As usual, my thought process changed rapidly while pondering this week's theme.  The first thing that came to mind here was the guardian at the end of a level in a video game.  Then I thought about bossiness in general, but nothing was really taking my fancy.  Last year, I went to see a performer named Dorothy May for the first time.  I was blown away by her undying passion for her craft, not only as a musician but as a comedienne as well.  She runs several business ventures, which include teaching people how to sing as well as honing their skills as stand-up comics.  She has the uncanny ability of seamlessly combining both music and comedy, in ways that are rarely seen in this day and age.  I found this to be deeply inspiring, and I felt so honoured to have met her and had a chat as well!  I decided to write my song about her then, and it nicely ties into a T-Shirt slogan from the Club!  it's the one that says "Be nice, because I am definitely going to write a song about you", and I wore that very shirt to Dorothy's gig!

VERSE 1
My Nanna's namesake
Is working from home
Building an empire
Not unlike Rome

Music and humour
Become intertwined
She has rare talent
For blurring the line

CHORUS
Living out your dreams
Being your own boss
Doing what you desire
Connecting the dots

Starting from the bottom
It's a labour of love
Do not ever give up
Until you are above

VERSE 2
Her passion shines through
When staying up late
It's  hard to find time with
So much on her plate

When there's a will
There's always a way
Such is the life of
Miss Dorothy May

CHORUS
Living out your dreams
Being your own boss
Doing what you desire
Connecting the dots

Starting from the bottom
It's a labour of love
Do not ever give up
Until you are above

Connecting The Dots

Protis has been writing music since 1998, when he was still in high school. The name Protis came about from watching the TV show Pokemon; his original name was Piggy, and just how Pikachu evolves into Raichu, well he decided that Piggy would evolve into Protis. The name has stuck ever since then.

Protis is a big fan of computer-based music.  The first computer program he used for music purposes was Cubase Lite on good ol' Windows 3.1 operating system.  Over the years he moved on to Cubast VST, where he further developed his skills as a songwriter.  Most of his early recordings were instrumental works, as at the time he was unable to compose decent lyrics.

After a while, Protis decided to leave the realm of General MIDI and progress into the world of loops and samples.  He accomplished this by using the ACID range of products.  Countless hours were spent with this brilliant piece of software, coming up with lots of cool beats.

Protis has also dabbled in the FruityLoops software, now called FL Studio.  He utilised FL Studio to write songs which contained his first self-penned lyrics.  He was surprised at just how well his lyrics came across in each song, fitting in well with the music.  And all this from someone who could never write words to his songs!