"How to Be a Better Human" + REMIX CONTEST
Greetings to all you sweet summer plums,
Writing to you from Tokyo, Japan where I just performed with Vampire Weekend at Fuji Rock Festival and have since been drinking/eating my body weight in Matcha.
I guested recently on the TED Podcast “How to Be a Better Human” hosted by the brilliant comedian Chris Duffy. We talked about how creativity can help the healing process, finding deeper layers of our identities, and much more. (Episode is HERE.)
In a pleasant surprise, Chris’s was featured on Good Morning America the next day and he highlighted our episode. As you can see, we’re both telegenic naturals who make totally normal faces on television.
Funny faces aside, I’m continually fascinated by the twists of fate that life will send our way. I’ve often dreamt of playing my own songs on television and yet there I was playing the piano on television in a segment about losing my voice and the growth period and healing journey that has followed. The further I navigate this journey with my voice, the more I feel that losing my old singing voice has helped me develop a deeper artistic and lyrical voice, one I would not have been forced to discover otherwise.
Certainly, I would not have written Desert Lullabies, the instrumental record I made during this time of vocal uncertainty, if my singing voice had been shiny and healthy the entire time.
In case you missed it, the first two vocal songs in this new incarnation — “Bitter/Better” and “Vanishing Path” — are available here and everywhere else you stream music.
For you musician/producer types: there is a REMIX CONTEST for Bitter/Better happening til August 15th, 2022. Winner will receive a gift package of the best stuff I can possibly find on this trip to Japan/Korea with Vampire Weekend. You can DOWNLOAD THE STEMS HERE. Please email your remix entries to gretamorganworkshops@gmail.com and/or tag me on social media if you post it. (Both would be wonderful!)
Hope you all stay safe out there this summer!
Don’t forget your H20…
Your sunscreen….
And the bug spray…
Big love,
Greta
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