How Do You Do it?!
Tamara Wellons
Authentic and Lovingly Open
A Personal Note
To all of you who made a difference in my life this year, I say thank you.
It has been an amazing year of transition and stability in my life. I had so many great experiences and have gained a new level of friendship for so many.
The old saying of keeping your personal business out of your work life is a difficult one for me to swallow because it is my business to get personal. Every song that I have written, every time I step into the studio for a session, and every time I sing is me getting personal and leaving my imprint. And I have learned how to do this by not taking myself so seriously in some areas and just really ‘getting grown’ in other areas of my life.
Inspired by Derek Sivers’ post today, I would like to name a few names of the people who touched me in ways that they will never know.
Daniel Julia and Trinity Washington
Tonia Wellons
Tia Wellons
Ronald Jackson
Uncle Bill
Ronnie Harper
Landmark Education and the Wisdom Course friends
The children of Joe’s Movement Emporium
Bill and Norma Freeborne
Gwendolyn Humphries
Charley Yancey
Susanne Miller
Nico Laget
Cyrus Ralston
Lakika Lewis Marshall
Marlene McCallum and the Most Powerful Life
Dana Smith and Spiritual Essence Yoga
Risikat and Lilsoso Productions
Kareema Kockrell
Seshat Walker
Elle Nicole (Tasha)
Reid Temple AME
Carol and Rendell Wellons
Thank you for contribution to my life and to this world.
With love, Tamara
Tamara Falls in Love (again)
I have fallen in love many times. I fell in love with sunsets, and books, netflix lol, and many times, with being a loner. I have fallen in love with craziness, like heath bar crunch ice cream, and more books, and then it was his facial expression. I fell in love with the movement of his tongue as he said, “Take the 36 to Marble Arch” and “The London Eye.” haha. Oh and packin…I seem to fall in love with packing up- being on the run. Today I fell in love with Trinity, as I dropped her off to her new school where she is fully immersed in a new language. What a brave girl. Today I also fell in love with the magic of “keeping on”. For the past couple of days, I felt stagnant in many ways. I call it the mud. But here’s when reflecting and keeping video footage helps me remember what really makes me smile big.
Tamara Wellons Sessions for ….Janie Project
In the Studio with Federico Pena for Ah God
Every time I start to panic about not finishing, not completing, not having enough, I go back to take a look at how far I have come. Here is a clip from an early summer month recording at the Sweet Spot Studios with Federico Pena and Nico Laget…I have had many days of ecstasy in the studio. So through moments of uncertainty, I remember my sessions and purpose filled work. Take a look in…
What is news?:Overdue Entry #2
My family says I need to watch CNN more. The news I got about the race riots in London came directly from a friend there. I hadn’t seen it on the news, so I guess it didn’t qualify as news for them. Apparently my UK trip was timed perfectly for me with all that occurred just weeks afterwards. I wandered so many streets during my stay there, unafraid. Many powerful and urgent lyrics came to me. “No one knows the how or when, just live your life in love”…… Those lyrics came urgently just like the news…
Ironically, I would have had to watch the news to know there was an earthquake Tuesday, had not my neighbor called.
Overdue London blog entry 1:
I left July 2 for London to sing at the Jazz Café. It was one of the many amazingly divine trips of my life. I traveled with a few extra days in my itinerary to allow time for writing and visiting Paris. I was scheduled for interviews, a show, and a recording session. Many thanks to Derek Sivers for introducing me to AirBnB, which is where I met an awesome new fan and my roomy even came to support me in Camden.
Before I left, I had been trying to contact Adele and Amy to let them know I’d be there. I wanted Amy to be my fan. I had recently been playing her Frank album for the last four months after I wore out Back to Black which became an inspiration for “Ah God”, a song on my new album. I was in London during the ITunes festival, and I just knew we’d cross paths. I will miss her so much. She was like an old friend. I cannot tell you how that album spoke for me many times.
It is hard to begin my blogging here and now after the trip happened a month ago, but I took notes. Please stay tuned for a blessed log of my adventure.
Here is a picture of me and my airbnb roomy in Camden’s Jazz Cafe. She represents my day 1.
"A Night in Camden"
