benjaminkoll

Make Your Own Luck (Demo)

Added 2023-10-06 19:56:31 +0000 UTC

Hey guys, Patreon has made some cool changes and to celebrate that you can now listen to all my music and sets on Spotify, here's the first vocal demo I made of "Make Your Own Luck".

As you may remember, on February 7th of this year, I locked myself in for 8 days with the challenge of writing a new song from scratch every day. I ended up writing, performing and recording 11 songs, which I released on September 1st in the order they were written as the album "8 Days In A Bear's Life", an album on which I feel I have finally found my own voice. Some songs are perhaps too personal, like this one, others are about my friends, my community, and stories I've been told by fans and friends.

"Make Your Own Luck" was the first song I wrote on the first day of my 8 challenge. All I knew was that I had to be honest, even if it hurt, when I sat down at the piano at 9 a.m. that day. And what better place to start than my childhood? The song describes how I felt most of the time, but it also has something I like about myself, and that's optimism. I've accomplished a lot by believing in myself. With this and some of the other songs on the album, I want to pass that on to my LGBTQIA+ community: Don't let anyone tell you how far you can go, how much you can achieve, or who you can be. Just throw yourself into life, work hard, and prove all the saboteurs (even your inner ones) wrong. It's possible. This album proves it.

I hope you enjoy it and check out the new community chat, did you know you can post your pictures and stuff now? How cool is that? Have a great weekend 😘❤️