{"id":3065,"date":"2019-09-15T04:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T09:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2022-01-09T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T19:15:29","slug":"songs-world-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/songs-world-florida-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"A Song from the Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe width=\"760\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qHqN0V0HHRw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote &#8220;A Beautiful Life&#8221; back in 2012.&nbsp; I was burned out, spending all my energy on trying wiggle my way around the music business.&nbsp; In essence, I was trying to figure out what every else wanted to hear and see, and then model that.&nbsp; Working that way is&nbsp;<em>exhausting<\/em>.&nbsp; And a waste of lifetime and creative energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought, &#8220;I am so very tired of this.&nbsp; Is it that important? 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