I just started reading the book “The
Power of Music” by Elena Mannes, and right at the start first chapter, she included
a wonderful quote by Sting:
Do any of us really know what music is? Is it merely physics? Mathematics? The stuff of romance, or of commerce? Why is it so important to us? What is its essence?
I’m excited to read this book, (anyone
want to read along?) and I’ll share some insights from the book in next week’s
blog, but for now, love songs are in the air…
Just like Halloween, and Christmas,
Valentine's Day seems to have stretched out to beginning months earlier than
the actual day... I saw heart-shaped boxes in the stores in early January, and
my online greeting card subscriptions have already sent the cool new
Valentine's Day options... But despite the efforts to market love, it is
nice that there is a special day reserved for expressing romantic love.
Music plays an integral part in the season, and with the majority of songs being about some expression of love, or the disappointment of unrequited love, I was finding that out of more than 80 of my own original songs that I have recorded on CDs, only 5 actually qualified as romantic love songs.
So, I'm happy to announce that three of my love songs will
be featured (along with other female singer/songwriters) on the Women of
Substance Radio Podcast Valentine Show this month! The first one was on the
February 2nd program, but all programs are also archived, and you'll be able to
access them for months to come!
Here's how you can listen:
Go to: http://www.wosradio.com/listen
And tune in on these dates to hear
the shows with one of my songs included:
Show #1438: Thursday, February 2, 2023: Opposite Attraction
Show #1440: Monday, February 6, 2023: Show Me
Show #1446: Tuesday, February 14, 2023: I Love You Whole
You can also hear all the music on the shows from February 1 - 14 on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VjWwaTEEyOpUkyN...
Listening this way also increases the number of plays for each song, which is great for all the musicians featured! Be sure to click on the 💓 to show Spotify that you love this playlist!
Speaking of Love Songs, I am teaching a workshop this coming Saturday, February 4th, from 10 am to 12 noon pacific time that is for lever harp, although other instruments and singers are welcome as well! It's called Love Songs to Sing and Play.
There are a few spots still open at this point so if you are interested, you can register here:
https://tinyurl.com/lovesongsfeb23
In other news, my first-ever livestream concert, "Life Stages: Songs and Stories for those who care for the elderly" was last Saturday (January 28th). It was great fun to do, and I found the format to be very satisfying! There were 41 people in attendance in the Zoom, and I had set it up so that I could see their faces on a laptop while keeping my desktop view pinned on my camera so that the recording would show me instead of the tiny rectangles. I also set up my iPhone to record for better sound, and the bonus was having a different angle to switch to from time to time in the video editing.
For those who have been reading my blog, I had addressed a particular fear of live-streaming in the post on Friday, September 30, 2022, with the title "Fear is a Powerful Thing!" You can read that post and also a follow-up post on the subject on the December 2nd "Mitigating the Fear Factor" post.
If you haven't seen the concert and would like to watch the
whole thing (an hour and 7 minutes), it's now on YouTube at:
I'll also be posting the individual songs, minus the stories in the next few days. I'll put them on my YouTube channel, and you'll be able to find them there:
https://www.youtube.com/@VerleneSchermer
And while you're there, hit the subscribe button. That way, once I post the individual songs, you'll be notified and won't have to keep checking back!
💕Verlene
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