#1: I’ll Just Write About It
I have an album coming out.
It’s been true for 9 months now, but the thing is almost done and it feels more truer than ever. I’m approving mixes. I’ve finalized album art. I’m picking out a release date.
By the way, how does one pick out a release date??
Should I go with what looks the most aesthetically pleasing? (10/01 has such nice symmetry!) Or maybe the date should be poetic, like a verse number. Or maybe it should be symbolic or something ...
Or maybe a date is just a date.
There’s a lot of choices that go into making songs. Even more that goes into sharing the songs.
I’ve finally accepted that I need to embrace some semblance of publicity about this whole album. It was a tall enough hurdle to get a decent picture of myself for a website. But there’s more hurdles. According to Google, I should be posting on Instagram 3 - 5 times a week. I’ve already failed that one. (But I have more than one post, so we take the wins where we can. Feel free to leave a sympathy like.)
I have a friend who congratulated me on the music stuff by saying ‘you are certainly doing all the things.’ It was an encouraging confirmation. And it’s led me to think a lot about how to do the things we’re supposed to do.
Especially when the things include things we don’t want to do. I’m sure you’ve encountered things like that.
I’m supposed to get this music out into the world. I’m really, really sure of that. And the music is 95% done, so I’m far past the point of no return. It simply HAS to get out. But I’m having a hard time with all the extra things that go into doing that thing.
I hate being on social media. I hate talking to a screen. I hate TikTok trends and Instagram reels. So I’ve been thinking about how to get around those things. And I’ve been thinking about the things that I can do. I made a list.
Things I like:
- I like making music.
- I like combining music and design.
- I like writing and telling stories.
- I like creative ways of expressing God’s truth & beauty.
I’ve landed at focusing on doing those things. That’s where my talents lie and I trust that if I steward them well, then God will do with them what He wants. My songs started through the habit of journaling. (More on that in the next entry.) So I think I’ll dance with the one that brought me. I’ll just keep journaling and some of it will bleed out into the more public sphere of life.
Let me say it one more time, because it’s still hard for me to believe: I have an album coming out soon. I promise I will pick out a date shortly and will make it official. People have been asking, it’s about time I have a real answer.
And from now until that mysterious date, I’ll be writing and sharing the story of how this album came to be. People like peeking behind-the-scenes, and the behind-the-scenes of this album have been pretty exciting to experience. If that captures your interest a bit, I’d love to have your company along the way. You can sign up to my email list … Apparently that’s something I’m supposed to be encouraging.
If I know you, thanks for being here. If I don’t, thanks for reading the words of a stranger. Hopefully you’ll also like the songs this stranger is going to share soon.
The best is yet to come.
Madison Marlyn
8.11.2025
