Love is a Part of Me - Music Video Painting and Songwriting Process in the Snow - Video

I skipped snowboarding to write this song because a part of me is a painter. LOL Another part is a songwriter. And yet another part is a yogi. Part of me wants to be in deep committed relationships, reliable and loyal. Other parts want to fly free with reckless abandon, untethered and wildly independent. I have learned to love all these are parts and more, to integrate them into one playful crew of many personalities. I am a woman of many passions, many curiosities, many loves.

-- LYRICS --
Love is a part of me
She's rare
Lay back in the air
Love is a part of me (repeat a lot)
She's free

Love, Love, Love (repeat a lot)
Loses track of time
Glowing in her prime
Lean in for a kiss and make her mine

Mine Mine
Love is a part of me
love love, love love
Mine Mine
Love is a part of me (repeat a lot!)

She’s mine, She’s fine
She’s time, She’s mine, She’s mine
love love, love love

✷ Listen to this song "Love is a Part of Me" on Soundcloud:
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HOW I WROTE THIS SONG:
My equipment was balanced on a snowball. My friends were zooming down Mt Baker on snowboards. I was alone in the white forest, carrying microphones on my back, looking around for any sign of birds or beasts. I sang for the trees. The air was dry. My voice was dry. Random cheesy words flew out of my mouth. I cringed, embarrassed even though nature was my audience. Why would nature judge me? She created me.

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After an hour my equipment was wet and my mind was out of ideas. I carried myself back to the ski lodge and sat in the window, drinking tea, chewing gum and spinning the freshly recorded sounds into a song. I was producing in Ableton Live 11 -- my favorite computer program to play in. In 4 hours the song was done.

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A part of me was sad to miss out on snowboarding but other parts of me were glad to get the song finished. It was day 30 of my "Write a New Song Everyday" project (Jan 2022). I played the song, rough and fresh, for my friends on the car ride home. The drive home was dark and rainy. I was exhausted from a month of daily songwriting, a day in the snow, the push and pressure to turn out a complete piece of music in a matter of hours. Writing songs out in the wild has brought adventure back into my life. Writing a song everyday forced me to level up as an artist, release perfectionism, embrace rawness and just be okay with my art being 'good enough'. Plus, daily work at this depth sharpened my skills and built momentum. Now it's much easier to create and release; to just get it out there!

✷ Listen to more of my music on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

It was lovely to finish my big songwriting challenge with a playful lighthearted song. I used lots of these little high vocal chops. I like to call them "chipmunk sounds". They make me feel mischievous and playful. That's the spirit I want in most of the artwork I make whether it's paintings, music or movement.

Thank you so much for listening and watching me play. Thank you for your support and encouragement. Thank you for sharing this adventure and journey with me. I hope you find inspiration and I hope my art gives you something you need, something to help you return to your own creative play.

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Love & Rainbows,
Cha

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