forgive me.
its been a while… like "another year", a while.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I mean it, all of them:
[Thanksgiving]
[Christmas Eve]
[Christmas]
[New Years Eve]
[New Years]
I'm writing again; lyrics and melody.
It's going well- slow, but well.
maybe one of these days, i'll put a sneak-peek-link on here or something.
i'm back. i'm here again.
January 23, 2011
September 8, 2010
"Think of how He has borne with you, and still bears with you, when so much in your life is unworthy of Him and you have so richly deserved rejection. Learn to marvel at His (God's) patience"- J. I Packer
"if He (God) also puts thorns in your bed it is only to awaken you from teh sleep of spiritual death- and to make you rise up to seek His mercy" - Whitefield
August 2, 2010
Thank you, Music.
Stress.
A few definitions, shall we?
a. a specific response by the body to a stimulus,as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normalphysiological equilibrium of an organism
b.physical, mental, or emotional: strain or tension
It greeted me so well today. The morning actually started out great. I had a Skype date with my best friend over coffee, joking and smiling and filling each other in on new things in life, and discussing the old. I love her so much so it was easy to just relax and be at peace, and be filled with joy. Somehow from all of that joy, the day was just dramatically tossed into work, physical, and emotional stress. Don't get me wrong, I don't want stress to sound like the big ugly monster that we all hate, even though most times that's exactly what it is… It was more contemplation. Over-thinking? Perhaps, or finding the significance in things I didn't realize before. It's hard for me to not think in general, and then for my thinking to turn into mind twirls, and riddles... it just blew me up a bit.
Thank goodness for music though. Funny, how music is able to sort of just calm my nerves. I'm able to sit at a piano, close my eyes and sing words that I've written and have memorized… words that I love to say out loud, so much so that I say them in front of 1,000's of people almost every night, for months at a time. Words that take me to a place, or a smell, or a scene, or a memory that I hold dear, or want to feel and know again. Music is a powerful thing, isn't it? I was thankful to be able to sit and play tonight. To release myself again. I'm aware that I sing to a crowd most nights, but sometimes it's almost like I just sing to myself and hope that people can just feel what I'm feeling.
A girl can dream.
By the way, my dream last night was bizarre. I've been having bizarre dreams. Not sure if it's due to sleeping in different beds every night or what, but weird weird dreams. Sometimes I remember them… sometimes I don't.
Home still seems far away. Soon enough though. The travel destinations will be getting better very, very, very soon.
That, is something I am looking forward to :)
A few definitions, shall we?
a. a specific response by the body to a stimulus,as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normalphysiological equilibrium of an organism
b.physical, mental, or emotional: strain or tension
It greeted me so well today. The morning actually started out great. I had a Skype date with my best friend over coffee, joking and smiling and filling each other in on new things in life, and discussing the old. I love her so much so it was easy to just relax and be at peace, and be filled with joy. Somehow from all of that joy, the day was just dramatically tossed into work, physical, and emotional stress. Don't get me wrong, I don't want stress to sound like the big ugly monster that we all hate, even though most times that's exactly what it is… It was more contemplation. Over-thinking? Perhaps, or finding the significance in things I didn't realize before. It's hard for me to not think in general, and then for my thinking to turn into mind twirls, and riddles... it just blew me up a bit.
Thank goodness for music though. Funny, how music is able to sort of just calm my nerves. I'm able to sit at a piano, close my eyes and sing words that I've written and have memorized… words that I love to say out loud, so much so that I say them in front of 1,000's of people almost every night, for months at a time. Words that take me to a place, or a smell, or a scene, or a memory that I hold dear, or want to feel and know again. Music is a powerful thing, isn't it? I was thankful to be able to sit and play tonight. To release myself again. I'm aware that I sing to a crowd most nights, but sometimes it's almost like I just sing to myself and hope that people can just feel what I'm feeling.
A girl can dream.
By the way, my dream last night was bizarre. I've been having bizarre dreams. Not sure if it's due to sleeping in different beds every night or what, but weird weird dreams. Sometimes I remember them… sometimes I don't.
Home still seems far away. Soon enough though. The travel destinations will be getting better very, very, very soon.
That, is something I am looking forward to :)
July 31, 2010
Date Night
Let's have an update, shall we?
I'm going to aim to become a much better blogger. I'm not sure where the time goes, or if it's just me that's always going. Haven't figured that one out yet. Whatever the case… guess where i've been hiding? ON TOUR. And loving it. I'm on tour with The Barenaked Ladies; A quad of Canadian gents and it has been a rather amazing time. It's funny how Canadians are truly different than Americans, besides the whole country thing. Their persona, humor, speech… it's interesting to me and I've enjoyed it.
Travel has been doing its "wearing" thing. We headed out this afternoon to Raleigh, North Carolina and it began to rain. Trust me, I love a great rainy day. The sounds of the drip… drop…drip… drop- I really do love it. I think a rainy day is necessary almost in ones life, every once in a while. I guess its easy for me to say that since i'm a Los Angeles native. Nonetheless, it began to rain and I was getting a bit weary about the show, since it was an outdoor venue. But the evening unfolded into a beautiful one. The show was great too. There was this huge shimmery shiny wall, with a big oak tree on it, massive thing. Really neat. I should've taken a photo. Bleh. Oh, that's right… my nifty new phone has an amazing camera, and on top of that has an amazing application for another camera. I'll totally give you a glimpse at the creations it produces.
soon soon.
i want to fly back to Switzerland, asap.
till next time.
May 23, 2010
Did someone say summertime?
BECAUSE I'M READY.
i've been anxiously awaiting summer actually. i really do love the fall and winter. dearly. i spend most of my enjoyment of the year during those months, but for some reason, this summer just seems like it's going to be a beautiful, and breezy one. i'm currently in Texas which hasn't delivered as far as good weather is concerned. Just hot and sticky. Feels like Florida. Boo.
i'm touring with Barenaked Ladies and Kris Allen in July and August and that just sounds fun, and I haven't even started. Bigger venues will be a nice adjustment. I've been waiting for something like this.
Home, (los angeles) is still a bit foreign to me, but I have hope that I'll be there some more in June. Keyword, hope.
Til next time.
i've been anxiously awaiting summer actually. i really do love the fall and winter. dearly. i spend most of my enjoyment of the year during those months, but for some reason, this summer just seems like it's going to be a beautiful, and breezy one. i'm currently in Texas which hasn't delivered as far as good weather is concerned. Just hot and sticky. Feels like Florida. Boo.
i'm touring with Barenaked Ladies and Kris Allen in July and August and that just sounds fun, and I haven't even started. Bigger venues will be a nice adjustment. I've been waiting for something like this.
Home, (los angeles) is still a bit foreign to me, but I have hope that I'll be there some more in June. Keyword, hope.
Til next time.
February 16, 2010
AIRPORTS are so exhausting. Agree or Disagree? Agree.
have you ever been to the airport where everything just goes wrong? yeah i have. pretty sure the line that Jason and I waited in was a complete and utter joke. BUT as Jason always says " it could always be worse" and he's absolutely right. So i began thinking of ways that I thought would make it totally worse off.
We could've been standing in the line, outside in the freezing blizzard-ing cold.
That sounded pretty terrible to me & that's all that i came up with. Ha..
We're at the airport again, no news there. Headed to Cleveland, OH. And I'm actually quite excited about it. I've only been to OH twice and it was so short. This time, like the other two will also be short but I'm going to try and sink in all that I can about the place. It seems like a sweet state. :) Yeah, i said it.
A good nap will be nice. A nap as in, a full day of rest. And then shopping, and nail salon day.
Wow. I'm such a girl.
have you ever been to the airport where everything just goes wrong? yeah i have. pretty sure the line that Jason and I waited in was a complete and utter joke. BUT as Jason always says " it could always be worse" and he's absolutely right. So i began thinking of ways that I thought would make it totally worse off.
We could've been standing in the line, outside in the freezing blizzard-ing cold.
That sounded pretty terrible to me & that's all that i came up with. Ha..
We're at the airport again, no news there. Headed to Cleveland, OH. And I'm actually quite excited about it. I've only been to OH twice and it was so short. This time, like the other two will also be short but I'm going to try and sink in all that I can about the place. It seems like a sweet state. :) Yeah, i said it.
A good nap will be nice. A nap as in, a full day of rest. And then shopping, and nail salon day.
Wow. I'm such a girl.
NEW VIDEO!!!
Finally I got it posted on my Youtube, so that all you fine people can see it as well :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/angeltaylormusic
ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/user/angeltaylormusic
ENJOY!
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