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Song A Week #17 – Can You Feel It Coming?

I gave myself the week off when I was at the Handpan Residency on Maui with Kabecao (amazing!) I actually brought all my recording gear but I was playing so much handpan there was no time to get a song…

Song A Week #16 – White Wing Crow

Posted at October 4, 2019 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Music ⋅ Personal Development ⋅ Singles

Many years ago I saw a white wing crow while hiking. At first I thought it was a lost magpie. But I got close enough to see that it was, in fact, a crow. I also saw that all the…

Song A Week #15 – Shadows

Posted at September 27, 2019 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Music ⋅ Personal Development ⋅ Singles

This one may be cheating a little bit…Well not really, since it’s not against any of the “official” rules to this Song A Week challenge. I got inspired to dust off this song from many years ago. It was part…

Song A Week #14 – With Your Love

Posted at September 20, 2019 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Music ⋅ Personal Development ⋅ Singles

“No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching…” Martha Graham Perfectionism, once again, almost stopped me from posting a song this week….

A Song a Week!

Posted at July 9, 2019 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Life Purpose ⋅ Music

Not sure what triggered the insanity… what made me decide to push my limits… what inspired me to embark on a yearlong journey of deepening creative expression. (Actually I do know. But more on that in another post.) For now,…

The Birth of Walk In Beauty

Posted at November 12, 2017 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Music

One of the most magical things about writing songs is watching how they are born and change and evolve. Each of the songs on the Walk In Beauty album took a different path to come into being. Most of…

Alyx Autori In The Studio

Posted at November 6, 2017 by Edward Mills in Creativity ⋅ Music

WOO HOO! Super amazing day in the studio with Alyx Autori from CopperWimmin. She laid down harmonies on Only Love and This One’s For the Angels. Totally amazing. We’ve truly got a choir of angels now with her 3 vocal…

Walk Beautifully

Posted at November 5, 2017 by Edward Mills in Music

Seems like the perfect aphorism as we start the day in the studio for the Walk In Beauty album. Thank you Yogi Tea!

All You Need Is Here

Posted at August 30, 2017 by Edward Mills in Personal Development ⋅ Spirituality

Breathe in the perfection of this moment… THIS Moment. Not a moment tomorrow or next week or in an hour or even five minutes from now… THIS Moment. Not a moment when there is a perceived need… a need for…

Finding Peace

Posted at August 17, 2017 by Edward Mills in Personal Development ⋅ Spirituality

Where do you find peace? In a sanctuary? In the woods? At the yoga studio? At the beach? Getting a massage? During a retreat? Do you ever pause to wonder where peace comes from? Does the peace you “find” come…