Resonant Rest
3. Negotiating Balance with Carmina Rae
Someone said that you can’t wait for inspiration. It’s got to be discipline. And that’s got to be like the most useless thing. That didn’t work for me.
I can’t discipline myself into writing. I will just write. […] I don’t really see myself as a person that’s going to be like a song machine.
– Carmina Rae
In this episode of Resonant Rest, singer, songwriter, and voice teacher Carmina Rae speaks to host Oceaan Pendharkar about how the pandemic grew her ideas of value and independence, how to redefine productivity, and how not to be a song machine.
Oceaan and Carmina explore everything from the pros and cons of working for yourself versus working for others, adding and appreciating value outside of capitalist definitions — and even their ideal funerals.
Bio
Carmina Rae is a Vancouver-based singer, songwriter, and familiar face in many beloved local venues. Inspired by R&B songwriters of our distant past and current day, her sweet, soulful vocals blend into rhythmic melodies to create a sound that is unique, yet familiar. Every performance takes the listener into her world– one full of romance and raw honesty.
“If I sing, I will sing you my soul,”
A line and a promise from her most recent release, “I Will Play” Carmina Rae’s sweet and optimistic lyricism writes magic into the mundane and hope into self doubt. Her first three song EP was released in March 2020. She played an online release show with Blue Light Studio’s Blue Light Sessions. Her debut single “Midnight” and the newest EP “I Will Play” are both available to stream on all platforms
www.carminarae.com
IG: @carminaraemusic
Music by Carmina Rae
“Midnight” by Carmina Rae
Aybars Savat production and Davis Yates on the guitar
About Resonant Rest:
Welcome to Resonant Rest! Resonant Rest is a Grounded Futures podcast series about musicians and creative practice, rest, sustenance, dreams, and community. Through a series of conversations, we will explore these topics with musicians living on stolen Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) lands (so-called Vancouver). We are interested in collective learning, starting conversations that create real change, and imagining futures where everyone can thrive.
Resonant Rest is hosted by Grounded Futures’ Solo Together Podcast Resident, Oceaan Pendharkar.