I never saw this day coming. Boy, am I stepping out with this one.

This is the introduction of my first song sung and produced by me.

Matter of Voice is live, y’all. And yes, it’s me. My style, my tone, and my personality are wrapped all through it.

For about a year now, I’ve used digitally assisted vocals to bring my music to life. That has been part of my process, and I’m so grateful for it because it helped me embody and share my messages while I was still figuring out how to bring my own voice fully online.

We live in a time where technology can help shape sound. There are tools that clean up vocals, smooth out rough spots, and make things easier on the ear in ways we did not always have access to. I’m thankful for those tools too. They helped me take what was in me and bring it into a form I could share.

The tools helped, but they didn’t replace me. It’s my voice in there, figuring it out in real time.

Music has always been huge in my life. It has helped shape moments, hold memories, and carry me through a lot of life’s challenges. Lately, when I’m going through something, I know how to turn my pain or my happiness into a song.

I started all of this to help myself. Then it grew into something bigger, and I thought, “You know what? Somebody else may need this too.”

That’s how the podcasts, blogs, and catalog of over 200 songs made it this far.

Music is how I process life.

Years ago, I had a dream so real, omg. I woke myself up singing beautifully and loud as hell. Apparently, in the dream, my voice was amazing. There was no question in the dream. But when I woke up in real life, baby, there were many questions and a little bit of sadness.

I didn’t know where that dream was going or what it meant. I just knew it felt important. Never would I have imagined that one day my voice would be on a track.

But here we are.

And for the first time in years, I can feel why that dream stood out so much.

This episode is truly for that beautiful soul who has something creative inside them but keeps sitting on the fence.

Whatever that creation may be, are you waiting to feel more confident?

I get that.

Confidence can be funny. In my experience, it didn’t show up first. It came after I tried, fumbled a lot, and found out the world did not end.

I’ve never been trained as a dancer. I’ve never been known as the singer with all those fancy riffs and runs. I’m still learning and playing with my voice. I’m still trying to figure out what flows best for me.

At the same time, I know there is something in me that needs to be heard.

You can have something real in you before it’s polished. You can carry something powerful before you know how to bring it forward. What matters is beginning with what is in your hands right now.

That right there has been one of the biggest lessons in my creative journey.

Every time I took a fearless step, something showed up.

A tool would pop up on social media. An idea would hit me while I was driving. A tutorial would answer the exact question I had been thinking about.

I have lived this over and over.

And I call it miracles.

There were moments when I didn’t have the money, the setup, or the full plan, yet I would still get guided to what I needed.

I believe my angels have been guiding me through this.

They have dropped clues and direction in ways I couldn’t have planned if I tried. Every time I took that leap of faith, I was met with the means to help me bring forward what I had in my heart.

Faith is a powerful force, and you definitely don’t need much.

You don’t need the entire plan in your hand. You only need enough faith to move that foot forward.

We’ve all heard about the mustard seed. Go pull one up online and see how big a mustard seed is. That’s all the faith you need. Then comes the next part: stepping out on that faith. That’s when the miracles start showing up to help you keep moving.

Now, I have a little funny story.

The creative side of me has been there since I was little.

Back in either third or fourth grade at Maxine Bush in Phoenix, Arizona, I had my niece and my sister in a full talent show routine like I was running rehearsals for a world tour out of the living room.

My niece was kindergarten tiny, and I had us in front of the living room mirror working on moves to The Boys’ “Dial My Heart” like we had contracts on the table.

We were doing the snake, the running man, the moonwalk, and a few more moves. I was serious too. I probably had an attitude if somebody missed a count.

And we won that talent show too!

If there is footage somewhere, somebody please come find me. I need to see it. I might cringe myself into another dimension, but I still need to see it.

That little girl had no idea how life would unfold. She didn’t know creativity would have to sit behind responsibility, motherhood, relationships, jobs, bills, survival mode… shoot the list goes on, right?

But that creative part of me was always there.

Now I’m allowing her to step out again.

That’s what Matter of Voice is to me.

It’s me using what I have right now: my voice, my tools, my faith, my guidance, and my willingness to try.

I want somebody to hear this and stop waiting for everything to look perfect before they make that move.

Use the phone, the notebook, the free version of the app. Use whatever you have available to you right now. That’s stepping out on faith.

Then watch resources pop out of nowhere. I’m a witness! And have so many stories!

You can learn while you move. And guess what? You also can grow into the gift by actually using it.

That’s what’s happening for me.

A little faith, some helpful technology, divine guidance, and one step I finally took.

So I’m here to encourage you….take your first step. Hold that faith. Then come back to me and tell me your miracle story. I can’t wait to hear it.

A little insight before I play the song: I have a couple AI videos out there but I’m working on a video that will be raw and real me for this song.

I’m dusting off my choreography notes because if I could win a dance talent show at 9, I can certainly pull something off now. Hmmmpph

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