Steemit Open Mic Week #117: Original Music — I Am Alive
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This song is a little haunting and a lot soulful. It’s something like a question and an answer rolled into one.
It’s brand new—I wrote it on Christmas and did what felt like 300 takes that night trying to get a performance I was happy with for Open Mic. This one I actually did the next morning, so the song was still not yet 24 hours old.
That seems to be how I roll.
I may have tossed a cartoon filter on the video to soften things, which I think goes with the dreamlike quality of the music. Hope you enjoy it.
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I Am Alive
This poem has been pulled from my Steem blog for use in publication. You can still listen to the song in the video. Thank you for your interest in my writing! Please visit me on Twitter for current content: https://twitter.com/KatrinaAriel
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Thanks for listening!
You can also find my music on Choon, or just check out my last few posts, as they’re almost entirely music these days.
That’s okay by me.
I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate. I’m kinda relieved Christmas is over. Time to dance our way into a new year.
Whatever happens, keep singing your song!
Peace. @katrina-ariel
Photos mine unless otherwise credited.
Author bio: Katrina Ariel is an old-soul rebel, musician, tree-hugging yogini, and mama bear to twins. Author of Yoga for Dragon Riders (non-fiction) and Wild Horse Heart (romance), she's another free-spirit swimming in the ocean of Steem.
dragon art: Liiga Smilshkalne
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Lovely, as per usual. 😘 Awesome, percussive guitar — sweet vibrato — real, hopeful lyrics — heartfelt performance; what more could anyone ask for? 💜
Hugs from Zippy? That would be icing on the cake. ;) Thank you, sweetheart.
Very nice young lady, enjoyed listening.
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
Nice!!!
thanks for this
Thanks for listening! :)
So beautiful.
So are you. ;)
Hello hello wonderful @katrina-ariel, really enjoyed your entry this week 117, congrats on the win and Happy New Years to you!
I included you in my Judge's Post for Week 117, check the full review out for your entry here
https://steemit.com/openmic/@verbal-d/steemit-s-official-open-mic-judge-verbal-d-s-top-5-entries-for-week-117-original-blog
For some reason YouTube is up the creek for me tonight -- along with some other things. I'll try again in a few hours. (Maybe I'll get lucky.)
Hope you got lucky... and also that YouTube started playing nice. ;)
Cool song. Reminds me of the psychedelic folk sound but more refined and awesome.
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Psychedelic folk, cool! Thanks you, so glad you like it. :)
I connect hard with these lyrics. Hard. Love this song.
HARD! ;) So glad you love it. Thanks for all your support!
just love this lines.....
Thank you for listening and such a kind comment. :)
yes indeed why we choose the hard road, your voice and lyrics are just beautiful xxx
Sigh. The hard road... Thanks for the kindness, my friend. (((hugs)))