My first baby: "Take me back to you"

Hello family once again! I hope you enjoyed the first entry of my blog and that you will be coming back to read more about me and my adventurous journey.

After quitting my job in early 2011 I didn't know where I was heading. I just had one thing clear: I didn't want to be an engineer and I wanted to work on my music and share it with the world. Everything started with a big dream.

Looking back, I don't think I would have been able to picture what is about to happen very soon: I will have the first copy of my album in my hands. Every adventure I have had in the last year is what I want to share with you because that is what really matters. It is in the journey that I have found my happiness.

In March 2011 I took the first step. Through craigslist I found a producer in Toronto who was interested in co-writting with me. We would pitch the song after to music supervisors in Canada to try to get the song in a TV show. That was the moment I found myself again. I felt like I was 5 years old when I used to sing all the time without caring so much about what was happening around me. That feeling is indescribable and I know it sounds a lot like a psychology session, but finding your inner child is finding your true self (at least that is what happened to me).

And then, my first baby was born: "Take me back to you". Music took me back to her and since that moment I feel there's no way back. This song triggered all the amazing things I will write about in this blog and for that I will be eternally grateful. 

In June 2011, after having written a couple of original songs, I decided I needed to take the next step and figure out a way to record my first EP. Because of "Take me back to you", I was able to get the attention of a producer in Miami that became my mentor since last summer and the hero behind my first EP. 

What I will tell you for now is that I had to make one of the biggest decisions of my life: Invest everything I had (and didn't have) in dreams, in something intangible. And let me tell you, I couldn't be happier with my investment. You will see what I am talking about.....

I will continue the story next week. Thank you once again for sharing your time with me and my music. As a little preview of my album, I share with you "Take me back to you" Enjoy and sing along!!

Love,

Mao

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PS: "Take me back to you" was recently placed on an ad for a German drugstore chain. That was my first pay as a Musician :)

We're all Billy Elliot

Welcome family to my first blog. I've always thought it's sane to write things down, so this is my attempt to share with you what I think and what I feel. I apologize for my written English. I promise to do my best and will try to make sense (doesn't happen all the time.. hahaha).

My first inspiration is "Billy Elliot". I watched the movie again last night and I remember now why I fell in love with this film the first time: We're all Billy at some point of our lives. I say so because we all have a passion for something. We might not know what it is probably because we are too busy trying to follow the standards of our dear society. And yes, I know it sounds cliché, but I'm convinced that we all have a purpose in life. I truly believe that there is something unique in all of us that makes us feel powerful. We don't necessarily listen to that inner voice because most of the time, we feel ridiculous for wanting something that seems impossible and/or we care too much about what "others" might think.

While I write this I say to myself: I'm so lucky! I feel free and unstoppable, and there is nothing (no money, no corporate job, no one) that can take away the happiness of doing something I enjoy so much. 

I don't miss my previous life. For those of you who don't know, I quit my well paid engineering job to pursue my childhood dream: being a singer. Oh God it feels good to say that without any shame or regret.. I am a singer! 

I wanted to share this feeling because it set me free. I had to go through a process that wasn't easy. I had to feel crazy for wanting to pursue a dream I had when I was 5 years old and that I never had the courage to follow. I had to feel crazy for leaving a well paid job that was supposed to give me the confort and stability we're told we need to be happy. Well, I don't care about any of that anymore as Billy didn't care about what anybody thought of his passion. He never stopped dancing and I'll never stop singing and it's simple as that!

Don't be Billy's grandmother who keeps repeating she "could" have been a professional dancer. Be Billy and do it.

If you don't believe we're all Billy Elliot, ask the people around you what they would love to do and what their passion is ( I did it). You'll see what I mean. You'll see the light in their eyes when they talk about it and you'll understand why I wanted to write this blog.

So this is it! I thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and most of all, I invite you to listen to my music because it's the fruit of my passion and my dreams. I hope you can feel my happiness and I also hope that when you sing along, you feel inspired to follow your own dreams too.

love,

Mao