I RHYME WITH ORANGE

This CD is a diary of self-discovery. It is a catalogue of songs recounting the adversities my self-destructive tendencies threw at me, the many challenges that came along my life’s highway, and how I learned from my mistakes and moved on. How I discovered myself, took charge of my feelings, my music, and my life.

I believe we should all strive to be unique, and for me it is as a singer songwriter. Your life story and your journey are as distinctive as mine. Along the way, we may come across those who want us to stay inside the box. I chose to call my CD I Rhyme with Orange as a celebration of my individuality.

For a while there, I was in a bad place, and I realized I needed to get the hell out of there. Although people in my life whom I thought I could trust turned out to be snakes, I knew that at some point I had to stop blaming “them” for my unhappiness and look hard into who I really was and had been. I was ready to focus on myself. This is where my journey started as an artist, a writer, and as a self-accountable human.

So the journey begins...

I had gone through a series of meaningful relationships that either crashed and burned, or became painfully distant. The most heart breaking being the relationship with myself.  Discovering this fact was a shock to me because I always viewed myself as someone who was aware of my external condition and my internal spirit…essentially of things and people and emotions.

This self-discovery became the instrument to release my artistic passion. I had begun to master how to let go and embrace new artistic ideas. In my opinion, an artist is never really completely in control. We’re led in the direction of what inspires us or catches us at that moment.
For me personally, I am not the master of my creative inspirations or my muse as I call it. They truly controls me and shows itself at ungodly hours, drawing me up out of bed to write down a lyric or hum a melody into my cell phone voice recorder. 

Enter Orange…

I was told as a child that nothing rhymes with orange and in that way, the word “orange” is unique, so I kind of adopted that idea while I was writing this album.

For me, to say that I Rhyme With Orange, is externally, my way of practicing the idea of not always accepting the accepted. Not always believing that the facts speak for themselves. Questioning truth. You decide what is. 

Internally, Be You! Rhyme With Orange! Be a crowd of one. Being unique is something to covet and embrace, and I think we all need to work on not just tolerance and acceptance of individuality, but welcome it and learn from it. ‘…because I rhyme with orange’ is my answer to anything or anyone that questions why I make the choices that I do.

So, I hope that you, too, rhyme with orange in your own way. I hope your journey is inspirational and that my music keeps you company along the way. I am about to embark on a new journey and you are invited to come for the ride, for a day, a week a month or however long you desire. I would just love to hear about your journey, so, if you have a moment, share it with me. Drop me an email or join my email list, or blog me.

Take care of yourself and others.