I want to remind everyone that Music Mondays is a great time to share your own stuff or stuff you find really cool. Just sharing and entertainment without having to share lessons learned, analysis, or the like. ***𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲*** I'm not one to share music just for the sake of filling up Music Mondays, so I haven't posted a lot on Music Monday for a while. This is mostly because what I'm personally working on is still in production—from my own music, to a new big project that's still forming, and a few people that I'm either producing or writing with. To be honest, I'm in the middle of an unexpected divorce that took over my time for while, so I haven't posted nearly as much as I've wanted to in general. While I'll still be busy for a couple of months, I'm finally able to start planning more time creating and being more active here.

Only a few releases in, this latest release by Netherlands metal band, Quilla Karma is fantastic! Listen to it below (You can open the YouTube video right here in the community). The singer, Sunil, has been a student of my courses for years. I'm proud of him, and honored to have him attribute much of his singing journey to my methods. So cool. Enjoy! Website: Quilla Karma YouTube: Discordant Heaven, by Quilla Karma SoundCloud: Discordant Heaven, by Quilla Karma

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I spent a few hours today wrestling with Suno as a songwriting assistant. I got some great ideas, but no string of good luck on complete ideas this time. I have a process of spending a long time coaxing Suno into the style I want, then doing multiple iterations of lyrics until I have a decent framework to rewrite, and lastly having it create a ton of songs while slightly adjusting the style. Usually, that will give me a pretty solid song or two within a couple of hours. Tonight, all it really did was inspire me to write on my own. So, on a whim, I opened up Facebook and just started writing. Here is the product of hours of being lost in my thoughts, culminating in a few shorts minutes of being in a flow-state for writing: I'm a silent army of my own thoughts A not so gentle reminder of what I ought and ought not I am a bird soaring into the sun Son of a Daedalus, I get burned But I look to the stars and hope Knowing they're too far from my front porch So I just sit here in my thoughts And the demons scream of what I'm not So here I go in my own pain An arrow with no aim But at least I dare to feign Being dry in the pouring rain And I still dare to dream of The person I wish I was I hate you I love you But sometimes I just hurt And on the edge of this reality I often dare to dream But I dream too big, too far And then I can't find my car But I look to the stars to guide me Knowing I'm too far for them to find me So I sit here in my imagination Taking a vacation from the accusations So here I go on my own path A product of my own wrath But at least I dare to feign Perhaps to smile again And I still dare to dream of The person I wish I was I hate you I love you But sometimes I just hurt What if I love? What if I hate? What if I hurt? What if I laugh? What if I stand? Stand on my feet? What if I cry? What if I fall? Fall apart

Zero to Nightmare is the personal project of one of my students, Erlend Skaar. Erlend came to me with a few song ideas and barely the voice to sing them. Over the course of many months, we grew his voice into what he always hoped it could be, and crafted his songs into what he told me he had only dreamed about before. His first song, Anything For, was met with critical acclaim, getting him rave reviews across the internet without him even having to ask. As he readies a full EP and maps out a plan to build his career from, I wanted to take a moment to say how proud I am of him, honored to be a collaborator in his journey, and share this cool song with you.