#singer songwrtier

[selpide]

a long, confusing, existential introduction

i have noticed there's a proportion of us humans who seem to have a tendency to look for the essence of things

an obsession, some would say

(some would be right)

minimalism, others will state

(other will be wrong)

(there's nothing small about this search)

i am a number of this proportion, you see

everything i do, i try to undress it to the bones

find the skeleton

trace the carcass

what's the closest i can get to one truth before it burns my skin alive?

that's where i like it

that's where i live

a nomad in the borderland of skulls

there's some holy serenity in being able to go the distance

that distance

i went that distance yesterday

i have trouble putting into words what i do

and what i do is who i am

so i spend an unhealthy (what is healthy anyways?) amount of time in this so-called minimalist search for the most precise arrangement of letters to make other people understand what my ego claims as hers

i am a writer

that is without a doubt

the first thing i have ever been

the last thing i will ever be

let's set aside the clearness and focus on the blurry lines

i am a singer

(i make songs)

am i a singer?

i am a cinematographer

(i am an audiovisual communication graduate)

am i a cinematographer?

do i deserve to claim myself as part of these guilds, these collectives, these ideas, these concepts, these communities, these archetypes, these

words

do i deserve to be called by any of these perfect words?

when you are called by your name

even if you know you are not your name

(you are not some letters nor their sound

you are flesh and blood and bones and maybe, if we are all lucky, a soul

however

when this name is called upon)

you answer

as if you were synonyms

as if meaning and symbol became lost within each other until becoming one and the same

so when someone says

"writer"

and i turn my head

when i jump at the sound

when my brain has already done the job — and i cannot escape my fate — the fate my brain has woven for myself — when someone calls for a writer and i raise my hand

do meaning and symbol get mixed up just the same?

this is where it got heavy for me

do i deserve to claim the same name as every single person who came before me, and whom i admire, and whom i respect, and whom i couldn't dare to offend (them nor the rest of the world) by suggesting we may belong to a somewhat similar category?

but then again

names

words

why should anyone be worthy of a title? surnames are given. they come to us by birth. like it or not, they're part of our identity — they give information on who we are — be it by acceptance or denial — be it by proximity or self-made walls — opposite or mirror — we don't need to deserve our surnames. they are us and we are them.

am i a singer?

yes

am i a cinematographer?

yes

i first was a songwriter — a writer of songs. then i discovered i could sing them. badly. but they were sung. less badly. and they kept on being sung. less less badly. and then i discovered i could put my own music into them. i once met kim yerim on the streets of madrid. i handed her a piece of paper with the lyrics of my song written on them. and she spoke these words: "so you are a producer? you are a composer?". and it was a conversation, and she was looking at me in the eyes, and so i answered. i said: "yes". and it was as simple as that. because it is true. i produce songs. i compose songs.

i am a producer.

sunghyuk said i already am a producer.

and it is as simple as that.

so i write songs. and i sing them. and i produce them. and that's all too long to fit a social media bio, isn't it?

so what am i?

a music maker

i am a music maker

i first was a scriptwriter — a writer of scripts. then i discovered writing scripts was too boring for me. there is only so much you can control about a story with a script. movies have so much more to them. movies move. so i started editing videos. turns out i have an eye for that. rhythm. that's all it is, really. i have an inner metronome. i can sense patterns. i can repeat them. i am a little clock pedaling backwards and onwards and to whichever direction has the beat that pulses the brightest. but you can't edit a blank screen — you need images. and there is only so much you can control about a story when images aren't yours. so i got myself a camera. a little green sony point and shoot, y2k excellency, all digital grain and untreated saturation and pixelated zoom. then another camera. a little red sony handycam that, as i write this, is on the cabinet under the tv of this apartment in the middle of another continent that i moved to three months ago

(i got this camera when i was 14)

(i think it might be my favorite camera)

then another one

then another one

then you know how it goes

i became a videographer

but these cameras could take pictures too, right?

pictures are so beautiful

i became a photographer

this kind of motion got be so obsessed i could not picture myself doing anything in this life that didn't rely on its cadence

so i got into college and i majored in film

(it's not film)

(you can't major in film in spain)

(not in university)

(so i got into audiovisual communication)

(you can major in audiovisual communication in spain)

(in university)

(i specialized in film)

(i wrote a film script as my final degree thesis)

(i ended up working as a scriptwriter)

(i am, as of today, a scripwriter)

(i miss my red sony handicam)

(i miss the colors)

i miss the motion

i direct my own music videos

i keep a record of my own life

i can't escape live photographs nor still movement

there's so many information in there

how can you shorten that up for a social media bio?

a filmmaker?

but does that sum up everything?

i don't think so

so what am i?

an image maker

i am an image maker

let's get back to words

because i am a writer

that's the only one i savor between my teeth

every letter is mine to say, mine to keep, mine to pray, mine for me

a writer

but what does a writer do?

letters are the smallest piece of a writer's craft

but we are not letter makers

same happens with words

we work with them

we don't create them

(not all the time)

(not as a summary of our duty and routine)

(words are not the word)

it's sentences

i guess that's it

that's just how minimalist it can get

so what am i?

a sentence maker

i am a sentence maker

i am a music, image and sentence maker

but what is music?

what are images?

what are sentences?

art

i am an artist

yes,

but

but

(always a but)

aren't they all languages?

i am a translator

aren't they all symbols?

i am a speaker of metaphors

aren't they all unexplainable ?

i am a magician

aren't they all but a beautiful attempt to capture, to portray, to preserve, to understand, to celebrate, to blame, to share

life

itself?

i am a life curator

(it's funny

i have a song about this

i scrambled some of its lyrics around

i love clues and riddles and the silly breadcrumbs some humans leave for others to find in hopes of making their everyday a little more adventurous

i hope someone someday finds this funny

i hope someone someday

thinks of this

as an adventure)

this is me

sélpide

life curator, writer and magician

welcome to the museum

i hope you find yourself inside here

#writing #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writers and poets #writerscommunity #songwriter #singer songwrtier #existentialism #artists on tumblr

[zoopop80]

#martin gore #Depeche Mode #singer songwrtier #80s #1980s #so young #picture #photography #martinlgore

[crowyscornerxx]

Hey everyone. I recently wrote a new rap about how life feels nowadays while im on hiatus. gives a few sneak peeks at my personal palaces. enjoy (copyright crowboy)

VERSE 1

people dont understand

the bird i was and am

they act like i am no-one

when really they were fans

back when i started

came right out the block

now in my silence

i run this whole dang flock

PRE-CHORUS

I tried to rise up, they pushed me down.

But little they knew, I'm not to frown.

I've got greater plans, one day they'll see,

Egg-xactly what, resilience means to me...

CHORUS

This isn't the end!

It's not over, this isn't the end!

I haven't di~i~ed,

Just you wait, for my return!

You might just cr~y~y...

I may seem small, but baby I'm no seedsnip~e

Just you wait, just you wait, for my flight.

Just you wait, just you wait, for my flight.

VERSE 1

The bird I was and am

He never stepped down

not for any man

and not for curassows

tried to post my words

but businessmen said no

so guess that I'm rebranding

and boy it's time to go

PRE-CHORUS

I tried to fly , they held my wings back,

I tried to caw, but my beak was down flat,

I could fight, but my talons aint for that,

That's just not, the crow I am...

CHORUS

This isn't the end!

It's not over, this isn't the end!

I haven't di~i~ed,

Just you wait, for my return!

You might just cr~y~y...

I may seem small, but baby I'm no seedsnip~e

Just you wait, just you wait, for my flight.

Just you wait, just you wait, for my flight.

Crowy out!

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[weekesent]

** NANI GOINS **

RNB AT ITS BEST 💯🎶🎼🎵🎤

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[mlmoseley]

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[mybffisa-vamp]

Introducing, Me

Writing an album, posting in depth updates here, once finished will post it on Spotify/maybe bandcamp, then will never talk about it again :)

I play guitar and will be adding in drums, bass, etc, on software (if I can find a good free one, then I’ll have to improvise)

All songs composed will be under a pseudonym

I will not be posting the tabs/chords for my songs

This is a passion project for me that came about when I was faced with the fact that I will be making a really big move away from where I’ve lived for quite a while

While I don’t have the fondest memories here, and honestly am quite lonely, and am in an ongoing with depression, I still want to have some proof that I existed; Which is why I initially began writing songs

Im open to advice or suggestions on how I should record, with what I should record, what app/software to mix, etc.

I’m taking inspiration from Salvia Plath, Marika Hackman and I Hate Sex

I’d love for you to follow along with my progress :)

#singer songwrtier #songwriter #song lyrics #home projects #making music #my music #original music #learning guitar #guitar #salvia palth #i hate sex #marika hackman #work in progress

[depressed-musiclover]

#singer #singer songwrtier #olivia rodrigo #adele #baby queen #heartstopper #osemanverse #music

[toobejeweled4u]

Hi guys

If any songwriters or new songwriters see this post, please message me on tumblr because I really want to write a song with someone. I've only ever written songs on my own

thanks

@taylorswift @taylornation @taylorswift

#songwriter #singing #singer #guitar #piano #singer songwrtier #songwriting #swifties

[speakspeak]

Queen Jane Approximately / One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

#Queen Jane Approximately #bob dylan #dylan #music #singer songwrtier #classic #icon #legend #album #single #45 #45 rpm #record cover

[smalltownbigideas]

Hey, I'm Jupiter; please don't scroll! I'm a small town girl with big dreams of becoming an author or writer. I am also a singer, songwriter, and actress. I've been doing these things since 6, and I am now 18. And I wanted to get on here and promote my ideas and hopefully find a book deal or something like a show deal, as most of my ideas are amazing and I promise they aren't a waste of time. If you're interested, please DM me, share with more people, and follow me if you want to see future ideas. Please don't steal them.

I'd be telling you my ideas of TV shows, songs, and even posting some of my drawings. Thanks for reading

#writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writing #my writing #writers and poets #book blog #ideas #reading #readers #readers on tumblr #authors #author #songwriter #singer #singer songwrtier #actress #artists on tumblr #inspiration #famous

[earth222ky]

victoria monét in her music video for her song “on my mama”

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[zoopop80]

#martin gore #Depeche Mode #80s #gretsch #singer songwrtier #photography #martinlgore #1980s

[rockstarwisdom]

Nick Cave On Panic

#nick cave #the bad seeds #musician #singer songwrtier #singer #fear #fearless #creativity #inspiration

[p-ai-nterly]

Taylor Swift painting

#art #illustration #aiart #painting #portrait #celebrity #beautiful #taytay #taylor swift #swifties #pop star #singer #singer songwrtier

[lolathelamb]

“The Stable Song” by Gregory Alan Isakov - Cover by Lola Ruth (me)

this gorgeous song has gotten me through some of the hardest times in my life and has brought me comfort when i needed it most. i’m honored to be able to share it with anyone who takes the time to listen <3

#coquette #ethel cain aesthetic #just girly posts #lana del ray aesthetic #midwest aesthetic #singing #songwriting #music blog #musician #acoustic guitar #guitar #dollette #songwriter #singer songwrtier #singer #please i’m a star #talent #im just a girl #hair bows #ribbons and bows #girly aesthetic #coquette dollete

[streamondistro]

StreamOnDistro invites you to hear the new release

Suit Yourself

By Dreamer

#music #spotify #singer songwrtier #new music #singer #irish #suit yourself #indie women #indiemusic #indierockband #indie artist