distractions
all i want to do is make music, perform it, and live freely. thats it.
and it seems that lately the business and fluff of it all has really made me forget what its all about.
this is just a reminder.
The Golden Girl
all i want to do is make music, perform it, and live freely. thats it.
and it seems that lately the business and fluff of it all has really made me forget what its all about.
this is just a reminder.
Here I am singing “Zombie” by The Cranberries, courtesy of the wonderful Tone and “Live at the Loft”
…can grow into a beast.
i grew up thinking being myself wasn’t allowed.
being anything but who i am is the most painful and confusing thing ever.
i’m a great student.
i listened and watched and learned.
i did what i was told.
to end up completely confused about what it really is.
so now I’m left to unlearn everything.
and decide what my life is.
i will say though,
however uncomfortable, i am glad to have been given this life.
this life of extreme contrast.
to turn it all around.
i was born into a world i “don’t belong” in.
but i belong because i exist.
i exist because someone before me wanted things to expand.
ever generation out-grows another.
with love for my family, i understand that I’m here to take their lives a step further by being different.
by doing all the things they were afraid to.
by stepping out on my own.
fearlessly.
fear is a stank bitch.
but she shows you what you need to see to kill her.
consider me a murderer.
and now with that fear leaving me,
im evolving into something else.
i feel it.
and if anger is a step up from sadness,
I’m mad as shit.
see y’all on the next step.
love hard.
-muhsinah
Check out brand new bonus cover art for the ‘Gone’ double EP and it’s official tracklisting here.
1. My name is pronounced Mu•see•na.
2. In my spare time I like to read, sketch (which I promise share more of soon) and watch children’s movies (because they have the BEST and most imaginative scores).
3. From the ages of 3-8, I studied ballet.
4. I started playing piano at age 11. (…as in 17 years ago. Gah!)
5. In 2005 I received my certification for Pro Tools engineering.
6. I can sight read sheet music, write music notation and arrange for big band and/or orchestras.
7. On stage, I almost exclusively play a voyager or little phatty synthesizer as I am endorsed by moog music.
8. As a member of Common’s band I’ve performed fon two separate occasions. Once at the hometown inaugural ball and later at the 2010 democratic rally in Hyde Park, Chicago.
9. In 2010 I was nominated for a “Best Vocal Performance” Grammy® in the Urban Alternative Category, for my work with The Foreign Exchange.
10. I generally write, arrange, produce, compose, record and even mix all my own music.
**. BONUS FACT: For my 28th birthday I released the‘Gone’ double EP,
which you can preview and download here.
The ‘Gone’ 2xEP is essentially 2 EPs in one – (Urban & Suburban) where I take 3 songs ideas and interpret them based on my early experiences in D.C. and Virginia. Hope you enjoy!
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Hello Lovies,
If you’ve been with me over the course of at least the last 2 years, you know what a challenge it has been to get to this point. And so it is extremely exciting to announce that I will be releasing new music tonight, at midnight.
Hey lovies!
As you may know… the chance to open for Jennifer Hudson in Aruba at the SoulBeach 2011 concert was recently up for grabs and thanks to all of your voting, I WON!
Meshell Ndegeocello and Muhsinah are playing at the Weeksville Heritage Center for FREE!
