Posts by Kat Downs

One human artist with all the feelings and occasional depression and anxiety cannot—CONSISTENTLY—do all of those things in 12 hours. What you CAN do is figure out how to use your time without burning yourself out. You will get done what you can get done and let the rest go. This is the only way to break the cycle.

I have a theory. I believe it all comes down to control. How little we have, and what lengths we will go to obtain it. Ooooh. Existential!

I’m allowing a system I created to do my remembering for me. I can relax because all-of-the-things are accounted for.

Ninety percent of my life is not interesting to look at. You hear that, social media?

My main medium is music. And guess what wouldn’t come out of me? Yup, music.

I will remember that once upon a time, you held that instrument up to your face backwards and tried to make sound. And today you played Mozart.

When I stay on task and don’t let myself wander, not only do I get more accomplished, I feel SO much better about what I’m doing.

Learn to play to an empty room. And play amazingly well. You will be happy to have the skill.

We doubting artists need constant reminders that the struggle is worth it. We need an “atta boy” from someone else since we are all our own bosses.

This is me, and this is my relationship with songs and songwriting.

Just stand here. Stand here. Be still. Pump gas.