Mother's Day Blog!

So before you begin to read this blog post I will warn you now: it isn't remotely about music, it's just about how perfect my Mum is.

So, My Mum. There's so many good things that I want to say but I will have to make it at least 10000000 times shorter to fit it into a blog :'')

Well first of all, she is always there for me. Always. Through my music, boy troubles, quarrels with my friends, school troubles and everything else you could possibly think of. She always has the best advice and knows just what to do. She does way too much for me and my brother, but she just does it because she's kind. She has been through a lot lately but we have tried our best to be just as supportive and amazing to her as she has been to us. She always puts us first before her; infact she puts everyone first before herself. So because she is so truly amazing. 

Even when I am a totally horrible teenager, she still tolerates me, my brother too for that matter. I have said lots to my mum over the past years, some good and some bad. But one thing has stayed a constant, her kindness and ability to overlook defeat. 

Sometimes we have Mummy- Daughter days, or just nights where we chill together. We go for walks, have long long talks about everything, do facemasks, watch our favourite tv together or watch a chick flick. Me and My Mum are inseperable. We are so close it's unreal.

My mum is the most beautiful Mum in the world! She is gorgeous. And I love her more than anything!

Happy mothers day Mum, you deserve it!:-)

Lots of love, Emily <3 xx

This is my beautiful family. Me, Mum, my Stepdad and brother!:-) On My Mum and Stepdad's wedding. <3

Plans for the week and Broken Angel Lyrics!

So for the next few weeks I am going to be doing separate blog posts on my views and opinions on different types/genres of music and a special blog post tomorrow (Sunday). This week I will be writing about Pop, then Country, Rock, Rap, Classical, R&B, Soul and Finally: Reggae. If there is any more genres of music that anyone would like to see a blog about then I can write more however these 8 genres were the main ones I thought would be good to write about as they cover a lot of different people's favourite types of music.

For this blog I am going to put the lyrics to broken angel on here. I would just like to say that this will also be my form of copyright for the lyrics- the date it was put on the blog. Just to make sure it doesn't get stolen :-)

Broken Angel By Emily Williams
Poor young girl, sat in her window tears down her face,
She's finally let go.
She wanted to change him,
He didn't want to be the one that lashed out on her.

People see her in the street with Bruises, making up different stories
Suspicions, suspections, cruelty and cries
Ooh, a broken angel can be fixed now
Ooh, a broken angel fixed now in the sky.

Why should it change, she's lived it all of her life,
Caught in a trapped world.
She tried to change him,
He ended up being the one that lashed out on her.

People see her in the street with Bruises, making up different stories
Suspicions, suspections, cruelty and cries
Ooh, a broken angel can be fixed now
Ooh, a broken angel fixed now in the sky.

Don't trust everyone,
Don't break anyone.
Don't give your heart out if you know it's going to get broken,
Don't be a broken angel.
Don't trust everyone,
Don't break anyone.
Don't give your heart out if you know it's going to get broken,
Don't be a broken angel.

Ooh, a broken angel can be fixed now
Ooh, a broken angel fixed now in the sky.
Ooh, a broken angel can be fixed now
Ooh, a broken angel fixed now in the...
...sky...

If you haven't seen the video, this is it!:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

What song/album I've been listening to today: This week I have been listening to A LOT of Jason Derulo again. Mainly The other side, Marry me and Trumpets. But I dug out my old album of his I got a few years back and have been blasting it out again all week! I forgot how much I loved him :''D

What has made me happy today: This week you could say I haven't had a very good week. But what has made me happy is gathering all my mum's mothers day presents together and making her card and I am just very happy and excited for tomorrow to give her everything she deserves! <3

What has inspired me today: I was reading lots of music blogs this morning and saw how many views they got and that made me want to do much better and more frequent blogs to make sure I get more and more pageviews, and views on the video too.

My Busy Week!:-)

So I am very sorry for not doing any blogs this week- it has been very busy; of course I have still had time to listen to music and write it though- I have been recording lots of little snippets ready for broken angel, I haven't done the voice recording yet though. If I'm honest I'm terrified about recording the voice. For this blog I am going to write a small account of each busy day I have had this week. Also if anyone has any suggestions for different topics I can write about on my blogs that would be very much appreciated as I need some more inspiration for what to write about.

Monday: Monday was one of the less busy days, a normal day at school finished off with a piano lesson. I have been learning all the classics though... Boring! But when I got home I went straight to my second favourite music teacher, YouTube! I have been learning Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball this week.

Tuesday: On Tuesday I was in our school music department most of lunch recording piano parts for broken angel; we also tested out some guitar on the recording to back up the piano parts. It sounded pretty good! My music teacher also worked out the chords for Broken Angel on the guitar for me too so that we can see how the song will sound with guitar backing it up. I have been taking a different friend every day to the music department to do little bits of recording, so they can all experience it... also there are only two pairs of headphones for the equipment, the others would be a bit bored!

Wednesday: So Wednesdays are my all time favourite day of the week: music day! We have music on a Wednesday- we did our composition for our level. I haven't yet found out what level I am though, I am hoping for a 6a/7c. I cannot wait for GCSE music, the people that are there will only be there because they want to be, not because they have to be for a start. My music class is made up of a mixture of idiots who don't care about music and don't like it and people who have a real passion for it and want to do well (like me). So when we were asked to do a composition of course the boys who aren't interested all went straight for loud drums that they drained the rest of us out with. It was incredibly difficult creating a piano composition when all you could hear was shouting and drums in the background. GCSE music will be great. :-)

Thursday: I can't even remember why, but Thursday was very busy! I missed my guitar lesson though :( I was very upset about that but my Mr Steels understood and gave me the music I was supposed to be learning anyway, Passenger- Let her go. A lot harder than it seems. But I got practising that straight away, I might do a cover of it on my YouTube channel when I have mastered it.. which might be a while.

Friday: A very exciting day! I was in music again on Friday, recording. I have been going in as much as possible, whenever I have a spare half an hour, and getting little bits done. When I got home I was on my guitar for 2 hours straight. I came up with a song in my head on the bus home from school and I was itching to get it written as soon as I got home. It's not finished, but I think this one's going to be a good one. I really like the sound of it. I always have little ideas but this one was much more solid. Honestly, if you went through my phone on the voice notes, you would hear so many little snippets of songs that I have never touched since. But in a way, that's great because when I want an idea I just have to go through my phone and listen to one, then I can build it up from there- a songwriters dream really!:-)

Saturday: Saturday I was at work. At a music shop. I love it there so much- I managed to tell 2 people about my blog and I hope they've read it and seen the broken angel video. It was a busy day but it was great. I tuned lots of ukuleles, played a gorgeous BRAND NEW acoustic Kawai piano that we got in and talked to lots of people about music and my music.

TODAY: Today, I have done nothing musical! I will admit it, I haven't done anything. My first proper day off in ages, no homework or anything to do. I lay in bed until half 11 and then went to my friend's house to watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and then came home and wrote this blog. Tomorrow I am back into recording and writing and full on music again, and to be honest I cannot wait! I love being this busy with my music.

Thankyou to everyone that has been reading my blogs, or even just reading this one if that's what you've done :-) Lots of love x

What song (album) I have been listening to today: Today I have been listening to The YouTube boyband. Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Caspar Lee, Jim Chapman and Joe Sugg have done a song for Comic Relief and it is so hilarious! If you like these YouTubers or just want to support Comic Relief, definitely give it a listen. :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17F1XPswLgk

What has made me happy today: Spending quality time with one of my best friends, Daisy (we call each other Chummy), watching The Hunger Games :''''D

What has inspired me today: To be honest, nothing has inspired me today but lots has inspired me this week, while I have been recording my music and talking to lots of people about my music and where I want to go with it.


IF YOU HAVEN'T YET HEARD BROKEN ANGEL, HERE IS THE LINK TO IT :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

Music I like

So I am doing a blog post dedicated to all the different music that I like. All the different genres and Artists!:-) I like all different types but I am not yet sure what to class all my music as, it's all very different and varied.

Pop music that I like: I don't listen to loads and loads of pop. But when I do I will fall in love with one song/ album in particular and listen to it over and over again. I like the pop music that has a good beat, but still a good story behind the song. I love it when a pop artist is good live too. They have to actually be good, not just computerized to sound good. People like Jason Derulo, Taylor Swift, The Script, One Direction and Bridgit Mendler- her new album, 'Hello My Name Is...' is such a fantastic album! I love it. Passenger is also another great pop artist that I love and cannot get enough of; My Dad bought me the 'All The Little Lights' album back in the Summer and I still cannot get enough of the album. If I cannot sleep I will turn on the Passenger album, it all sounds so magical, and it instantly puts me to sleep. It just has a really relaxed feel to it and it flows together really well. Ed Sheeran's Album, '+',  is one of my favourites too! It's amazing. I bought all these 3 CD's, when I buy a CD and actually save up for it to buy it you know I love it.                   

Ed Sheeran's Album: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/+-deluxe-version/id448213992

Bridgit Mendler's Album: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hello-my-name-is.../id563538277                       Passenger's Album: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-the-little-lights/id571651610

I like a lot of Alternative music too. Such as Keane- Somewhere only we know and everybody's changing are two of mine and My Dad's favourite songs!:-) I also love Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Kings of Leon.

Country music: I love country music best of all. I could list so many country artists that I love but here are just a few. Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, Blake Shelton, Jana Kramer, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Judy Rodman, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Trisha Yearwood and Trace Adkins. I love them all. There are so many more but these are the main ones that always crop up again and again in my iTunes Playlists!

YouTube Music Channels: I watch lots and lots of YouTube channels of people who sing and record videos, just like I want to do! My all time favourite has got to be BOYCE AVENUE! I love them so much. I have so many of their tracks on my playlists all the time! They're amazing. Madilyn Bailey would be another favourite; she has done many covers of popular songs on YouTube and her own songs too. Also: Tiffany Alvord, Max Schneider, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Kina Granis, Alex Goot and Becky CJ. Go check out their YouTube Channels. Lots of my inspirations came from these people:

Boyce Avenue: https://www.youtube.com/user/boyceavenue

Madilyn Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/user/MadilynBailey                                                                     Tiffany Alvord: https://www.youtube.com/user/TiffanyAlvord                                                                       Max Schneider: https://www.youtube.com/user/MaxSchneider1                                                             Kurt Hugo Schneider: https://www.youtube.com/user/KurtHugoSchneider                                                 Kina Granis: https://www.youtube.com/user/kinagrannis                                                                             Alex Goot: https://www.youtube.com/user/gootmusic                                                       

Becky CJ: https://www.youtube.com/user/beckycarewejeffries

I really hope that my music is a mix of all these types of music. I love lots of different music and I want to try and bring that into my own music. :-)

What song (album) I have been listening to today: Right now, as I am writing this blog post, I am listening to Demi Lovato's album: Demi and also: Unbroken. They are amazing albums- I would definitely recommend you checking them BOTH out.

Demi: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/demi/id632732143                                                                  Unbroken: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/unbroken/id510019745

What has made me happy today: I have been shopping for my Mum today, ready for Mother's Day! I am very excited to give her lots of lovely presents to thank her for being such an amazing Mummy <3

What has inspired me today: I was listening to Taylor Swift with my Dad in the car today and just listening to her music and her words makes me so inspired to work for what I dream of doing, exactly what she does!

Lots of love, Emily <3 :-) x

If you haven't seen the video yet, here it is!:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

Conifidence/My goals

So obviously I want to be able to perform my music in front of lots of people one day- but for me just performing in front of the school is proving to me a massive thing to do. I want to do it one day but I just can't seem to get the confidence to do it yet. I would definitely say that I do not have much confidence (my friends would say that too) and that is a shame; I am determined to get rid of that though and perform and not care what people think of me, and I will do it one day. It will just take time.

One of my friends, Beth, is already putting her music out there. She is such an amazing singer- everyone at school absolutely loves her singing. We all look forward to her performing at the end of a term and she's excellent. She doesn't seem to even get stage fright... I seriously admire her for that! I would feel so privileged if I could perform alongside her one day.

This might sound strange but I have not actually yet performed my music in front of more than 2 of my friends yet, they have seen the exact same video that everyone reading this blog has seen, I haven't even had the confidence to show it to my own friends in person yet! So my mini- goal for this month is to perform it to all my friends and my music Teacher.

Mini goal. Mini goals. Yes that's what I am going to set myself. I am going to take everything one very small step at a time. Not just with my music, with everything... so that I can take things slow and achieve what I want to.

I am going to end this blog here. But if you have read this, try taking mini- goals too! Don't set yourself too much to do, because you won't achieve it otherwise!                                                              Lots of love!:') <3 xx

What song (album) I have been listening to today: I have really got back into Keane these past few weeks. I have been listening to their 'Hopes and Fears' album!:D

What has made me happy today: Catching up with lots of my friends properly. I haven't had a proper chat with some of them for ages!:'')

What has inspired me today: Again, people messaging me, commenting on the video and just in general people being inspired by my music inspires me!:D Yesterday, in P.E one of my friends was just randomly singing Broken Angel! That made me so happy and inspired to write more.


If you haven't seen the video yet, here it is!:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

My AMAZING Friends

So I wanted to talk about just friends on this blog today. I know I have included my friends on pretty much all of my blogs but i would like to just take this whole blog to mention them all individually and thank them.

So first of all Leah comes at the top of the list here. She has been sharing my video on her Tumblr and so many people have seen it; the views on the video have gone up significantly and so have the pageviews for the blogs. She has an amazing blog so make sure you visit it and FOLLOW HER!        

Leah's Tumblr: okay.tumblr.com

Then to the people who all have also been sharing my videos! Abigail, Georgia, Aidan and others. Thankyou guys so much! I really do mean it when I say it means the world- it helps so much and the views and pageviews have also gone up hugely since you all shared the video, so thankyou. :-)

Next to Daisy, Matthew, Emily P and hopefully Cole. You are all kindly helping with the filming of the broken angel video which I am so grateful for! We are going to have such a great time and the video should look amazing with all your help! Matthew and Daisy have exceptional editing skills, go check out their YouTube channels. Emily is kindly letting us use her camera for filming too, So thankyou Emily!:-)

Daisy's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2iFsMti5sDp-KNs3SaFvw                                Daisy's Tumblr: http://fili-kili-feelies.tumblr.com/                                                                                           Matthew's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIR1A0UTjZIYSNOzksGiJVw

Obviously next my amazing friends: Chloe, Lauren W, Megan, Shannon, Lauren B, Robert, Beth, Daisy, Lucy, Rachel, Sarah, Grace, Cole, Matthew, Jacob, Katie, Luke, Erika and lots of others. Thankyou all for being so supportive. It is so lovely how enthusiastic you all are but also realistic, so thankyou for keeping me sane through this mad and exciting time.

Then my family. My Uncle is in an amazing band called the Userfriendly (Go check them out!) and it meant a lot to me that him and his fiance loved the song and blog posts. Then to my Mum, Stepdad and Brother for putting up with my loud music, moodswings when I can't get inspiration for my lyrics and for my loud piano and guitar practice. Thankyou for putting up with me. Then my Dad and his girlfriend, thankyou for always checking for new blog posts and listening to me yammering on about my blog and my songs and my YouTube. Also to the rest of my family for supporting me in everything I am aiming for and being so positive and hopeful for my future, wishing me the best. I am very lucky to have my family!:-)                                                            

The User Friendly: https://www.facebook.com/theuserfriendly

My last paragraph of thankyou's is to random people. All the people I do not know that have been watching my YouTube video, reading my blog (I have pageviews from Australia, Germany, Peru, USA and obviously the UK) and commenting on my video. It is so exciting that people that I don't even know are also being lovely about my music, so thankyou all so much!

I am also going to say a sorry. To anyone that I forgot to mention in this blog, I'm so sorry! But by the time you get down to this and read it, I will have probably edited it and put your name in!;-) Haha.

Lastly, I would like to say a massive thankyou again to everyone watching the video and commenting on it- likewise with the blog too. The video has just reached 400 views. In a week that's insane! So thankyou to everyone.

Lots of love!<3 X

What song (album) I have been listening to today: I have been sat listening to Demi Lovato whilst doing my art homework for about 2-3 hours today. Just a random mix of all her songs. I love Demi!:-)

What has made me happy today: Waking up this morning to see that the video had gone from 90 views (last night) to 230 this morning, to 400 tonight. That has made me so excited and happy :D

What has inspired me today: I went for a long walk with my family earlier and we were walking over an old railway route and I just suddenly got some really great lyrics coming into my head. I saved them all in my phone and I will be working on them this week!:-)

If you haven't seen yet, this is my song 'Broken Angel'. There will be a better quality video of this coming up in the next month or so :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

My Great Week And Saying Thankyou!:-)

So this week I should be learning how to use the recording system at school- then I'm all ready and set to get recording my songs!:-) So I will be recording Broken Angel first then I will hopefully record other songs of my own in the future. It is all really exciting. Lots more people have been finding out about my music every day; I feel very lucky to be able to share my music with the people I love!

I have been writing songs constantly. I haven't written any new lyrics this week, but I have come up with some awesome piano parts, discovered some hauntingly beautiful chords and come up with some lovely riffs on the guitar too. For me, it has been a really big step being able to even talk to anyone I know personally, and see everyday, about my music and songs. I don't really know why, I suppose I just feel a bit big headed saying it maybe? But then again I do need to tell people about my music to be able to get it out there and for people to know about it; I think anyone who knows me personally would definitely agree that I over react all the time!

I have absolutely loved every part of my week. Something has happened every day that has made me really happy. Equally, it hasn't been perfect, but no one's life it perfect, I think it would be weird if people were 'perfect'- I'm definitely not. No one is. I can't believe how supportive my friends are, they are the greatest friends anyone could wish for. They have all been keeping on top of my blog and reading it, a few of my friends have saved it on their phones to make sure to see when I put a new post up, and they have been asking me when I will be doing more and just being generally involved and it's so lovely that they want to be a part of it!:-)

I would like to say a special thanks to all of my friends for being so supportive- with my music and with everything else in my life, too! So thankyou to:

Robert, Beth, Aidan, Cole, Matthew, Jacob, Erika, Luke, Chloe, Lauren and Lauren, Shannon, Amy, Daisy and My Family!:-) There are lots more people but these are the main people who have been exceptionally involved.

What song (album) I have been listening to today: I have been listening to Becky CJ's YouTube channel, especially her own song called 'Opposites Attract' I think it is an exceptionally beautiful song and I admire her for writing her own songs. This is her YouTube channel, go check her out: https://www.youtube.com/user/beckycarewejeffries?feature=watch

What has made me happy today: I have been at work today and, seeing as I work in a musical job, I have been lucky enough to tell lots of people I see every day all about my music. I managed to give 2 people links to my blog today, which after a week of having a blog is really exciting for me!:-)

What has inspired me today: When I was at work I was listening to a customer talking to another member of staff about their band and their tours. It really inspired me to work hard and get my music out there because he is so lucky to have that opportunity to do that and go on tour! I would LOVE to do that!:-))

If you haven't seen yet, this is my song 'Broken Angel'. There will be a better quality video of this coming up in the next month or so :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

Lots of love! Emily <3 xx

Compliments!:-)

The song link will be at the bottom :-)

So I don't really know what to write now. Now that it is time for blog post number 2; the first post seemed to be such a success, I was overwhelmed with all the messages, kind comments and compliments. Compliments, makes a nice change!:-) I was so nervous about putting my music out there for the first time. But this evening I received such a lovely message from someone. She said that she was feeling depressed and sad, and she listened to my song and related to it so much. She told me that it was 'amazing' and she was 'seriously inspired'. I screenshotted it, it literally made my day! Even though it's only one person that has said this. My first song has already had it's purpose. Because someone has turned to it when they were feeling a certain emotion. Exactly what I said in Sunday's blog about how I want people to associate my music. It has completely made my week even before it's got to Tuesday! 

I walked past a number of people today (who were included in a group chat where I first picked up the courage to post the video and explain it's meaning) who said to me "Hey! I saw that video, it was amazing", "You should be proud." or my personal favorite (apart from the 1st paragraph) my best friend on our school bus said: "That was **SWEAR WORD!!** amazing! You are so talented! You HAVE to go GCSE music!" I didn't even know how to react. How do you react in a situation where someone is completely overwhelming you with compliments and lovely words? I went for 'blush like an idiot and smile like a slightly crazy person'. I think it's safe to say I have amazing friends.

I was so nervous about putting my music out there, especially because my friends would see it and I have to face them every day. What if it went wrong? If it was awful and they didn't like it? I would then have to face the embarrassment every day!! Some people wouldn't even think twice about that. But I do. They loved it! I showed my friend Shannon first, and she was so lovely about it! Then I showed my friend Chloe. They were both saying the same so I added a group chat with around 20- 25 people who I trusted. I let them all give me their honest opinions and they all said the same! I put it onto YouTube last night. These are all such small steps but for someone like me, who is incredibly nervous and I'm so happy that this is giving me so much confidence! I even get nervous when I am just around people at school that I don't usually hang around with or walking somewhere on my own without my friends- worried that I will look wierd. It's a bit pathetic. Haha.

I am going to end this blog here, I'm sat in bed and I'm so tired. I don't think I will get to sleep very quick though, because I am so excited and happy about the future!! 

When I write a blog, I am going to write what song (or album) I have most listened to that day (and related to), what has made happy that day and if I have had any inspirations that day for songs, chords or just anything.

Thankyou for taking the time to read this if you have. Make sure to leave a comment and tell me what made you happy today, what song (album) you have been into today and anything else that has inspired you today (whatever day it may be!).
Lots of love, Emily :-) x




What song (album) I have been listening to today: I have been listening to the Taylor Swift Red album today. I ordered it last week and it came today!!:D

What has made me happy today: What I said in the first paragraph, all the people who have come up to me and said how much they loved the song and making early pancakes with the family :-)

What has inspired me today: (Paragraph 1) Someone telling me that I was THEIR inspiration!:-) It made me want to make more songs so that I can have songs for all different emotions that people can relate to.


If you haven't seen yet, this is the video!:-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VRPbUFTk8

Writing My First Song

So I have always known, since I was little that I wanted to be a songwriter. Yes, when I was younger I was also the little kid who put on shows and danced and sang around the house all the time... driving my Parents crazy, and my friends. I remember, I would make all my friends come to singing lessons from ME! How self centered and patronizing is that!? But they do all have one thing in common, I have always known that I have wanted to be involved in music.

Music is such a big part of my life. I turn to music whatever mood I am in, wherever I am, whoever I am with. It is just a massive part of my life. When I am sad or feeling depressed I do what probably every teenage girl does, turn up my iPod, ignore everyone around me and listen to The Script, or some other artist that only sings about failed relationships... and I feel sorry for myself. But I think, in a way, that is great- because isn't it amazing that music can have that effect on people? I think that it is, anyway. And I love that I can find a different song each different mood I am in. It is the same with my own music and the way I write it. I think of lots of different moods that people can be in or different emotions that people will be feeling and I write songs so that they can also have a song to relate to when they are feeling a certain emotion. I want people to relate to my songs when they are feeling different emotions at different times.

First Proper song: Broken Angel

So I have wrote songs for around 3 years now. I remember the first ever song I wrote was with my friend Abigail- it was called 'Just Come Back To Me'; I have to say for being around 10 it was a pretty cute song!! We were in a band together with another friend, Chloe. We called ourselves the A.C.E Rockers! (Abigail, Chloe, Emily) I remember thinking "we're going to be famous" and thinking that we were amazing. We just sang covers of songs, really badly too! We once used a pencil as a drumstick- banging it against my chest of drawers!! We talked about doing concerts, we were going to perform to the whole of our street, from my balcony. We were going to be big! But then the others saw sense and quit. I remember thinking it was the end of the world and that I was devastated, I had my heart set on music. But from there I started writing my own songs. I would write 2/3 songs a day! And some of them would be atrocious, some amazing; which ever one of them it was, I still forced my Mum and Step dad to listen to them. And of course they would say it was great and that I was amazingly talented... even if  it was seriously dreadful! But that is where my love of songwriting came from.

I love Country Music too, I love it with a passion. The way that the steel guitar cries out in the background to create the perfect mood, and the banjos or acoustic guitars create beautiful backing music. I love it all. When I was little my Dad would constantly play his mixed CD's with his favorite country tracks on. My mum would hate it, but she sat through it though because she saw how happy it made my Dad, and me. But even now if me and my Brother are driving along with my Dad, we will still turn up the music full blast and sing our hearts out if we hear 'What hurts the most by Rascal Flatts' or 'Until I met you by Judy Rodman' or 'Where'd that woman go by Mel McDaniel and Oklahoma Wind'. We just love it! The thing about country music is it tells a story. It has a message, don't get me wrong I love Pop music and everything that gets into the 'Top 40' but you can't beat a song that has real meaning. I love the way all Country artists are so genuine. What you hear, is what they REALLY sound like. Some artists sound dreadful live: why should they be in music performing, doing what other people (who really can sing) genuinely want to do, if they can't even sing? You shouldn't have to enhance your voice on a computer just for people to listen to it and like it. If people like your music, they like it. If they don't like it, they don't like it. That's life. Not everyone likes everything; there will always be people that don't like you, that disagree with you. You can't please everyone. And you learn that pretty quick when you get to Grammar School.

Broken Angel

This is the first song I wrote that I felt really had a clear story and meaning. I wrote it about 6 months ago and just recently finished the bridge. I hope you can see that too. This song is about a relationship where two people know it's not working out. They know they don't love each other anymore,they don't want to be together anymore. The husband is praying he won't take things out on the wife but he does end up doing that in the end, and he hates himself for it. But he is so angry for letting the relationship get to this stage that he carries on- he can't stop. They both know that there is no healing the relationship now. In the chorus it says "A broken angel can be fixed now": this is saying that the wife is moving on, she's allowing herself to be happy for once.

 

The wife has been through a lot too, she was hurt by her husband, mentally and physically. That is why, in the chorus, you also hear "People see her in the street with bruises, making up different stories" because she loved her husband too much to humiliate him for what he ended up doing. It IS  a depressing song, but it's a depressing and sad story. I hope that as you listen to the song that I have managed to tell the story through my lyrics and add the perfect piano and strings backing to suit the story to picture it like I do too.

Thankyou!! Enjoy :-) <3 x

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