Songwriting Masterclass
Ritual vs Discipline
Thursday October 16th @ 11am ET
(REPLAY AVAILABLE - MUST REGISTER FOR REPLAY)
**FREE**
Discipline is one of my super powers.
I’ve been practicing my violin every day since I was 7 years old. I’ve had a consistent meditation practice for nearly 2 decades. But all that went out the window when my daughter was born. And for a time it rocked me.
Even though I knew I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing: Nursing, caring for an infant and napping as much as possible…
There was part of me that kept waiting and wondering “when do I get back to my music?”
At 4 months? At 6 months?
Finally when she was 9 months old I accepted: Oh, it’s never going to be the same again.
And with that came a new understanding:
This is what it is to live in the realm of the feminine…
to be fluid and flexible while staying engaged with our intentions. To not collapse and give up when something changes but instead to refine and re-adjust until we discover a balance, an alignment…
Only to have it all change again in the next instant.
There is no room for rigidity here. No perfectionism. Truth trumps agenda. Accomplishment occurs through surrender.
I am happy to say that now, at 1 year I am making music again. Every day, I practice the conundrum of holding my desires sacred while putting my daughter first. The lesson in this is one I have lived for years, but never so actively as I do while mothering a young one, running a business and continuing to engage my music disciples…
Making your music practice a sacred ritual is the single, most potent grounding principle for not only your art, but your life.
Put your self-expression at the center of your life and everything else will fall into place.
But only if you truly trust the thing that wants to express itself through your voice and your songs…
Is divine.
Only when you treat your music practice as a prayer do you become free from the expectations, frustrations, insecurities and other struggles that keep you asking “why can’t I be disciplined enough to finish these songs”
Because it’s not about discipline… or at least the ways we have been taught from the masculine perspective.
It’s about trusting the medicine of your sound, nurturing that and honoring that…
THROUGH RITUAL
IN THIS SONGWRITING MASTERCLASS YOU WILL LEARN:
✨ Why “trying to be more disciplined” stops you from moving forward with your music dream.
✨ Your first steps to turn your music practice into a sacred ritual and re-ignite your inspiration.
✨ The number one thing you need to write studio-ready songs with ease and on demand.
If you’re new to me… I’m Emma Back. I’m a a mother, a singer-songwriter, violinist, music producer, teacher and energy healer.
I am here to be your doula as you birth your soul sound.