EP#54: The Rebellious Act Of Music Making

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10/26/23 • 25 min

Do you consider yourself a rebel? Someone who shakes things up? Who challenges the status quo?
Or maybe you are like me, a recovering people pleaser (hands up!).
Either way, if you are making music then I want to be very clear...
You are participating in a rebellious act.

Making music is a statement that says:
I'm putting myself first.
I'm breaking free from conformity.
I'm standing up for what I believe in.
It's a soft, gentle rebellion, and it's something to be utterly celebrated.
It's not about whether your music is explicitly rebellious or provocative in its content, although that’s a dead give away if it is.
No, it's about you, the artist, making a choice to express yourself against all the narratives insistent on talking you down.
That's the heart of rebellion in music, and I'm all for it.
I also want to invite you to join me for a brand new, two-hour live workshop on November 8th, 2023, called "Music Rebellion: 3 Powerful Pathways to Radical Creative Freedom”
During this workshop, we'll gather and commune as a community to explore what it means for each of us to be rebellious in our music making.
I will take you through my three-pronged plan that allows myself, and my students, to find and grab hold of true, authentic, creative freedom so we can make the music *we* want to make.
We'll discover how to stand up for our unique artistic visions, understand our core values as creators, and how to continue on a journey of true self-expression.
This is about finding your voice and leaving a lasting mark on the world.
If this resonates with you, I invite you to join us.
But either way, dive into the podcast episode today, and please, share with me how you're embracing your rebellious spirit as a music maker.
I can't wait to connect with you.
I will be back next week with another episode and email...
Until then, stay radical!
Rosie
P.S. Brand NEW Workshop Music Rebellion: 3 Powerful Pathways to Radical Creative Freedom is now open for registration. Open to all independent music makers. It’s time to speak up, together. Join the rebellion.

Previous Episode

EP#53: 2 Top Tips on How To Finish Your Songs

I recently asked my community "Why is it important to YOU to finish your songs?"

Here are some of their responses...

✨ To feel a sense of achievement

✨ Because it's my personal goal to share them and I can't do that if they aren't finished

✨ To understand what thoughts and emotions need to be released. And then understand how I can help others while helping myself.

✨ To see a possibility of performing them live.

✨ Because not finishing them keeps me small

✨ I owe it to myself and the song!! I have a few unfinished songs that almost make me feel anxious/guilty!!

✨ To get over my fear of releasing my own music

✨ To face the imperfections of finished songs and stop piling up ideas.

✨ To connect with people and not feel alone.

Such powerful and compelling reasons.

And even though we have these reasons and motivation I still get a question around the subject of finishing songs multiple times a week from my students and members of my community. I even ran a poll inside our Facebook Group and over 40% of songwriters agreed that they needed help finishing their songs.

The truth is, finishing songs is hard.

So, I ran a workshop! You even may have seen some of the emails last week.

The workshop was SO popular and went down SO well that I decided to record a podcast all about the subject.

Inside this week's episode I offer two powerful tips to help you get your songs over the finish line.

Many songwriters say that it's only once they manage to complete work, and complete work often, that they feel legitimate. That they see results. That they find opportunities come knocking.

And that's my story too.

Once I started taking my music a little more seriously and implementing these two super basic but totally necessary steps, wow, my musical world exploded! 💥

And the truth is, until you complete your songs, you will be stuck in limbo.

So head over and have a listen to this week's podcast and let me know what you think. Will you try out these tips? Are you already doing them?

Next Episode

EP#55: How I Beat Burnout (+ Announcing Some BIG Changes)

It's been a YEAR! In this episode I update you on my burnout recovery as well as let you know about some really exciting changes coming up inside Be Radical Make Music over the coming weeks and months.
Lot's to update you on so jump in now.
✨ NEW WORKSHOP ✨ Join Music Rebellion on November 8th and become an important part of this super cool movement towards more intentional music making 👉 www.beradicalmakemusic.com/rebellion