singer-songwriter • based in NYC

Closer

release date: 8.17.18

Written by Belén Cusi & Tim Lukas.
Produced by DJ Afro.
Recorded in New York City.

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I’m a day late, but ‘Closer’ came out 3 months ago and I’m reminiscing on this beach cover shoot with the wonderful @onerpmstudios. Spectacular sunset that I’ll never forget. Link in bio, if you haven’t heard the song yet, I hope you enjoy it🎶

Recordando este atardecer espectacular que tuvimos el día que sacamos fotos para la portada de ‘Closer’, que salió hace casi exactamente 3 meses. La pueden escuchar a través del link en mi bio...!

This may be my greatest teaching achievement so far. PLANET COLSBORG.

In a recent attempt to teach Hudson (9) harmony, I decided on the spot we would create our own galaxy and each key would be a planet. Each planet is different in color and mood, but all are governed by the same rules.

The goal initially was just to teach him I-IV-V-I so he could begin writing his own songs—but it didn’t make sense to throw that at him without context...so I completely improvised (LOL & instead threw at him an entire cosmos🤪), making up this dream world as I went (with Hudson creative directing the names + finer details), acting like a confident, composed adult while secretly wondering whether this would actually cause more confusion in his mind...🤔...desperately hoping, as I drew smiley faces for major chords and a rocketship for the “home base” (Cmaj) that this would all somehow come together.

Next thing you know we were making up stories with Fiona (IV), Grandma Moppy aka G-Mop (V) and the villainous Rus-B,
or Ripped Up Skeleton Bones (vii)🤘🏼🤘🏼 ...the complete Galactic Adventures of Lala Keys (or something like that), coming soon.

#teachingmusic #musictheory #imagination #musiclessons #thinkdifferently #teachdifferently

Escribiendo mucho, pensando mucho, viviendo mucho. Día a día. Imaginando el futuro pero plantada en el presente. Cuestionandome, todo. Ansiosa por avanzar, crecer, mejorar. Tranquila en el fondo, sabiendo que mientras pueda respirar aire y pensar libremente, y amar plenamente....está todo bien.

I’m obsessed with this piece right now, had to learn it....& thought I’d start documenting the process. This is the first page memorized, after almost 2 hrs of practice. Swipe right to look at the music. Will post an in-depth post on how I practice/my process soon.

One of my favorite subjects: practice. Because everything we do in life requires some sort of skill (we play, we write, we cook, we love...)—and any skill or art requires practice...focus, intention, repetition, passion...so I think on this a lot, how to improve my process and expand that mindset beyond music. I think how we practice matters because it’s how we live.

#classicalpiano #elegiaco #jeansibelius