I've decided to name my first blog 'Showtime'... It is the name of a song I wrote in November 2011 and it is very significant to where I am in life right now. The song itself came from a lot of places. The feel of it, the key, the tempo all came from one of Mendelssohn's Song Without Words pieces (Opus 30 No.1) that I learned when I was studying piano at the College of Music in Dublin and I literally fell in love with it. I remember learning it to perform at Feis Ceoil, a significant competition for musicians and singers in Ireland. I loved it as I learned it and never complained about practising it and played it with such ease. Unfortunately being a child that did not know how to handle nerves, I wasn't able to perform it with the ease that I played it at home or in my lessons and participating in the Feis only reduced me to tears and upset. It was important to me that I found a special place for that piece in my life again. A place where I could perform it in public but without the nerves. So I took a section of the piece and used it as the introduction piece that led into 'Showtime'.

'Showtime' is a song about being in place that I had worked hard to get to for the best part of my life. It's about being 'ready' to finally show the world who I am as a musician and writer: "this is my showtime, gona take it gona make it mine"(Chorus). It also addresses the position I found myself in pursuing my dreams: "I found a bubble and I made it my home, And in that bubble, I kept everything that I own" (Verse 2). That 'bubble' is hugely significant for me setting out as an independent. You literally have to find a space that is completely yours to grow and develop whilst protecting yourself from many exterior pressures and influences.

So here I am..at the beginning of my journey as a 'blogger'. Along the way I will share the good and bad experiences of living out a dream. Hope you will enjoy the adventure and become part of it along the way...

Sinead x

"This is my showtime, gona take it, gona make it mine.."



SHOWTIME LYRICS - COPYRIGHT SINEAD MCNALLY 2011
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