At this point in my career, I want my music to be something that uplifts people, makes them feel good, and comforts people. As an artist I want to be a positive voice in the world. It got me thinking about how I can do more of that. My album title “Beautiful Monday” has attracted questions and comments from everyone from producers to buddhist monks, the consensus being it’s generally a bit of an oxymoron. As it happens, I love Mondays, and I had a little time to offer, so I decided to begin a Facebook live series, every Monday at 12noon, with the intention of bringing you some positivity at the beginning of the week.
Originally, I called it “Beautiful Monday” after the album and single, but I had no idea what would happen. I just committed to doing it every week for one year, and just to see what would happen.
At the time of writing, we’ve just done episode #34. I can’t believe some of the messages I’ve had. People who has been silently following me for who knows how long, were suddenly reaching out and telling me that they were enjoying the videos. It was amazing. There is now a facebook group too and you can join it free here.
Also during this time, I was writing my first book ‘The Stories Behind The Songs’, and it occurred to me that this might make a good book too if people were enjoying it so much. I floated the idea to some of my booky friends who were helping me with ‘The Stories’, and it began to take shape. A journal or diary style book that you can write in and play with throughout the year, called Love Mondays. I am working on this at the moment.
Whilst talking to my booky friends, I also began chatting with some friends in radio, so now we’re discussing making this a feature on a local radio station every Monday and potentially a podcast too. It’s all very exciting.
If you would like to join me live, I will be on Facebook on my page here at 12noon every Monday until week 52. Join us, I’d love to hear from you.
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