The Beauty of Struggle and pain

As some of you may know and for those who don’t I started blogging a year ago this month. It’s proven quite cathartic for me- an avenue to just let it out-my anger, angst, joys, all of it. Some of you also know that I have a deep appreciation for music. As I told a friend of mine- writing is like breathing to me and in the last year I decided to come up for some air; music feels that way too. I believe though that an essential ingredient to creating any piece or work is struggle and pain. The voice is an incredibly powerful instrument and I believe pain and struggle strum that voice to create what I refer to as music that emanates from the core. Some of the amazing voices I’ve heard musically tell the same story - the African Americans during slavery, The Igbos during the civil war, Blacks in South Africa during apartheid and the list goes on- please understand that I recognize that human suffering is universal, but these patterns validate my theory about the correlation between music and suffering.

I have taken another baby step in my journey toward  self-discovery and the quest to experience fully all the makings of me. I have decided to marry my passion for music and the essence of the things that I write about – and wait for it…..on radio. Yes, Ms I’d-rather-be-behind-the-scenes, Ms obscurity-is-more impactful than visibility, Ms I’d-rather-not-be-out-there. Yes, that Ms is going to have the opportunity to share of herself and hopefully have the blessing of having you share of yourself too via a program on www.myrootsradio.com at the end of November 2012. I’m excited about myrootsradio.com because of its unique offering of African music which engages, entertains and takes people of African heritage through a musical experience to a place and time that reminds us all of from whence we came and how deeply our roots define who we are.

Myrootsradio.com and I look forward to taking this journey with you, until then I wish that you always find ways to create beauty from your struggle and pain.