Great News!

Thrilled to announce my forthcoming album 'No Fear Here' is now supported and part funded by PRS Foundationvia the Lynsey De Paul prize.

Lynsey De Paul was the first female songwriter to win an Ivor Novello Award and she composed 12 top ten hit records in her very successful career.

Lynsey passed away a couple of years ago, and the Lynsey De Paul prize was set up, using the royalties from her music to help emerging female singer songwriters develop and move forward.

What an honour. 😭

I'm incredible thankful to a woman I will never meet on earth who is helping me take the next step in my musical career.

Hoping to pay it forward someday. x

p.s. Congrats to the two other recipients of this years prize, well done ladies!

AND Thank you everyone else who has contributed. Click here to join the journey (we're still a fair distance from the target) and pre-order the album- I'd love to send you all copy!

Much love

bxx

Bravery

I'm so happy to introduce the visuals for my single 'You're Beautiful', filmed by the phenomenally talented and effervescent The Rawkus.

I decided a while back that in keeping with the 'No Fear Here' theme of this record, I wanted to make as many brave decision with regards to this music as possible.

The decision for this video was a small and simple one, but brave and significant to me.  To strip off my cosmetic mask, commit the process to celluliod and send it out into the world wide web.

You see I never really face the world without the mask on.  At least a little bit of mascara and concealer and I'm good.  The world doesn't need to see the hideous mess I am without these cosmetic crutches of mine.  

And you don't even need to say it.  I know this is a lie.  No-one needs to be anything other than themselves, full face or makeup free.  

So this video, simple as it is, is me staring this little lie in the face and saying, 'I don't believe you anymore'.

How many lies are you knowingly living with?  If this video both entertains you and brings you a step closer to answering this question, then mission accomplished.

much love

bee x

On the other side of it all

After a week of household sicknesses, sleepless nights, and the general requirement to press through a lot of drudgery when all I really wanted to do was sleep through it.

After not really liking the me I am when I'm covered in the stuff of life and perseverance, I finally find myself on the other side.  However long it takes, the other side usually comes right?

And this morning, on this side of it all, when I'm feeling spent but thankful, I hear the Voice in my heart whisper, 'I love you. I love the you you are when no one else is around. The gritted teeth you.  The you who left all performance in the dust because there was no space left for it in hands filled with the paraphernalia of Life'.

Perhaps you need to hear it too. If so here's something that's true every single day whether you feel it or not:

You are Beautiful.

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1. having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc; delighting the senses or mind.

2. excellent of its kind.

xxx

Photography: Cat Lane

You Are Beautiful

I woke up this morning and celebrated the release of my debut single by going to the gym for the first time in years and going raw vegan with the girls for the next few days 😅 I'm really living on the wild side!

You're Beautiful was one of the first songs I wrote following a particularly challenging wilderness period.  The freedom I stepped into on the other side of this dark time was marked by a new found kindness towards myself.

You're Beautiful, is a discourse on the predatory nature of fear, and the authority I found to push it back and believe in the uniqueness of my design.

The most overwhelming feeling in my heart today is gratitude. I'm grateful for this music that has passed through me to you. Grateful for the tough times, which have made this sweet moment sweeter. Grateful for all of you that have downloaded my song already. Wow! More than I had expected and it's only been a few hours!

I'm grateful for my family and friends. No man is an island, and today has been beautiful reminder of that.

Free download:  http://bit.ly/1R02WtT

xx