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Bring you home: Deanne Rose Moore reprises song of hope for this holiday season

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"I am also on a healing journey. The pandemic has triggered my own wounds that I didn’t know existed. It forced me to sit quietly, with therapy, understand, feel and process emotions."

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WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO COMPOSE THIS SONG?

"I was picking up my daughter from school, it was very windy and the snow was blowing around while we were walking home. As we started walking, I had the melody, “it’s snowing, it will be hard to tell where you're going” - making sure we don’t get too lost in our troubles and hard times, that there’s always a safe and warm place to go to, which the fire represents. Whether it’s in ourselves, our families, or communities.”

 

HAS THE PANDEMIC CHANGED YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?

"The pandemic forced me to sit with myself more, and I’ve never written so much in my life. I am also on a healing journey, the pandemic has triggered my own wounds that I didn’t know existed, I was very busy before the pandemic. It forced me to sit quietly, with therapy, understand, feel and process emotions. Furthermore, picking up my guitar and letting the melodies lead me, which later words come and then a song. I’ve learnt to trust the writing process a bit more.”

 

HOW CAN MUSIC HELP US THROUGH HARD TIMES?

"Music connects my thinking brain to my heart, when I start strumming and playing, as cheesy as it sounds, I try and let it flow and come out without overthinking it. It’s helps me makes sense what I can’t say."

 

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