Music, Image and Everything Inbetween

It's not apparent, I know. Nor is it that obvious; unless of course you know me personally.

Truth is, I KNOW I WAS BORN TO SING!

Not just for the sake of fame. Not just because I sound good. But because, it's ALWAYS been in my HEART.

To me, there is a difference between just someone who can sing and someone who is a singer.

Someone who can sing; true they sound good, but do they feel it or is it just something that they do because everyone else says they sound good doing it. It's NOT their passion.

A singer is someone whom actually feels the music inside of them. Sometimes, tears roll down their faces because they are that emotionally attached to their craft. They loose themselves in the music; let it take them over.

Does that make any sense?

For me, its not about the fame, the lights or the riches. Those are man given perks. Having a voice, TRUE VOCAL TALENT (without the auto tune or studio enchancements) is a gift from God. A gift that should be used to spread joy, peace, happiness... to touch hearts.

That is why I love music! That is why I want to do music! That is why music is my life!

But I am beginning to learn that most of the industry ( as far as women are concerned ) is 80% looks and 20% talent.

If you have that tight body, wear skimpy clothes, and can give off enough sex appeal then your voice doesn't have to be perfect. They have computer equipment that will make you sound like an angel.

I'm not saying that all the women in the industry are talentless, but a lot of those that have the talent go overlooked or get picked over for the one who'd rather walk around half naked to get attention instead of use their talent.

There is nothing wrong with changing your image or upgrading yourself, but when your image overpowers your talent then it's no longer about what song you're going to sing next or what your next album will be like. It's more along the lines of; whats is she going to have on today? What part of her body will she expose tonight? What hair color will she choose next?

I applaud Solange for cutting off her hair and making the statement that her hair is not what makes her. That it was something that she felt was given too much attention. I could never, WOULD never do that because my hair is like an extention of me, but I got the message behind what she did.

When you put too much effort into your image, people tend to lose sight of your purpose.

Its one thing to look good, but its another thing to TRY TOO HARD!!! And lets face it, some of us try to hard!

Maybe I've said too much. Maybe I haven't said enough!

If you read this, I don't care who you are, I don't care if you never come back to my site again; please leave a comment or an opinion. I would love feed back!

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Ok, so... yeah...

I kinda slacked on posting here because I've been on my tumblr ( http://lyrickaine.tumblr.com/ ), but I'm going to do my best to come post on here, too!

So.. I guess today I realized that if I make small changes everyday then it will eventually start to show within my life. With the small changes that I've made over the past few days I've seen a few changes in myself. Now that I have time to just take "me time" ( kids at school, mom working again ) I've had the oppurtunity to do some soul searching. I'm figuring out the things I really want and the things I really need.

Before I go to sleep or whenever I wake up the next morning and have time to sit down and think, I go over my day and think about what I did that I could have not done and what I didn't do that I could have done and I then try to do something that I didn't do the day before. Whether it be cleaning, dancing, the way I ate, the things I ate, if I wrote in my journal or read my bible. Whatever it was that I felt I could've left alone or that I felt I could have done I try to weed out the things I don't need to do and incorporate the things I need to do.

Is this making any sense? LOL!

My life is headed for major changes! Big things are going to happen so I've got to start preparing myself now. The more I know, the better I become, the easier it will be to make the transition!

Love, Peace & Urbanism! ♥