Rise Up Music Project

Rise Up Music Project

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Rise Up Music Project episodes

  • June 22, 2019: "Common Memories" by Anna Soltys
    This is my final song for the Rise Up Music Projects. Thank you so much for
    inviting me, and challenging me to be part of this creation push. It came
    at the perfect time.. well… the busiest time… but perfect non the less.
    Creating work is something we always find an excuse not to do, and well..
    we all have a limited amount of time here. I won’t go down that path right
    now, but Thank You. This last song is dedicated to memories, to time, to
    feeling haunted, and to progress through all things. At times it feel like
    we are but a mirage skating atop cotton candy clouds. I sometimes believe
    in reincarnation, I sometimes believe we have all been here before, I
    sometimes believe I hold memories beyond my time here, I know for certain
    the common memories we share with others will transcend everything we think
    we know. The only time I had to write this song was 5am on Thursday before
    my son woke up… So I hope you enjoy, and Thank You again!!! for having me
    and for listening.
    You can check out my latest CD at Annasoltysmusic.com and my Public Art
    work at SoltysART.com.
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  • June 22, 2019: "Common Memories" by Anna Soltys
    This is my final song for the Rise Up Music Projects. Thank you so much for
    inviting me, and challenging me to be part of this creation push. It came
    at the perfect time.. well… the busiest time… but perfect non the less.
    Creating work is something we always find an excuse not to do, and well..
    we all have a limited amount of time here. I won’t go down that path right
    now, but Thank You. This last song is dedicated to memories, to time, to
    feeling haunted, and to progress through all things. At times it feel like
    we are but a mirage skating atop cotton candy clouds. I sometimes believe
    in reincarnation, I sometimes believe we have all been here before, I
    sometimes believe I hold memories beyond my time here, I know for certain
    the common memories we share with others will transcend everything we think
    we know. The only time I had to write this song was 5am on Thursday before
    my son woke up… So I hope you enjoy, and Thank You again!!! for having me
    and for listening.
    You can check out my latest CD at Annasoltysmusic.com and my Public Art
    work at SoltysART.com.
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  • June 18, 2019: “I’m Alive,” by Matt Halvorson

    Hi. This is a song I sort of wrote to myself in early 2016 as I was emerging from some years of really struggling with depression. Being a father helped to save me, and so now this is a sort of Father's Day gift to myself. A reminder of the things that really define what it means to be alive, to feel alive.

    I just rediscovered over the weekend this recording of a song I'd forgotten about. It was an unexpected joy to hear my son cooing as a baby in the background too, and to hear my since-departed dog Rowdy barking at the end. I hope you find some meaning in it as well.

    Love,

    Matt

    “I’m Alive”

    My son is dancing — he’s dancing to a sound that I am making, and it feels like I’m alive.

    My son is throwing and I’m catching on this gift-wrapped golden day, and it feels like I’m alive.

    I’ve been a thousand miles from anyone I’ve ever known, but now my past is washed white as snow.

    My son is sleeping now — he’s sleeping on my shoulder in a dark room, and it feels like I’m alive.

    My son is happy — he is happy on this gift-wrapped summer day, and it feels like I’m alive.

    But I’ve been a thousand miles from anyone I ever knew, but now my past is washed white as snow.

    Everything that ever happened before now feels like a game that I was playing without knowing why.

    My son is dancing now — he’s dancing to the sounds that I am making, and it feels like I’ve been alive all this time.

    Yeah, I’ve been alive all this time.
    Here I’ve been alive all this time.
    Yeah, I’ve been alive all this time.
    Feels like I’m alive all the time.

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The Rise Up Music Project is a daily podcast bringing you a new song every day. It's a show about music, songwriting, self-examination, art as activism, the creative process, and so much more.…