Living

I went into Sunripe for the first time since Ingrid’s death. I exchanged some looks with people working there. I doubt they were thinking what I was thinking. Maybe I wondered if some of them had been at the funeral. I barely made it through “Queen”, which my friend Don suggested I sing. “Are you sure?” I wrote him before the mass. Singing at funerals is hard. It’s the opposite of a show. But when Kysa, Ingrid’s daughter told me at the visitation that she liked the song, it was all the permission I needed to muster the courage to sing.

Thankfully Michael was there. It makes a lot of sense why we wrote that song now.

The thing about going into the grocery store today…or should I call it a Fresh Market?? :)…was I felt Ingrid’s presence all around. In the recipes of the food there. It was the closest I could get to her. I thought about the things we leave behind after we go. What a gift she left all of us.

And in her death I am reminded to live. To bring the party, as she did when she went to one. To do the things I am meant to do. To really be myself.

I hope you will feel the same. To know the extraordinary way you make people’s lives around you better. A note, a joke, a smile, a funny way of looking at things, a piece of writing you create, the way you help a student, the way you help people put their art out into the world, your simple presence….at a show, at an event…on the sidewalk. You are the magic.

Today I am sharing two songs with you in the rare songs area. They are the bonus tracks from my Japanese release. One of them comes out worldwide on streaming a week from tomorrow. As always, you get it first.

I also have an announcement. I am starting a new band. Why? and why now? Because it’s my dream. It’s my idea of truly living. Trapper never flew because everyone was so busy. Trent Severn was never meant to be. But a new band gives me the licence to dream a little differently. I am proud of everything Emm. But let’s face it, I’ve explored so so much. Indie rock, jazz, metal, roots, country….covers, covers, and more covers…but the new band will allow me to flex some new muscles….sing a little louder, higher, deeper…have more fun…and spend my glorious 40’s and onward in full rock goddess mode. Who’s with me?

There’ll be a full post about this soon. But for now, you know my little secret. We have two new songs so far. And they are dope.

Thank you for reading. Stay awesome.

Love, Emm