album…final processes

i’m going through the process of letting go of this album i’ve been working on for what feels like it’s been FOREVER, but has been 8 months in reality
granted, when i just counted those months on my fingers i just about DIED thinking: WOW, I had a COMPLETELY different plan for my life and this album, etc.

but, i’m glad to say we’re almost there
i’m realizing (again) that everything happens in its own divine time
but i’ll be damned if that lesson is not a hard one to understand, accept and stick to

frustration lurks at every corner
there is always work to be done…but i’m thankful for what HAS been done…right?
i have a few hundred more press outlets to reach out to with this press release…itunes has yet to actually make my album available for presale, thus making my rushed effort at getting them the information feel in vain…and there are still flocks of people i know who still have NO clue i have an album coming out

and it all sits square on my shoulders as news i didn’t spread, words i didn’t speak, conversations i avoided(?)
a hashtag fail all mine

but it’s all part of this process i just hope will be different next time
lord, grant me….

Dreams can come true :)

So last year when I released my EP The Sound of ArinMaya, I sent out emails to a lot of different people/media outlets (mainly blogs) and I tweeted a lot of strangers who I’d been following because they cover/talk about music.
So when it was time for me to get a few reviews, I was UBER-excited when I got a mention on thisisrealmusic.com
I feel like ThisIsRealMusic provides an outlet for a lot of great artists to have their voices heard in a really wonderful format, not to mention, it lets listeners do a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Like a mini-People’s Choice Awards!
Anyway, it made me happy, and so today, I remember when…