coulou's cafe trumpet meditations (no. 50)

Описание: i just want to start by saying i am so honored to have been able to create 50 of these meditations. i really had no idea what i was getting into when this project began a little over a year ago, but i can say this journey has been deeply enlightening, fulfilling, and endlessly inspiring. little me being stressed in the 7th grade to be seen walking to school with my trumpet case in hand would be totally mind blown to see where this concoction of metal tubes has taken me in life, im truly so grateful. i remember at 19 i was in probably the longe4st depression i'd experienced in my life, it started with a bad breakup but quickly evolved into a complete loss of direction and purpose. i was in college taking classes aimed towards a pre law track. all i wanted to do every day was play music, and even though i'd always excelled at trumpet and music more than anything else, i'd never believed it could be a real option. my classes were keeping me so busy and it was getting harder and harder every day to fit in practicing my instrument. i would wake up so early every morning to get to the practice rooms just to play before class each day, but these pit in stomach, looking at a future without music centered in my life, just kept getting deeper and deeper. after a year and many months of torment with this indecision it finally hit me. i really wanted to be great at whatever it was i would do with my life, i felt deep down i wanted to make an impact. even though i was interested in politics and could see myself doing decently well in that world the truth was still right there in front of me. the only thing i could ever be truly great at is something that i truly love with all my heart. once i realized that, i really had no other choice. i am sooo grateful and privileged i was able to pursue this path. but it is something that has stuck with me from the moment i decided i would be doing music for the rest of my life. the endless endless hours of practicing, writing , producing, editing, rehearsing, performing, and failing at so many things left and right. it all existed in this deep sense of love for what i do and i feel so blessed i get to do that. i get asked all the time by other artists advice on how to pursue their careers, grow on social media, make lots of art, and to me, the most helpful advice i've ever given myself is "i you are going to take the tremendous risk of pursuing art, then do exactly, and i mean exactly, what you love doing the most. not what the social media marketing people tell you to do, not what you see going viral on other peoples pages, not what you think people will respect you the most for doing, nononononono. do EXACTLY what you love the most, within that is your greatest gifts. and it can be so hard to find that, but if you want to, you need to allow yourself to clear the noise and judgements around you and really ask yourself what it is you love the most. because this 50th meditation took 3 tries, two separate long trips and airbnbs upstate and me hiking with 100lbs+ of music gear strapped on my whole body. i forgot one tiny cable for the first meditation try, the second one i decided to record 45min, it came out so well and right in the last minute my camera overheated and deleted all but 11min of the footage. and after i carried everything back up a big old hill, i woke up again at 6am at carried it all down to do it over. and honestly, it can be hard sometimes, some of that was hard. losing beautiful moments of music can feel heartbreaking. but i love this all so much, and because i love music so much and i love what i do so much, i'll continue to get up and create. thats my blurb for today, hope it may have resonated with someone here. i love allllll of you and for the BIGGGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT.

I AM PLAYING A COULOU CAFE MEDITATION IN BROOKLYN ON WEDNESDAY JULY 9TH FOR FREEEEE IN AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PLACE SO PLEASE LOOK OUT ON YOUTUBE AND ON MY INSTAGRAM FOR MY POST ABOUT IT BECAUSE ID LOVEEEE FOR YOU TO COME AND MEET EVERYONE IT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL

ok lovelovelove,

coulou
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