Taste of Chicago and the Shift........

Hi! The Taste of Chicago show is coming up so soon!! I am really looking forward to it! Being outside in the sun and playing my acoustic guitar and having a band back me up too. The date will be Saturday,July 5th at 1:30pm. The stage will be on Columbus North Of Balboa. I haven't kept up my blog here so much because I have started a blog on NirvanaIsland.com. ]

It might seem completely unrelated but it has actually been my salvation. I am not going to lie, I have needed to take a step back, I got pretty burned out. My music was suffering, I was not having fun and I was not finding enough time to create. I started doing yoga daily and things are beginning to fall into place. My creative vision has become more focused and the whole grandeur of the Industry has lost its appeal. I have had to ask myself: "who do I play music for?" I play it and create it in order to soothe my soul. I would also like for my music to spread positivity, love, gratitude and good vibes! So taking this step back is helping me to form my new round of material. I don't know if I will record it, or if I do, it will be really basic, maybe I will just do it on my own, without any fancy equipment or studios and just have it find it's way to my fans. Finding it's way=Free because I want it to be!
That will make me the happiest. I am sick and tired of people telling me that if I don't put a price on my music that nobody will respect it. You know what? In this day and age, people get their music for free anyway and I would rather let you have it than be buried under mounds of cd's sitting in my house just waiting to be coasters!

I can acknowledge now that I was doing my music all for the wrong reasons. In doing yoga, a shift occured that changed my whole way of being. It wasn't an accident, it was in the making for so many years and I finally saw how it was all connected and how it all made sense to me. In any case, I would rather you hear my songs as they sound when I write them, as they sound when I am playing them in my room, when I am alone. I don't need all of the bells and whistles. That is not important when sending out a message. If you can understand my music in its simplest form, then I have done right with the Universe. Then maybe if I feel like it, I will get some songs together and add some instruments and record live, really basic. I am also going to simplify my website as well. I just want to break down all of the smoke and mirrors and let it be. I had all of these perceptions of what I was supposed to be, how I was supposed to sound, how I was supposed to dress and it's all a bunch of horse sh*t. This pretense goes completely against everything that I am.

Who am I you may ask? I am just a person, who has a creative outlet and who wants to share it once in awhile. Who needs time to nurture the art and not get weighed down by rules and the "industry". I am modest, humble, am super grateful for everything that I have and do not have. I have many interests such as writing, photography, singing, playing guitar, piano, acting, health, wellness, reading a ton, yoga, helping animals, being with family, friends, my darling pets, sharing goodness, love and enjoying life.

I have been playing the game for too long under someone else's rules. It's time for me to do things the way "I" think is best. I am grateful for my shift and all of the truth that it will continue to offer me.
I will probably keep this blog up for awhile. I think it can help others as well, or at least I hope that it does. The new website will probably take some time to build even if it is going to be basic, so bear with me. Nothing comes easy and I don't ask it to either. Everything is the way it should be.......now and always.
Peace and love,
Diana