“I’VE NEVER BEEN SO PROUD OF MYSELF”
“I was honored to watch this young woman perform her song, “Butterfly”, at an art exhibit on the subject of child-loss…to a room full of grieving adults. At the end of her performance there was not a dry eye in the room. Her music provided catharsis and healing for a group of individuals seeking to process and to heal. What an amazing example of a young person inspiring people by sharing her own voice and experiences through music.”
Ian Mouser MVM Founder/Executive Director
“I’ve been singing my whole life, but never really ‘performed’ before. It was strictly karaoke night, and my room, choir, and the shower, lol. Then, my best friend, rapper, Christian, came up to me and said, hey, there’s this thing I’m doing called My Voice Music, it’s like a showcase and I want you to sing a song with me. I was a little timid, and reluctant to say yes, but I did. It was an incredible experience, getting up on stage and feeling people cheer for you, and just letting go of all the strings attached, and NOT being afraid.
This song, ‘Butterfly’, took me about 5 months to think of what to write. After about 4 and a half months, I had one verse, and I was going to give up… I didn’t know how the HECK to finish this song. After an hour, I had the song finished…The next My Voice class, I got it recorded and done. I’ve never been so proud of myself.
Alyssa
“This next song was about a dream I had of my younger sister, Aurora, who passed away when I was 13. Ever since, I’ve had a recurring dream of her life, the way she might have grown up and how I took care of her. It was like God was rubbing it in my face that she wasn’t here.
This song talks about the pain my whole family feels, how hard it’s been for all of us since she left, and what my dream showed about her life. It took a long time for my parents to smile again. It’s felt like a million years. In the song, I call her, “Little One”… It was my own little nickname. I called the song, ‘Butterfly’ because, well, I say it often in the song, but also because, in the dream, there was always a butterfly chasing her as she ran down the road. It’s hard singing this song without tears but, somehow, my little one gives me the strength.”
Alyssa