My Submission to www.ShareMyStruggle.com
I adore the concept behind this website...and I wanted to find away to express my own struggles, but the truth was that I was ashamed of my struggles. I didn't feel as though the world needed to know that like my best friend, I am a singer and songwriter...who decided to take a different path, consolidate my needs along with everyone else...as I have always done. Eventually...the consolidation weight gets heavier on the mind, and breaks you out in collisions of distress and regret, and you finally come to a moment when you think, "What is really going on? What is my life worth?†Upon this realization two and a half years ago, I finally decided that my life matters and no one will make my dreams come true unless I began to place myself first. Never in my life have I ever been a selfish person, nor will I ever be one...but in order to grow and provide for elders and future generations to come in my lineage...I have to first work on me...invest in me...everyday. God has convicted my heart about music since the age of seven...and ever since...I have never been able to think of another thing that I rather do with my life. It is a beautiful realization...and it is blessing that riding along my journey, God introduce me to a young woman who has been a part of the ride for me for so long, and has continued to be the voice when I couldn't hear the music anymore...when my mind was distracted by the needs of the world or my rapid rampage to consolidate more so that my life resume will be complete. As I began to regroup my priorities over the past several months...I have accommodated three important factors: Quality, Consistency and Patients. I believe that all true voices of our musical world who never give up in the struggle have gained their rightful place in music history. The honest truth is that I continue in my own struggle...and you don't have to be at the end of the struggle to sing about it just because you are still composing the notation, adjusting the vocal tones, replacing metaphors upon metaphors to make the climax of the lyrics even sweeter than before. Continuing to express and learn from your struggles is exactly what makes the composing of your life's music so unique.
Leigh Jones | Free Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUZTag9p0uo
http://leighjonesmusic.com Here's the official music video for Leigh Jones' new single "Free Fall". "Free Fall" appears on the Peak Records album MUSIC IN MY SOUL, in stores September 9th, 2008. Available on iTunes August 19th, 2008.
I am really loving this young woman's music! She is certainly someone that I will be taking notes from as I prepare my musical journey as a singer and songwriter! *wink* Get it Leigh Jones!!!