Today Felt SO Good!  It always feels good when you set out to do, what you accomplish to do.  I had 14 CD’s to mail, and again and again and again…I thank U, sincerely. Your support has been generous.  When I first began making the ‘Limited Edition’ CD, I was a bit nervous about releasing a small sample of the songs, yet to be released. I was talking with my musician friend MJ Kroll, and she’s sooo encouraging, and she asks ‘Suzen, how many do you hope to sell?.”  By this time, I had sold 3, and it was the first hour or so that I had released the ‘Limited Edition’….usually things spark quick and die fast…at least that’s how life seems to work with me most times, haaaaa. “6 by the end of the night,” I finally said. That was my goal. By the end of the night I had accomplished that, and I had not actually expected it, ya know…how we are sometimes, we don’t give ourselves enough credit, do we?

In the next 10 days or so, I sold 13.  Last night, another friend of mine had heard of the CD and said ‘SIGN ME UP WORM LICKAH” yes, this is how she talks to me, Drusilla Clappsdale. I sighed that annoying sigh….knowing I would have to now, burn another cd, arrange it like the others etc…yeah, each cd is burned individually, I do it all…yep!!! SO since I had this stack of yellow mailing envelopes ready to go, I added hers in there…and of course reminded her SHE SHOULD REALLY READ THE BLOG Eh? I said “DRU it’s LIMITED, that means it’s gone, the link is gone, the post is gone”………She bought one anyway, she’s quick like that, so of course, I had to be quick on it…after losing sound on my computer Again, and having to mess around with updating and reinstalling blah blah (damn microsoft updates RAPE my computer every time)…

I got up early. 45  Min later I had stuffed all the envelopes, pushed the labels on, signed them, and ….then went to the post office, spent another 45 minutes there, because the lady at the post office had to push in each individual stamp for each envelope going over seas, which was Half of them…that was pretty cool though. Half the cd’s sold, were sold to people in the USA and Canada, the other half were WAY WAY over on the other side. Accomplishment, considering what a procrastinator I am. I really am…I put things off, WAY to the end, til basically I HAVE to do it, cuz a deadline is a deadline…right?

So I just wanted to say Thanks again, ya’ll ROCK, it was a very wonderful feeling to do something, ‘almost’ on time, because You bought it, and you wanted it, and there is nothing better than giving something to someone, who really wants what you are presenting to them. It’s on it’s way. I hope you enjoy the CD as much as I enjoyed the process of creating.

-Suzen JueL

Perspective

A Different Kind of Right…I think that is what I’m settling on for the Title of the New Cd.  I was thinking…about perspectives, I believe I probably think about perspectives quite often. Anyway it kinda hits me out of nowhere, you’re not Wrong in how you view the world, you’re a Different Kind of Right.

Ahhhhh Relief hits like a warm blanket, lights erupt…this was a few weeks ago, and I wrote it down right away, of course…one does not want to forget certain kinds of thoughts, eh?  So next came a mini flood of words:

“We are from the same big sky, just a different kind of light

It’s the same song that heals, with a different kind of right.”

Now, after finally finishing the ‘teaser’ of limited editions, my mind is in Record Mode again, songwriting seems to be what my blood exists of right now.  Ironically, during my Facebook Updates, I had stumbled across those wonderful links again, about Creativity and Bipolar, the Link has been established etc…etc….Famous Bipolar Musicians, Bipolar’s Impact on Society, etc… One thing is clear, and that it’s not necessarily a genius or creative person that has bipolar, and not all bipolar people are creative. Many are not. But most creatives, are bipolar.  Perhaps nothing is clear at all, it’s kind of like ‘What came first?’… I do know this though…it doesn’t take just a few things to inspire me, or it doesn’t take a whole world of crisis either, it’s a personal inspiration. Everyone is different, no matter what, but I go more on the lines of thinking….”Take away  bipolar, and how many creative souls would no longer create?” “medicate a creative person, do they become bipolar?’ The Questions are never ending and they shoot out like giant rays of light in every direction, touching every aspect, to every degree there is.  It’s more like….sometimes everything is under a big magnifying glass, it’s not putting things that don’t exist into anyone with a disorder of sorts, per say…it’s only making what is there More evident, sometimes exaggerated, sometimes brilliant beyond what others could ever see…Magnifying glass, bringing everything, closer, stronger, more intense.

I’ve had numerous debates, talks and discussions on the subject, and I can stand my claim on the fact, that creativity runs in my family, THICK…and no one in my family is bipolar. And others do not see things ‘wrong’ compared to how I see things, we just see things differently.

Imagine a Giant circle of people…above them is an enormous spectrum of light. You see nothing but green, the person next to you sees brilliant yellow, someone else sees red, someone else blue….We’re all looking at the SAME LIGHT but we are each seeing it from our Perspective, our point of view. No one is wrong in the color they see…Just a Different Kind of Right.

Refinished

I realize the title makes little sense…but neither do I, always make sense. Sometimes life is a bit abstract. Our thoughts make no sense, but if you look close enough, you see the sense in it, perhaps because it only applies to you.

As I age, life changes in big, unexpected ways, as do the lives of others. Our experiences are our own personal story.

This is along the lines of my thinking, which I believe will play a big part in the content of the New Release.  Life has a way, in the world of an artist…of coming through in colors and sounds, different textures of emotion…karma, the web of  life, the quality and value of our experiences, that make us who we are, complete.

I still struggle with a FRIGGIN title for this new cd…I’ve had some ideas, but they didn’t Stick hard enough…perhaps something will. When the Universal flow is ready, it’ll find a way to seep into my head.

Big thanks to all of you who purchased the Limited Edition.  I am mailing those this week and thanks for your Patience, as I have had a few Delays in getting them ready, more of ordered, than I was prepared for!!! So this is a GOOD Thing, it just backed me up a few days… I’m a bit of a perfectionist and I really want to add some unique things to your CD Packages.

Tonight…I’m performing in the Virtual World of “Second Life” (TM) at my Living ROom #13.

(you can find the location and time on the calendar, on this page)

It’s a place I’ve been working on constantly adding new things, taking away old, but the wonderful stage, and the fantastic, laid back atmosphere is always there. Lots of you are not in second life ™ and another handful of you are.

It’s an amazing virtual world, where performers from all around the globe perform WITH each other, as well as our solo Acoustic Sets.

Live Musicians, perform songs, right from their own living room, into a world in which you can hear in, and virtually see the 3d Environment, be a part of it, experience it.

PS if you join Second Life (TM) Give yourself some time to get used to it….it takes awhile. You can find me under ‘JueL Reseistance’ if you ever join into the digital metaverse!

Hope you all have a fantastic week, do something really great for yourself, and someone else. And always…show the wonderful respect, people deserve..it always comes back to you!

Peace!

-Suzen JueL