been there. That’s why I think,
Girl Blue is not me, it’s you too. It’s the want to be happy. I actually, more than "want" to be happy. And I believe happiness is a verb. Or like a verb. You
have to be happy—you have to do it. You have to perform that action. It’s also
a place, you get to—but you have to keep in the sunlight. And that takes work.
This blog, it’s fun. But it’s work, and it’s sacrifice. I’ve
been on both sides, the haves and the have nots. But I realize that the little
that I have, is a lot to others. So…
I should at least want it a little more than they do.
I should at least want it a little more than they do.
I
am very proud of what I have been able to accomplish in the last two years. In
the next year, I’d like to connect with more people. I want to get to know the
people who inspire me. I want to know more bloggers in general. I want
community. I want artists to hit me up from all over the world. Reach a bigger
audience—I want more world readers. I want more world talent.
Which brings me to another point! If you are an artist,
primarily a new artist, especially if you are not from the US, send me your
music and I’ll listen to it (although I prefer there’s an English component to
it, or if the email is at least written in English; I haven’t brushed up on my
Rosetta Stone). If I like it I’ll post it. girlbluestl@gmail.com. This doesn’t really annoy me, to listen to
your stuff, I actually like the curiosity right before I press play on YouTube. So, get on the good foot!
If you are a blogger and you cover new music, underground, indie, and you want to be on my blogroll, hit me up! Put me on your blogroll, too, because, uh, why not?
If you are a blogger and you cover new music, underground, indie, and you want to be on my blogroll, hit me up! Put me on your blogroll, too, because, uh, why not?
I will explore my dreams further in the coming months. Dreaming big is one of the factors that makes this blog run. I also believe it is what will get me to the next level.
This week I'll do some reflection, and let you guys in on some more of the songs that brought this blog to life in the first place. It'll be more of the personal side.
This week I'll do some reflection, and let you guys in on some more of the songs that brought this blog to life in the first place. It'll be more of the personal side.
What are you in for? More dimensions, and more,
really good stuff.
Thanks for being aboard my train--and for reaching the end of this post!!!! Who said reading was a lost art? :)
Stay Tuned.
Stay Tuned.
GB
