Hive Open Mic week 107, A Million Dreams

Brave Mind, the topic that brought so much courage and brave people to Hive Open Mic this week. It is thanks to @obaro, one of our young and talented members of the community.

If you are a musician, you already know that it is not that easy to perform in public. To go up to the scene and be in the spotlight. The audience is watching you and you kind of feel their gaze on you. I would not say that the performer is scared, maybe just nervous. After some time and experience, this feeling fades away a bit, but there is always a small percentage of that thinking that you will make a mistake or get blocked.

Something similar happens when you are recording a video for example for a hive open mic entry! You can play the piece perfectly, but when you press that record button on your device, there are always some mistakes. Then you stop and start again lol. @khaleesii was brave this week, she recorded from the first attempt and published it. Well done, stellar girl. Well, I had to start over my performance three or four times, actually I could leave it in the way it was but I didn't like the too visible imperfections :D

The song I have chosen is from the same drama/musical The Greatest Showman as Khaleessi's song. She performed This is Me which is a song a enjoy. But there is also another one that I like from that movie: A Million Dreams. We had the opportunity to listen to the cover of that one by @me2selah. She also did very well. Now, I am not singing, as you all know, I just play my piano 🎹 ... Hence I can't express the message through the lyrics.... meh... The lyrics can be seen here but I will anyway bring here the part I relate to

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy
We can live in a world that we design

Do you agree that there are situations we have to live on our own, chose our path although others do not agree, or even call us insane? On one side you choose a life you want and on the other, you live with the consequences that others don't accept your choice. It is not good if the latter prevails... Courage is needed to achieve your dreams but in the end, that is the only way that can make you have peace of mind.

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Well, I hope my playing will not bring you some unpleasant feelings 😅 just maybe encourage you to think that there are a million dreams we all have and they are not impossible to make a reality. Be a brave mind and thanks for the listening :))