Posts Tagged "artists in music awards"

Dermatowhat?? (on living with DM…) Pt. 14

Posted by Aoede Muse on Feb 20, 2012 in Musings | 6 comments

Be Careful What You Wish For… It Just Might Come True!

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable!” Christopher Reeve

“Oh My God! Oh My God!” These were my exact words when I was walking onto the stage at the Key Club in Hollywood 10 days ago to accept not one but TWO Awards for AOEDE at the Artists in Music awards: BEST Folk-Acoustic Artist and ALBUM of the Year! To say I was thrilled, honored, blown away, incredulous, tickled, beyond appreciative would be an understatement. Winning the Best Folk-Acoustic Artist was reward enough for the evening; winning Album of the Year on top of that just floored me…

For those of you who have followed my journey over the past year, you may recognize that I am not the cookie-cutter mold of singer-songwriter out there. For one, I haven’t been able to perform live or tour for some time due to the DM, and thus I connect much more through engaging on online social networks and focus on writing and recording material from home. To be bestowed with these honors, with this recognition, is beyond amazing to me. It signifies that the music is what’s most important. It also tells me YOU are the primary reason for these awards. I couldn’t have had the overwhelming support and encouragement, the feedback, the love and drive to create or to put it out into the universe without YOU. I’ve said it before, it’s really not DIY but DIT (Do It Together): from my producer and mixing engineer taking song babies and making them shine, the crazy talented musicians who played on the album, my exceptional pr and marketing team, to my incredibly supportive husband and family, to all the people who supported the nominations, share Aoede videos and songs, play with me on facebook and twitter, and helped fund the release of the next album. It is so special to be able to know this is my path, my joy, my lifeline, and to share it with you. Sharing your stories with me and seeing you cheer me on from the sidelines with each new small success really turns this muse’s dreams into realities.

It was one incredibly special and magical evening to be acknowledged for all the blood, sweat and tears, and for this journey and special music: Affair with the Muse.

And the day after I returned from such a high? I had my first Rituxan infusion.