Hey everyone,
I wanted to let you all know that this site will be coming down in a little while. I'll no longer be writing about my art or writing on this blog. BUT I'll continue to write about my music at lyricallylily.wordpress.com. Go check it out for June's music update! This site will make it so much easier to share with you, if you simply subscribe to the blog. Weebly, in its free version, doesn't allow for automatic blog emails, and it's often frustrating having to send emails on my own. Wordpress also has a large community of bloggers already there, and I may be able to connect with others who also love music and writing there! It's also just a new way to have a fresh start. All my 2018 updates pertaining to music have been moved there, and I plan to do some new things there pertaining to music. Such as finally singing my songs and posting them on Youtube! Or writing about my favorite artists that I've been discovering! Or giving tips for composer's block! Either way, I think I'll start posting more often than once a month. And this whole blog will be focused toward music rather than all my artistic endeavors. What will become of this blog? I'm thinking about converting my old blog posts into PDFs or Word Docs, for my own personal use. The blog will be deleted before I go to college in August. Okay, now go! Follow my new blog if you're interested in my music and my thoughts on it! :) lyricallylily.wordpress.com Thanks! Lily
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6/6/2018 0 Comments May UpdateThis month, writing music was a drag. But I’m proud to say that I learned something from it, and I think I know how to approach composer’s block in the future. If you’re curious to know how I did it, read until the end to find out!
5/4/2018 0 Comments April UpdateHey, friends!
April felt like it just breezed by! And then... it ended pretty unexpectedly. Lately things have been falling in place quite nicely. I've stepped out of my comfort zone in a lot of areas and had opportunities I thought were too good to be true. And I've done things I thought I was too lazy to ever actually do. Overall, this month went very well. So far I've kept up on my goal to read my Bible (nearly) every day, and I've composed four pieces every month so far. My big goal this month was to perform a piece I composed called Disonancia. It's a percussion ensemble piece for seven players, and when I showed the comp professor at my college audition, he challenged me to get it performed. In March I asked some students at the college I was taking band at if they could help, and after I performed Night Before Chaos, they were very enthusiastic about my work. But then one of them made me aware that this time was very, very busy for the students of the percussion studio. So she told me to put it off until the next month. I agreed that it would be better, since I was planning Space Day at that point. Then, after Space Day was over, I started texting everyone again, asking when we could rehearse. But I got the same message - We're too busy. Wait a few weeks. So I did. I scheduled a time for us to meet. Let's not forget to mention that I made the mistake of not signing up for the recital class (because, AGAIN, I needed to check that everyone would be able to make it), so instead I decided to just record it the same night rather than performing in front of a live audience. Everyone had had the music for a few months at that point, so they should know it well enough. Then one girl let me know that she had to work. Oh, well, her part isn't that hard. I give it to someone else. Oops, conflict with another club. I'll schedule it to be earlier in the day. It was Friday, the day of our meeting, two months after the first one. I sent out a message reminding everyone that I'd see them at 4:30! But what one of the musicians replied struck me hard. Either that day or the day before, one of the teachers passed away. Needless to say, all the percussion studio was an emotional mess. This was last week. I felt horrible. I finally got the idea that maybe this isn't what God wanted for me right now. Whatever the reason, He was allowing things to come in my way to prevent Disonancia from being performed. I've let go of that dream for now. If I find another opportunity this summer, I'll certainly pray about it and try again. And now - on to the art!
4/1/2018 2 Comments March Update
Third - in April, I'll begin a new project - getting Disonancia performed. If you're not familiar with it, it's a percussion ensemble piece that I finished composing last year, and I consider it the first significant achievement in my composing career. I'll be holding rehearsals with some people from a local college (where I take band class) for the first few weeks of April, and then have it performed sometime in late April. I'll be seeking out help, obviously, and your prayers as I go forward in this are greatly appreciated!!
Now on to art-related updates! 3/3/2018 2 Comments February Update
2/24/2018 0 Comments Commissions Are Open! Drawings, Paintings, Portraits, Coloring pages, gifts, etc.
2/7/2018 0 Comments Why Perfection is Toxic to Art
1/30/2018 2 Comments January UpdateLast week I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I suppose it was my first time reading it, though my mom read me the story when I was young. Yes, yes, I know. How could I go so long without EVER reading Harry Potter? Well, I understand why people say that now-- I enjoyed it so much that I whizzed through it in two days!
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