Morning Errands

"When life gives me lemons I make lemonade"

It's been a while but that's mainly because I have really had nothing to post which is sad :( seeing as the extent of my activities the past 9 weeks have been lying in bed and sleeping seeing as I have had shingles which has progressed into post-therpatic neuralgia which is just as horrible as it sounds..HORRIBLE.

Waking up at around 4am has become part of my routine I won't sleep a lot because of the pain and normally I just come downstairs into my kitchen and snuggle with my pup and wait it out, but this time I decided I could use this pain to create a song, see I Have come to this conclusion of 'life has chosen me to take on whatever challenge it feels like giving out' I am the 'life challenges target'. If you look at some of my earlier posts you will see my challenges I have been graced with ;). 

Snap of the one of the roses 

Anyway I decided to make the most of it so I wrote a song, you may know I am a singer/songwriter (I hate using that term it makes me feel eugh I don't know just ew) and I received a beautiful get well soon card from a lovely family friend and she described this illness as a curveball that life has given me to make me stronger. I liked that and wouldn't ya know the song is called "Curveballs". I''ll post it in next post :)

A snippet of the letter

Have a lovely day!

xo xo 

-AA

"Never Ending Pain" (Original Song)-Anoushka Abel one of my originals!
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Albums

"Music fills the stillness"

You may get to a point in life where you feel like jazzing up your music taste and this stuff may not be your kind of stuff but it's mine and I believe I have a very eclectic taste in music meaning I have a wide variety of taste.

 Right now i'm listening to Birdy, she has a beautiful talent and she has a unique voice with a soothing tone to it, this album is an album that you would be play on Christmas Eve while snuggled around the fireplace with a cup of tea and watching the snow. It's a beautiful album.

^Birdy^

Another I would recommend is Amy Winehouse-Frank. This album is filled with talent of the one and only Amy she was a beautiful singer that continues to inspire me everyday, she went through a lot through her lifetime and when she passed she passed with a tortured soul and through her voice you can hear this the pain, love loss, and addictions along with her talented handwritten words.

Frank+Lioness:Hidden Treasures

One of my favourite artists is Frank Ocean he has the most unique voice I have heard since Marvin Gaye (another legend) he has two albums my favourite is Channel Orange, channel orange won a Grammy this year, and it was well deserved his music is like no other he uses sounds as well as instruments you will understand this when you listen to him. He is superb although takes a coupl'a listens to see this.

Frank's Album

Miguel is a similar artist but also different he has a gorgeous smooth voice and his album Kaleidoscope Dream is a great album with many fantastic catchy tracks. If you like Marvin Gaye you will most likely love Miguel they have similar voices although, I think Marvin Gaye is the King of motown so yeah.

The xx are a great unique band they create soothing melodies. There music is hard to describe but i would recommend their album: XX

If you wanna explore music, go to a store in Brick Lane called Rough Trade it is amazing and you meet people who like the same stuff as you. Brick Lane is a great place.

If you aren't  a trekker I would advise you strongly to get a soundcloud account it is a phenomenal site.

https://soundcloud.com/anoushkaabel - my profile, check it out!

If you want more music advice feel free to comment and ask i'll be happy to chat!