Tag Archives: high school memories

THE BEAUTY REMAINS

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Judy

My songs, Memory of Love and Beside Me Always reflect this. I’ve decided my song can still be beautiful, even if the theme is repetitive. As I finished my last line of lyrics, the memories flooded back. My song was originally written about a young girl being given a seashell memento by her lover – so I thought! However, as I sang my song, I flashed back to a day at the beach with my child. He was holding a seashell to add to his collection. Continue reading →

Tagged acoustic guitar, child's death, childhood friendship, composing, creativity, death of a child, Friendship, god and music, grief, grief bereavement "Loss of a Child", GRIEF RELATED, guitar, high school memories, Hypnotherapy, inspiration, loss, lovesong, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, Music, original songs, performing, singing, songwriting, spiritual, voice lessons, writing | 2 Comments

FADING THROUGH PASSAGES OF MY LIFE

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Judy

Our pictures came out well. I don’t know what I would write about as far as our evening goes. I’m good at writing about trauma, and there wasn’t anything like that going on! I think our correspondence would actually be a great thing for the blog. I am totally about sharing how human and flawed I am. I will include the part about my kids and my anguish.
Continue reading →

Tagged acoustic guitar, childhood friendship, composing, Daily Life, Friendship, high school memories, Music, old boyfriend, Ordinary Life, original songs, performing, reconnecting, singing, songwriting, writing | Leave a comment

WHAT WE HAD IS STILL SPECIAL TO ME

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Judy

Here is a window into how it feels to flash forward so many years and memories later. On this post I am sharing some of our correspondence. I’ve edited out personal information about his family, so that might explain why it might seem one-sided. The post title is from my song’s lyrics, “You’re Not the One,” which was written for Sam. Continue reading →

Tagged acoustic guitar, childhood friendship, dating memories, Friendship, high school memories, memories of high school, Music, old boyfriend, original songs, performing, songwriting, writing | 2 Comments

AUTUMN RECOLLECTIONS & ALONE

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Judy

It turns out that the songs I’ve decided to record last are musically the most unusual and interesting. When I went into George Reich’s studio, I decided to arrange two songs together: Autumn Recollections and Alone. Both songs are among my earliest compositions; I was seventeen years old when I wrote them. I decided to exercise creative freedom by connecting the songs; they are short and similar in style. Each has dissonant chords, as well as three stanzas without a chorus. Three strings of the last chord on Autumn Recollections carries over into Alone, even though they are in different keys. Continue reading →