I wrote this song about turning 30 as a love song to myself- to remind myself it's OK I don't have it all figured out. It's OK that I at times felt (and still feel) lost. It's OK if people are on other timelines than me personally and professionally. ⁣
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I had put so much pressure on myself in my twenties to achieve X or Y or Z that I sometimes didn't fully appreciate the amazing life, friends, things I already had. Things that came into my life when I was fully ME.⁣
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I feel like this next decade is about coming home to myself. Stripping away all of the "shoulds" and "when... thens" and letting myself feel fully in each moment. Taking radical responsibility for my life and deep compassion for when I mess up or take an unexpected step. ⁣
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I hope this song resonates with you. It comes from the heart. ⁣

THIRTY

An organic yoga rap parody
youtube.com/namastebitchezzz

"You can find me on the daily in my Downward Dog"

(audio recording)
Lyrics by: Meredith Baker
Music/beat by: Stelio Marshall (https://soundcloud.com/stelleo)
Recording/Mastering: Brian Phillips
Featuring: Manu Manzo/Meredith Baker as rappers and Jacqueline Tozzi as the yoga instructor

Video director: Nicolas Keller Sarmiento
Producer: Meredith Baker
Co producers: Nicolas Keller Sarmiento/ Jacqueline Tozzi


Namaste, Bitches

Written by Meredith Baker and Daniel Konteh
Produced by Daniel Konteh

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Fear is the biggest block to creativity. But it can also be the best fuel. And I believe we are all creative when we learn how to work with our fear instead of being paralyzed by it. ⁣
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My song Country in California is out everywhere today. It's one of the songs I'm most proud of because it reminds me of becoming the best version of myself in LA.⁣

I used to not take myself seriously in writing music. A person I love and respect once told me "well, Bob Dylan didn't have a great voice either so maybe you could still go somewhere with your songwriting." I also felt quite shy to put my songs out there when I was at Harvard. Once, an initiation task in a boy's club was to memorize a song I had written and have all the new pledges sing it.⁣
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I think these things, and never considering myself a full-time musician, would sometimes create a voice in my head about "Who do I think I am to put this out?" or "What if people think it's stupid I'm doing this?” Or "does it make me look like a distracted founder to be posting music?" ⁣
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These voices come and go to this day but I create first and foremost because I love losing myself in the emotion of the song, and it feels good to write and release it. Osho once said to imagine that we are all empty vessels, conduits for the universe's creation. When we can let go of our ego and let art pass through us, we don't own it on the other side. It's now gifted to the universe. All that matters is that we keep the channel open and we keep creating.⁣
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This song was the first song I had written and produced after a 2 year hiatus working on my company. I hope it inspires you to create fearlessly as well.⁣ Share + save it if you like it :-). Y’all bring out the country/best in me !

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