2019 Highlights & 2020 Inspiration

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Hi Lionheart,

I'm so grateful to have had such a wonderful year with you. Thank you for reading my weekly newsletters and for allowing me to share my music and singing and songwriting tips with you.

I want to share some highlights from 2019, a Facebook live training on how to find your vocal style, and some questions for you to think about going into 2020.

2019 music highlights:

  • Made a full live show revamp through mentorship with Laura Escudé in her course, Transmute. I also met some really cool artists there!

  • Incorporated code(!) to my live Ableton set with the help of DiViNCi (of the Soliloquy of Sound and Ms. Lauryn Hill) at Studio Sensei.

  • Finished a new experimental electronic track with Spiderhound to be released in 2020.

  • Co-produced my singing and songwriting client Ava Anderson’s EP, "Unstoppable," which has won the following awards (and is still waiting to hear back from more):

    • 2019 USA Songwriting Competition

      • Unstoppable - 1st place Children's  Category

    • 2019 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest - Songwriters Association of Washington

      • Broken Up - 1st place Children's Category

      • Better Together - Finalist Pop Category

      • I Am Free - Honorable Mention Pop Category

      • Additional award to be announced in January 2020 at the MASC-SAW Award Show

    • 2019 Song of the Year Song & Lyric Writing Competition

      • Broken Up - Semifinalist Pop Category


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---> Come join me LIVE on the Set Your Life To Music Facebook page this Thursday, January 9 at 11am EST to talk about how to choose which repertoire to sing that best suits your voice type and personality.


More resources for your singing and songwriting:

---> Learn more about private music coaching
---> Free guided vocal exercises
---> Free guide to writing melodies you love


And finally, here are some points to think about for your music in 2020... inspired by my mentor Gina DeVee:


This year I will:
Start _____.
Quit _____.
Moderate _____.
Balance _____.
Stop _____.
Learn ____.
Grow my ____.
Join _____.
Accept ______.
Honor _____.
Have _____.
Grow _____.
Maintain _____.
Set up a _____.
Invest in _____.
Wish _____.
Think ______.
Provide _____.
See ______.
Give _____.
Work as a _____.
Work for _____.
Charge _____.
Make monthly ______.
Serve _____.
Sell _____.
Organize my _____.
Pay off my _____.
Start saving for _____.
Make time for _____.
Use the following for my daily mantra: _____.


Much love. Wishing you inspiration and expansion, Lionheart.

XO  ALARKE AKA MARY ALOUETTE


P.S. Follow my music on Instagram at @alarke_ and singing and songwriting inspiration at @setyourlifetomusic


Mary Alouette