I love music. Music has ben a friend and been there for me when I have felt alone. I have enough music to keep me relatively happy. Many artists have had different influences on me. One in particular has been a part of my life in different ways.
A welsh singer named Jem.
I first heard her song "come on closer" and proceeded to track down and buy her first album on cd. I listened to it on repeat over and over. The songs on there seemed to resonate at different times with where I was in life.
Her second album came out at a time when I was going through change. I realised I didn't want to be a teacher, I was battling with depression and anxiety. I didn't know what I wanted in life. I was looking for positivity to keep my head up as I went forward. The album stopped resonating with me a few years back.
Both albums I enjoy but they are a part of my past. They were such an intimate part of my life. I gave the CDs to someone I was in love with. I think, in a way, I was moving on through self sabotage. The woman I gave the CDs to pushed me out of her life and it sent me into a bad place. That was the best thing to happen to me despite the pain.
Jem released a new album in 2016. Very mellow. So far two songs have only resonated with me: "don't look back" and "hold on." Don't look back reminded me I am moving forward in life and not to look back. Hold on was words of comfort and understanding as life took a tumble. Made me realise everything would be okay.
Just something different to write about