Why I write this
October 09, 2018
I know why I write this blog post every day...except yesterday...hahaha, well nobody's perfect....but I write this blog for a few good reasons.
The main reason is I want to connect with people.
I read something recently where an entrepreneurial woman was quoted as giving the advice "your face is your fortune".
She was meaning that every person who wants to connect with the world has their own unique image that will connect them faster than any product they are trying to sell.
I guess this kind of advice comes on strong in the Age of Selfies which almost makes me gag to even write the phrase, but in our current culture, people do seem to put their face on just about anything and everything.
So, I am not here to make sweeping social commentary, and I'm not judging. I don't even care enough to judge.
I'm just saying that this blog for me is a way to put a true face on the music I am making.
It's the very best to go out into the world and play in person for people. That's putting a face on my music for sure.
And I love being on tour and am looking forward to bigger and better touring in the coming year.
But when I'm in Minneapolis, writing new works in music or prose, and plotting my next release and next tour, I want to be able to stay in touch.
I used to write every morning in a journal and I filled journal after journal.
After my March 2018 tour I realized that there were so many people who I wanted to stay in touch with, and it was too hard to keep writing emails to everyone all the time, often recounting the same updates to everyone.
With this blog I could begin to put my early morning writing practice to a new use, giving me a way to write for an audience, update my fans, connect with new people who might just be curious, give myself a personal outlet that is not confined by the rules of Twitter or diminished by the din of Facebook.
I endeavor to write in ways that push my own boundaries of what I think is appropriate for a public blog post.
I push myself to write thoroughly and to write well.
I also want to provide a chronicle for how a woman who already raised three children could take her artistry and her determination and shape a viable sustainable career as a full time songwriter, recording artist, touring musician, under her own name, playing her own songs. Could she do it in our world, in our current culture?
I believe I am doing what I want, for myself, but at the same time I am providing something valuable for others who have big dreams and wonder how to make them a reality.
In the morning pages I offer you here, in between the lines, there is some thread of how you do it and how you get it done.
I want to make you proud of me. I want to be proud of you too. I want us all to be happy together doing whatever we do best, whatever we love most.
Here's a fun picture from the music video shoot this past Saturday with Ruby the Doberman and her master Magic Marc Percansky.
My commissioned song "The Sun Shines On Ruby" and it's accompanying animated lyrics video and documentary style music video will all be released in the coming weeks.
Stay tuned!
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Courtney Yasmineh - My commissioned song project is shaping up nicely! We made a documentary style music video on Saturday with Magic Marc Percansky, the Doberman named Ruby, myself and @cohenmpls #rockgoddessonduty #songwriter #leopardprint
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Courtney Yasmineh @cyasmineh - The Ruby Sessions is wrapping up and the videos are in progress and we have had so much fun! I can’t wait to see our animated lyrics video and our documentary style music video #thesunshinesonruby http://courtneyyasmineh.com #rockgoddessonduty @magicmarcprod ️️️
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