So about two weeks ago I performed down in Jersey City for a benefit held by some of the high schoolers at High Tech High School for Love146, an anti-child trafficking organization. There were many highlights to that show, thanks to a great audience (even despite the rain) and possibly the coolest fan present I've ever gotten... this here beret (or "raspberry beret" for all you Prince fans), crocheted by a lovely girl named Shannon who had recently listened to "Second Skin." The awesomeness of this is infinite...
I sometimes have moments when I wonder if my music is reaching out to anyone at all, and then I get something like this - made with so much love, care and consideration - and I tell myself to just shut my yap and be happy I can spread good vibes with my songs.
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Speaking of good vibes, I just can't get the new Regina Spektor album out of my head. I've had it for less than a week and I feel so close to every song on her new record. Particularly this one:
What a head-spinning few weeks it has been for me.
This album somehow calms me down, seems to put things in perspective and at the same time ignite something that makes me want to fight hard to continue seeing the beauty in everything. What I mean is, I turned 24 this past weekend, and I've always had issues accepting age... and I guess this album reminds me to just go with the flow, and see the good parts of growing older. You know?
On a tangent, this is why we should never give up the full-album format. I know people like to release singles these days, because of iTunes and that whole mp3 format... but at least for us singer/songwriters, we should keep the album because it makes such a statement about our music, our lyrics, our entire being. And what is a singer/songwriter if she or he is not simply trying to pinpoint life as it is?
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