After Oceanside, David and I went on to an amazing exploration of New Orleans, where we spent the weekend at the Zone Music Reporter Awards Show and associated events – an awards show where I was nominated for the highly competitive ‘Best Solo Piano Album of 2018’ for my second album, Encounters of the Beautiful Kind. Davis at his home in Oceanside, California – we’d had the great good fortune to connect at the Whisperings Solo Piano Artist gathering, and immediately knew we needed to create and perform together! During that stay at Scott’s house, he and I co-wrote and recorded Stormstruck, filming my most ambitious video project up to that point. I performed two house concerts with Scott D. Then, only a few weeks after The 52 began, I travelled back to the states to start my most epic tour yet.
That also meant custom-designing and creating 39 pieces of artwork myself to go with those releases and really polishing up my Photoshop and graphic design chops!Īs part of The 52, I’ve stepped outside of my ‘comfort zone’: I released my first interpretation of a classical work, released my first cover songs, wrote for cello for the first time, co-wrote pieces with other artists for the first time, wrote and performed my very first vocal track, wrote my first multi-movement work, and additionally have pushed myself to find new types of moods and inspirations and settings to give my music new context. A few weeks after returning back to New Zealand from that trip, I began my monumental project The 52, which led to me composing, recording, and releasing 39 pieces of music in 2019 (actually 42 tracks since some weeks were double-releases). On that same trip, I performed a concert to a packed room in Seattle, and right before the trip I’d given a solo house concert in Auckland. I traveled to Atlanta for my first Whisperings Solo Piano Artist gathering, which was extra special because I had just been accepted as an artist to Whisperings Solo Piano Radio a few months prior – something I’d been hoping and aiming for since before my very first album even released. More on why it’s so important for me to do this later in the post (be ready for some feels).
I feel like it’s deeply important for me to share this reflection with you on what this year has contained for me. I think if you’d told me a few years ago I would accomplish so much in one year, I honestly wouldn’t quite have believed you. I want to hear what you’ve accomplished this year! Tell me what you are proud of about your 2019 in the comments so I can celebrate you 💜Ģ019 has been an absolutely wild year in Rachel-land. Before we get too much into goals and resolutions though, I’d love to reflect with you about this past year, about 2019 – sharing my own experiences and hearing about yours. It’s honestly one of my favorite times of year, because I especially love working on becoming a better version of myself, thinking about my goals and aspirations.
Welcome to a new year, a new decade, and the opportunity to re-invent yourself (if you wish), or at least reflect on the ways you’d like to work on being a better human. This post took me a good emotional couple of hours to write. Happy New Year, lovely humans! I’ve been floating through my New Year’s Day here in New Zealand quite slowly, reflecting.
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