humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.
2024: The Saga Continues. Content Warning.
As midnight hit and 2024 began, the struggle to leave the sorrow and pain of 2023 behind was an all too familiar challenge these days. January 1, 2024 was here and I was still here... but how much of me was there left at this point? Year after year of fighting challenge after challenge without any breaks; 2024 found me with barely anything left to give. My soundtrack of the year began with me feeling like I was "Breaking Inside".
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Beat
The Soundtrack Of My Year
For the Soundtrack of Your Year Writer's Challenge I chose to start almost exactly a year ago when the worst Christmas topped my list. Without going into the gritty details and pitfalls of the year that were the first six months of it. If I had to force myself to see any positives I would have to say there are none. Other than this, from the collection of music I made. All of the lyrics came from my books of poems.
By Canuck Scriber Lisa Lachapelleabout a year ago in Beat
Music Moves Us Through. Runner-Up in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge.
2024, for me, was a seminal time. It was the year of truly starting to know and accept myself. I was able to reconcile with the things that made me resent myself, those rotted, ugly parts of me I had locked away and never thought about—things I never wanted to see. I learned to look myself in the face and see the imperfect person staring back at me, and I learned to keep looking, to not avert my eyes from my true self any longer.
By angela hepworthabout a year ago in Beat
Reminiscing before the New Year
I stopped making or writing New Year's Resolutions in 2016. I had quit smoking on my own that year, then after about 2 months I fell off the wagon. I decided that year I wasn't going to fool myself anymore. I have a new tradition. Right after Christmas, I like to think back on the year and think ahead about the new year, and compare the lessons learned and goals still available for achievement. Thinking about a soundtrack of songs that represents the themes or moods of the past year is a great idea, so looking back at 2024 here is a month by month playback.
By Shanon Angermeyer Normanabout a year ago in Beat
Spinning Shields
Some songs don’t just play; they grab you by the gut and squeeze. “Love Is a Shield” by Camouflage is that song for me this year. It doesn’t coddle or console. It hammers. It pulls my insides out and lays them bare. The synths rise and fall like waves, unrelenting yet strangely soothing, a mirror to the chaos and quiet of my life. It plays as I walk through the ruins of everything that was supposed to last.
By Iris Obscuraabout a year ago in Beat
Music Therapy: A Natural Remedy for Health and Wellness
Fair a few delicate strums of ukelele music can quickly transport us to a put of calm. This puzzling impact is one reason board-certified music specialist Lorrie Kubicek makes a difference numerous patients take up the easy-to-play instrument after they're analyzed with cancer or another major wellbeing condition — changing a full circumstance into a helpful one.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in Beat
Folk, Love and Hope. Top Story - December 2024.
The soundtrack of my year started off with the song Alaska by Caiola , an indie-folk singer. I had a new relationship starting to grow, but my fear of commitment to something more was creeping in. One of the lyrics is about resisting the urge to add another affirmation to the list on his lover's wall. Because that meant adding to their life and he asks if they were leaving or just coming home. I resonated with that greatly since I was always asking myself if I was coming or going. Whether I was going to finally stay this time, and had I found my home. He sings about being terrified to let the relationship mature, and wonders if they even should. That became a reoccurring line in my life, and in everything I did. I used to tell myself I was doing the right thing by leaving by hoping to spare them the pain of staying. I wondered if I was worthy of adding another line to their life. Always afraid that I might want to stay for once so I resisted.
By Matthew Mccaheyabout a year ago in Beat
My Lifelong Soundtrack
Hello everyone. This is my second time for doing the playlist/music challenge. here’s the link of my first one in case you haven’t seen it on 2022(early 2023) challenge— I know it’s not perfect melodic songs as I thought, but I tried my best…
By Meghan LeVaughn about a year ago in Beat
The Song That Changed My Life
In the early days of COVID, before lockdown was ordered in my state, I was working at a call center for a travel company. It wasn't my dream job, but it gave me security, plus it had some good benefits. However because of COVID, many resorts and attractions closed down--causing many people to have to cancel their vacations. Which, for me and my coworkers was back to back nonstop calls for a straight 9 hours of work day in and day out. If you've never worked at a call center, there are--surprisingly--times when call volumes are low and you can more or less relax.
By Jennifer Childersabout a year ago in Beat
