Jessica McFarland

Here’s a bit more new music. (Now with #11, ’cause sometimes I like to Jobim it up.)

Parallel Lines

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So, I’ve finished another bit of music. This song was begun around New Year’s, when everyone needed a fresh start, myself included. (And I’ve finally finished it now.)

Start Again
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There is a writer named Julia Cameron whose books about creativity I wholeheartedly adore. I’m sure there will be more about her later, but in the mean time you can check her out here.

Something she wrote has lit a fire in me recently. That is, how important it is to finish things. Not just start things, but actually finish something so that it’s done (or at least, done-ish and stop working on it and move on).

I have never really considered myself a procrastinator, but when I (re)read this, I realised that I have a computer full of half-finished musical projects that I have not finished. This is possibly a result of an over-developed sense of perfectionism, with just a smidgen of laziness thrown in to keep it interesting.

So I’m spending the next few months or more finishing things. When they are done they’ll be here. And then I can move on, instead of whining inwardly about how I never get anything done and being plagued by a vague sense of incompetence.

Soooo, this is a song I started in January and have finally finished. It is an arrangement of a song for voice and the orchestra I keep in my bedroom.

(Lyrics below.)
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