#musician monday

[send-me-a-kae-via-subspace]

when jessica law does her lil warbling tremolo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[oh-look-at-her]

[rockoblanco]

odee cringe but trying to make this song go viral on tiktok LMAOO. It’s called “Shootin’ Star” by rocko blanco & available to stream everywhere !!!! :D

[steddieunderdogfics]

The Very Thought Of You by ParadimeShifts

@paradimeshifts7

Rating: Explicit

65,877 words, 9/9 chapters

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things), Jazz Musician AU, Pianist Eddie Munson, Singer Steve Harrington, Top Eddie Munson, Power Bottom Steve Harrington, Dom/sub Undertones, Rough Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Light Bondage, Frottage, Dacryphilia, Spit As Lube, Angst with a Happy Ending, Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Eddie Munson Whump, Rich bitch Steve Harrington, Pretty Boy Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, we all know this, Eddie Munson's unexpected praise kink, they're just obsessed with each other, Fluff, Look I PROMISE there will be fluff -- you can trust me, Jazz piano as a metaphor for love, Overuse of musical terminology, Author is a huge nerd and is not sorry, Dry Humping, Coming In Pants, Mirror Sex, Crying During Sex, in the emotional release way

Summary

The jazz music scene explodes when world-renowned pianist Eddie Munson is spotted getting cozy with a mystery man in New York City. Journalists have managed to link the pretty face to the prestigious Harrington name, an old money family with business all over the globe and a direct link to Diana Harrington, famous jazz starlet. But reports of bad trades and schemes gone wrong are beginning to muddy the waters of this particular love story, and it’s only a matter of time before the real origins of this torrid affair emerge.

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This rec is a part of Challenge Monday. The challenge this week was Fics with 9/9 chapters.

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[the-golden-comet]

✨Motivational Monday✨

Gooooooooood morning, afternoon, and evening! I hope everyone is feeling fabulous and ready to start the new week out right ✨

This week, we’re gonna focus on self-care. I know what you’re probably thinking: “Of course!” But, it’s not as simple as you may think. As artists, writers, musicians, and humans alike, we can put our minds and bodies through lots of stress without even realizing it.

Do a check in with your body. Here are some questions you can ask yourself:

When was the last time I drank water?

What did I eat today? And when?

When was the last time I took a break from this task?

Is there anything on my body that may be tense? Jaw? Hands? Shoulders?

How fast is my breathing?

How do my eyes feel? Have I been staring at this too long?

Am I worried about something? Is the thing I’m worried about something I can control?

Identifying where on our body feels stress is the first step in correcting the stress. Shoulders tense without realizing? Let them droop. Eyes hurt from staring at a screen? Take a moment to look at something else (pro-tip from my pal @jev-urisk : Take 2 minutes to look at something ~20ft away in intervals of 20 minutes to limit eye strain). Unclench your jaw, slack your fingers, let your face muscles relax. If it helps, do a stretch break. Stretching helps keep the muscles limber and reengages the mind ✨

Take time for yourself this week. This is paramount for your mental and emotional health. No matter who you are or what you do, humans seek comfort activities. Find those, and do them.

Have a fantastic rest of your week. Happy creating! 💫

[jaysinkie]

Emily Armstrong by Brian Bowen Smith (October 2024)

via | www.instagram.com/p/DBJwLGbS0Na –– | www.instagram.com/emilyarmstrong

[stuffydollband]

I found an old demo of my song, “To All Local Ghosts”, which has, until now, never been released! My Bandcamp subscribers get to hear it first, so sign up for this and tons more exclusive content!

P. S. This song has a whole verse in French which was extremely bold of 2013 me to take a crack at

[pinkshiftbites]

photo by katie lawrence

[dancesingay]

I made a song.

[cunts-of-our-own]

Music Video Monday #2

My favorite Hayley Kiyoko video by far. Does What I Need have a better plot? Yeah. Was Cliff’s Edge the closest thing I’d seen to porn as teen? Perhaps. But Feelings??? Oh my god it’s so good. Rent free in this head of mine. The energy??? The choreography?? The COSTUMES??! Beautiful, no notes.

[browneproject]

Listen/purchase: Sublime (demo) by Chris Browne BrowneProject

[steddieunderdogfics]

For Monday (fics between 10 and 20K): She Has Always Been A Storm by beetlesandstars

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49906780/chapters/125993281

She Has Always Been A Storm by beetlesandstars

@beetlesandstarss

Rating: Mature

14,398 words, 4/4 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Hate at First Sight, First Kiss, Confessions, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Rockstar Eddie Munson, Popstar Stevie Harrington, Loosely inspired by Daisy Jones and the Six, Gender or Sex Swap, Genderbending, Non-Explicit Sex, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, background robin buckley/nancy wheeler, Lesbian Nancy Wheeler, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Suicidal Ideation, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Coming Out, Mutual Pining, Body Dysmorphia, Disordered Eating, Hopeful Ending

Summary:

STEVIE: I’ll never forget it. I said, “That’s stupid.” And she said, “I’ll show you stupid.” And then she kissed me. EDDIE: I don’t know how I was brave enough to do it. Honestly, I’d smoked a ton that day, so probably that. (The explosive romance between a rockstar and a popstar during the 80’s, and how it ended. And how it began again).

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[the-golden-comet]

💫Motivational Monday💫

Hello, Lovely People! ✨🌈✨

Happy Monday! It’s the start of the week, and summer is right around the corner. If you are able to, make sure you soak up that natural sunlight and give yourself a boost for the week ✨

Art takes time. Even a prodigy like Mozart had to build up his reputation. Some skills come faster, others may need a bit more time. And that’s okay—as long as you are still enjoying what you’re doing, your art is worth it. You are worth it.

Beethoven had to scrap and rewrite over and over, sometimes writing on the page so hard it tore the score and he had to start over. Dude wrote his 9th Symphony while he was already completely deaf. You know how dedicated this guy was? He chopped off the legs of his piano and put his ear to the body, writing based off of how he remembered each note’s vibrations. He wrote off of vibrations. That is dedication.

He speaks many wise truths, and while battling with his tragic loss of hearing, he still had time to spread kindness. In a letter that Beethoven wrote to Emilie, a young pianist and a fan of Beethoven’s work:

My dear good Emilie, my dear Friend!

[…]

Do not only practice art, but get at the very heart of it; this it deserves, for only art and science raise men to the God-head. If, my dear Emilie, you at any time wish to know something, write without hesitation to me. The true artist is not proud, he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal; and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty. If one day I should come to [your town], I will come to you, to your house; I know no other excellencies in man than those which causes him to rank among better men; where I find this, there is my home.

If you wish, dear Emilie, to write to me, only address straight here where I shall be still for the next four weeks, or to Vienna; it is all one. Look upon me as your friend, and as the friend of your family.

—Ludwig Von Beethoven. July 17th, 1812

Please remember that even in life’s struggles, art and kindness still exist. There is still a sun that will shine for many years more. And even though it may take some time, there is art in your soul waiting to shine just as brilliantly.

Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. ☀️

[aliyahmarie-c-2003]

No More Pop Lullabies is out now on all platforms!!!

[stuffydollband]

My new song, “And Shrimphook Jim On Drums Waltz” by Stuffy Doll, is out NOW wherever you stream music!

And don’t worry, screen reader folks, you’re not missing much with that video, it’s just a bit of tv static over the art for the song, which features a 3D layered picture of some spooky trees with the band name and song title in ghostly typewriter font, all in greyscale.

[shrineofwill]