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How my songwriting process has changed as illness progressed
I’m incredibly grateful that I can still write songs, even though the process feels harder and less intuitive.
Apr 10 • Madelleine Müller
Behind the song: Lonely Birds
A song about the western loneliness epidemic and how we forgot those who are left behind
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
Fish and Bird [Tom Waits cover]
This one has such an existential ache to it — it’s right up my alley. Sometimes love just isn’t enough to cross that big cultural (or physical) divide.
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
2:37
Ten Thousand Miles [traditional folk song]
I was finally well enough to record a whole song
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
2:35
Birdman — an unreleased tragicomic song
It’s about when it felt like something out there stopped listening
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
3:08
My nervous system was reactivated when I started recording again
I am working on self-trust at the moment, and it starts with becoming a friend to yourself that you trust with your darkest and deepest secrets
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
The nervous system-friendly way I access emotions for songwriting
“Feeling my feelings” is the most important tool in my songwriting toolbox, but my chronically ill body can’t always handle it.
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You [cover]
I rarely write love songs but I do love to sing them
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
Do disabled artists have to be ‘palatable’ to be seen?
By ‘palatable’ I’m talking about what the music industry deems palatable, not what I think about it.
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
Why The Genius Within
And the mysticism of songwriting
Apr 7 • Madelleine Müller
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