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Welcome to CHRISSYTOPIA TIMES!!!
It's been quite sometime since ya heard from me last. I know you have been goin through some changes, and well a LOT of that has been happening here too. My last edition of Chrissytopia Times, titled PERSISTENCE, went out September 26, 2019. The following week I was ready to listen to my recorded studio sessions and then get to hustling on mixing, mastering, final artwork, packaging and distribution. Back then I was booking 3- 4 performances a week, teaching singing lessons to 4-5 students a week and scheduling radio and podcast interviews. I had booked a tentative date with a venue for a release party and was ready to line things up to finally release my first solo EP. While battling the big C with 6 months of chemotherapy and multiple extensive surgeries, the only thing that kept me going was knowing that I did not want to die without having done the one thing I had wanted to do since I wrote my first song at 15 years old. I had put so much pressure on this one thing... an album
with my name on it filled with original music.
When I went to listen to my recorded tracks, something was missing, and I had realized in an instant that these recordings were not ready for the public. What I thought was going to be an easy process, had me going back to the studio for edits and pushing back dates for the final release. ARGHHH.... And then on a beautiful day in October, while sewing a t-shirt and listening to the Dolly Parton podcast, I got a knock on the door and a policeman who told me that my husband was in the hospital from a scooter accident 2 streets from where we live.
Yup... I guess so Woody Allen. Sooo, while trying to find normalcy amongst the chaos, I persisted. The following year consisted of me desperately trying to continue where I had left off. while taking on the new role of "caregiver" for my husband. Not an easy thing to do. It was bizarre to have our roles reversed. The chair that I had borrowed to recover from the year before was now back in our house for my husband's recovery. I'm grateful to have a fantastic husband who would encourage me to keep goin, and to be honest we both appreciated time away from each other. Anyone who's been seriously ill or injured can understand the need for independence. We also had a fantastic support system to tag team caregiver roles so that I could continue to getting back to the studio to fix those edits, booking gigs, and teaching vocal lessons, living life, and well still recovering myself.
And then just as we were learning to accept our new lives and ready to celebrate Chris's milestones...COVID.
Well... to be honest by that point I was exhausted. I needed a break from it ALL.... and I sure got that. I guess I'm a slow learner Woody Allen.
And here's where things begin to shift. For us all. I know I'm not the only one with a story of life changes during these past couple of years. We learn, we grow, we keep living. And hopefully try to do it all with a smile on our faces, knowing that everyone is always going through something. So while hustling to book to those gigs hasn't been on my radar lately, writing and recording original tunes will always be. A lot has changed in my philosophy, career path, relationship and well everything really. And in a very weird way I am grateful to accept these changes, because they've all gotten better.
I bring all of this up to where we began...Morning Reverie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvdl6AE_jEA) (the video at the top of the page). My beloved partner in rhyme, Susie Woodman, has been at my side throughout everything. An encouraging mentor in the industry, a great friend to chat with, and a truly talented and fun bandmate. One day she introduced me this tune that she wrote called "Morning Reverie". I absolutely fell in love with it. Her words, while timeless, seemed to speak directly to me. I just had to get back in that studio and record it with her. Now when I listen to the final mastered 8 songs, I couldn't imagine my album without this track.
Morning Reveries, distant memories
they go on and on and on and on...
Morning Reveries, the should and could have beens
they go on and on and on and on...
So while we're still in the process of crossing t's and dotting i's (artwork, legal stuff, music business education, merch, etc.) before this album finally comes out, we decided to share our song on YouTube with the NPR tiny desk community. It was so lovely to perform with Susie after more than a year and we had a blast working with Larrissa Spears at Capital Studio in Oak Park, MI. And now.. while I'm hesitant to stay solid on any plans, I'm hopeful. This video has had more views in a month than any of my others and has been slowly reaching it's way to be my most watched. I'm pretty sure the lyrics might speak to others as they have struggled with change as well.
At this point, the pressures that I've put on myself have faded, and yet the music still speaks to me. There's other news to share with y'all, but I've kept you for long enough. I will let you know that both my husband and I are healthy and happier than ever. Thanks for reading. Please tell me how you're doin. I hope you're still pursuing those dreams and living life everyday.
Sing, Stretch, Sow, Inspire, Invest, Survive,
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