Art & Music – Page 40 – Integrating the Spirals

February 1, 2024April 3, 2024 Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey Art & Music, Connections, Expanding Consciousness, Mind-Body

February 1st – What’s bubbling up today

It’s February 1st, 2024; What’s bubbling up for me today as I listen to this song, continue writing in my 5th book (see the image–it’s the chapter on Musical Notes), and work on a few side projects (see my all-time favorite song playlist near the end of this article). Bubba Hudson does a great job singing on this demo and producer, Steven Cooper mixes it well also. I sometimes wonder how many laughs these guys had over the years while working on my husband’s songs. Not that this is a song to laugh about, but the one I will share tomorrow is… so stay tuned!

Superficiality doesn’t bring one true love

Here’s the thirty-second new music post for 2024, as I consistently present our original songs for ALL to enjoy. This song presents several different superficial ideas of how men try to pick up women. He’s hunting for romance. He tries to be a Romeo. He tends to get caught up in Italian silk suits, autographed Gucci shirts, Porsche cars, and his workouts for a fine physique to “get under every skirt.” Men like this have never impressed me.

I love the guitar break in this original song. I love the reference to Caller ID and Call Blocker. Ha! Oh, how little these types of men must think of themselves, much less the women they chase. How shallow!

Playing games

This song is all about the games people play to find love, instead of just working on themselves, their spirit and soul, and their mindset. Do people really need to play these games to find love and connect? It’s sad to think some people feel they must achieve all these physical trappings before they can find true love. To me, they are just hooking up. They are not securing a true love partner for life. Sad.

And before you think I’m being all judgmental and shit, okay, maybe I am. We sat beside a couple we had never met before, at dinner last night. We watched this game go on between them for over two hours and it was nauseating. UGH! The woman had been divorced and was out with her friend, whom she admitted to all of us sitting near, she loves him as a friend “until he drinks too much.”

As if Richard and I were psychic we could have accurately predicted how this would end. Yep! She asked me to walk her out to her car, because she hadn’t brought her jacket in with her, and she had 6-inch heels on, had drank too much, and was cold so needed to get everything out of her car so they could call an Uber. I don’t know what happened between them after we got back in the restaurant but about fifteen minutes later, she left–alone. The gentleman (I’m being kind here) kept asking the bartender to help him get a taxi. The bartender friend was great, so patient. He showed this guy how to call an Uber from his phone–I get that not everyone is up on those kinds of apps, and the guy was drunk, so there’s that. They were a hoot until they weren’t. Each caught up in superficiality.

Snip from my 5th book, that is in progress. This is the start of the Musical Notes chapter. The concept of the book is simplistic, but writing it is turning into a daunting task.

My super duper all-time favorite songs playlist!

You can try this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxK_KwbwohoC4mOpcg62d44-7-0W9F0Qx

I don’t know why I can’t embed the playlist link, so if this first link doesn’t open the playlist, here’s the two-step process in order to get to it:

https://www.youtube.com/@SpiralSister/playlists

After you click on the playlist link, click on Sheila’s All-Time Favorite Songs (only one song of the 75 is one of our original songs too, because I love almost all of those and there are over 400–so I put this playlist together of the songs I have grown up listening too, along with a few more recent songs that have become favorites). I hope you enjoy this list of 75 songs. Let me know which of these songs are your favorites too!

Radio-ready songs

The songs I’m sharing are radio-ready, sung by pro singers, and recorded by top music studios in Nashville, TN. We are songwriters currently based in Ocala, Florida. Scroll down for the Vimeo link in the About Us section of this post to see us perform one of our original songs.

May we all soar in ’24!

Find our songs on Spotify

It’s funny. Many of our original songs have been on CDBaby and TuneCore for years. Some of our songs are on Spotify at different locations. The key when you’re searching is to look for ‘Richard Murrey’ as the artist, OR ‘Chevy Ford Band.’ Let me know if that’s helpful. Here are a couple Spotify links if this helps:

Songs from the R.V. by Richard Murrey on Spotify

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Chevy Ford Band tracks on Spotify

Filmmakers, podcasters, deejays and so on can use our original music and songs in movies, TV shows, video intros, and such. I share this post on Tumblr (automatic feed from WordPress), Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Truth Social, Alignable, and Rumble. Links to all of these are at the end of this post.
All of our original songs are available at: Listen4Music.com

Sharing is caring! If any of our song videos (or posts) strike a chord with you, please share the post or the music video. We’re always grateful when you do.

Find our original songs on Apple Music, Spotify, and other sites where you stream music. Search for ‘Richard Murrey’ or ‘Chevy Ford Band’ to find our original songs: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rjqwHW9PaUcZuq7wbDrC3

Yours in expanding, rockin’, revolving, spiraling consciousness,

To our better health, ease, and sustaining lives of JOY!

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

Spiritual advice

As a Spiritual Advisor, it is my pleasure to help you find a way to Connect with spirit. Our ever-living God Omniscience knows ALL. The invitation is open to you.

As an empath I seek to help ease suffering and raise our vibration to offer hope. I strive to uplift others and expand our collective consciousness. I teach breath work and meditation so we appreciate the value of Detachment. We till our inner soil with our breath to calm the amygdala and live a peaceful life. My online Zoom video course, Integrating the Spirals is more timely now than ever because I know people are suffering.

The information provided is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe.

About us

My husband is an award-winning illustrator, plus he’s a seasoned guitarist, bass player, and songwriter (with over 400 original songs). You can view some of his artwork and listen to all of his songs at: http://listen4music.com

Here’s a video of us performing on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/416711742?ref=fb-share

About me, your Spiral Sister

I speak by invitation only. If you would love me to speak at your office, bookstore, crystal shop, acupuncture/chiropractor office, natural health foods store, art fair, music, or yoga festival–comment on this post or send me an email.

Find my books on Amazon

My holistic health book (2nd edition): Have Yourself a Wholly Vibrant Life: Reversing Asthma and Other Chronic Illness Naturally

My metaphysical book–Blue Eyes: Ethereal Messages of Connection. There are two versions (Kindle and paperback) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WV68KF

My first two co-authored books: “Transform Your Life Book 2 Inspirational Stories and Expert Advice” and “Energy of Receiving” are available there also.

Connect with us

To learn more about our original music, my books, or my Integrating the Spirals process, feel free to reach out. Here’s my new email address: info@sheilamurrey.net

January 31, 2024February 9, 2024 Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey Art & Music, Connections, Expanding Consciousness, Mind-Body

January 31st – Bakersfield sound honky tonk song

It’s January 31st, 2024; I love the guitar tone in this song! And the sound, to my ears, though a slower tempo, reminds me of the Bakersfield sound and honky tonk genre of Guitars and Cadillacs, which was one of my favorite Dwight Yoakum songs.

The honky tonk country sound

Here’s the thirty-first new music post for 2024, as I consistently offer our original songs for your enjoyment every day this year. This song is about opening up and talking about our feelings. Talk with your love like they’re your friend. Is this love real? Did you think I wouldn’t settle down, or just lead you on? When you have feelings of love that run deep for someone, tell them! What’s the worst that can happen? If they walk away, let them. But perhaps they will tell you they have feelings for you too! If so, they’ll keep showing up at your door.

About the music video

This video marks the return of me using the iMovie app on my MacBook Air to create videos. I used to do this years ago, but since I have more time now that I’m retired, and due to some software issue Richard had on his iMac, we needed to pivot and change things up (with me taking over this task).

I love this quote, as for me, this is something I reach for in life as I handle challenges. Let’s talk about it. It’s much more pleasing to discuss things and reach for the wisdom in it instead of reacting from an emotional place.

When we lived off-grid, in the woods during 2020-2021, one of the things my son used to tell me was that I needed to ask for help (for him to help us with things) before getting emotional. Not that I’m a screamer. I was a cryer. Yes, I used to cry much more than yell or scream having always opted for peace since I was raised in a household where yelling and arguing was the norm (and I never liked it).

I am still learning iMovie

I’ll continue making videos in iMovie and figure out the right image size for the photos I plug into it. I had an issue with timing the frames out too. If I put in one image, with it bouncing up and down, which I couldn’t control. So, I just decided to make that part of the art and go with it–at least for one song. It’s not my favorite way to workaround the issue I’d had, but for now, it’s okay. I can live with it. Ha!