The original liberation -unmixed and unmastered- project
I remember at the time creating this EP, I was under a bad case of writer’s block. Like, I couldn’t write lyrics to any music. It felt like an invisible force covering my mouth, or keeping my soul from expressing my emotions in words. I was studying music heavy though, and came across Santana explaining how to play guitar- saying something along the lines of, “you’ve got to make the instrument convey feelings without words.” And then it became my mission: to say everything I couldn’t with my words, with my instruments. And Serenity (demos) was born.
It’s mainly an instrumental project for this reason. It’s also a project about introspection, to listen to while introspecting. It covers a range of emotions, from making peace with oneself to loneliness, longing, pain and love. Each track carries a certain kind of peace though, the energy of the whole project- acceptance. This is who I am, where I’m at right now, and I’m choosing to make the best of it. Serenity (demos) to me was, ultimately, deciding to pursue music professionally and not looking back. Showing the universe I decided to be true to my passion and gifts by giving this project in return.
My dream has long been to get my music on all platforms. Even though it’s more accessible than ever, one of the biggest things holding me back was getting a “professional sound.” The other thing was money. Releasing projects like these is a way to free myself from these worldly mental states. To reveal the truest expression of my art continually. “Whether you move to a higher level of expectation for me.. [or a] lower level of expectation for me, it doesn’t matter. Because within myself, I’m at a level of straight peace.” Words from Ma Dee on Rose of Sharon Trees, much love all.
Rose of Memphis 