music is healing

lately I've been feeling kind of empty and uninspired for keeping up a weekly blog. it's strange to feel nothing, not to have any topics.
anyway, there is something that helps when having what I call a sunday blues: the thought that tomorrow is a new day with new impressions and emotions. and music.
for every mood one can find the appropriate song. and a song can also change your mood. looking at the people in the subways one finds 90% of them with headphones. obviously music is important to everyone. so music is my subject of the week. especially after having been at the on3 radio festival yesterday night. the most interesting show for me was the one of young london artist "speech debelle".
she is one of many music artists who use music's healing power to overcome hardship, in thematising hardship-issues and the beauty in life. in one of her songs, "spinning", she claims: "One day I know that it will get better music is healing I love the feeling"






If you want to know more of the 26-year old mercury music prize winner's subjects, take a look at her other songs. "go then, bye" is being considered as "Occupying the classic genre of "break up" songs so confidently and fully it's almost like she invented it, Speech tells the story of the end of a relationship - the hurt, loneliness and anger - but without losing her sly grasp of detail and humour." (http://www.parisdjs.com/index.php/post/Speech-Debelle-Go-Then,-Bye)

http://www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic

Before closing this post, let me repeat:
whatever is keeping you worrying... today music is healing. and tomorrow things look better.
it's a spinning, NEVERENDING STORY.

Have a good week, everybody!



the full lyrics to "spinning:
This is for the tat on my wrist this is for the black of my fist
This is for the s in my lisp this is for my beating heart in my chest on the life yes
Life aint for the swift but for those who can endure it so i hold it with two hands im moorish
And I answer every time it is calling and you can see it in my aura
You can tell I’m a soldier you can see the strength in my eyes and I hope
You can feel the strength in my vibe cause sometimes I get tired
Cause its hard out here yo,
See it all boils down to the have and the have not’s the things that you have or you aint got
Some people are overweight some people aint got no food on the plate
You can act like you don’t know or don’t wanna know what’s past Pluto
But if you heads in the pillow and your buts in the air, they gonna put it right there yo.

CHORUS
The world keeps spinning changing the lives or people in it
Nobody knows where it will take us
But if hope it gets better better better

Everyday read the metro soaring bills and high petrol
House prices and inflation and I’m not too sure what’s happening
Cause they say these are tough times and I say you aint gotta tell me
Cause I’m tired of opening the papers I don’t even watch the TV
But no matter what happens I’m still an artist
Attached so close mosses cant part this
Hercules aint got the strength to make me let go of these beats
Cause a long time now I been doing this
Writing songs since way back school kids
And the only thing that’s changed is the weather I’m still holding it together hey
You can act like you don’t know or you don’t wanna know what’s past Pluto
But if you heads in the pillow and you buts in the air they gonna put it right there yo

BRIDGE
One day I know that it
It will get better music is healing
I love the feeling
One day all people will be all equal
Until that day comes i’ll just be singing my song