Rozalind MacPhail
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Best Album of 2019

January 16, 2020

DON’T LET ME FALL TOO FAR was named one of the The Newfoundland Herald‘s Best Albums of 2019. That’s something to celebrate!

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LOVING my omnichord right now! Working on recordin LOVING my omnichord right now! Working on recording omnichord parts for I’VE CHANGED that’ll be on the new album. These parts are for Brad Weber aka @pickapiper_coyhaste to add his beat and synth magic before my keeper parts are added. Scratch vocals come next! What a seriously fun process. ❤️
I had a serious a-ha moment as I woke up this morn I had a serious a-ha moment as I woke up this morning. I realized that I literally haven't stopped to take a breather since Christmas. When I look at the calendar, there isn't one day scheduled for REST until March! Like how does that even happen?!!! That's totally not ok. So I'm stopping that train today. I'm putting that "to do" list aside to focus on what nourishes my soul. I'm focusing on what my heart and soul is calling out for. That quiet voice inside says create and record music and it screams at those emails and piles of paperwork as it tells them they can get patient and wait. Hello omnichord and flute. Hello my dear friends who fill me up with so much joy! So good to see you again. 🥰
MAKE THAT BOLD MOVE BEFORE YOU'RE READY ❤️⁣ MAKE THAT BOLD MOVE BEFORE YOU'RE READY ❤️⁣ ⁣ Is there something you've been avoiding because you're scared of being rejected, ignored or criticized? ⁣ ⁣ What if we don't have to feel ready to take a courageous leap of faith?⁣ ⁣ I've been recording a cover song that I've always cherished by beautiful Canadian songstress @jillbarber called, IN PERFECT TIME. It's been a bold move for me because I've never recorded a cover song before and I want to make sure it's extra special. ⁣ ⁣ Bringing this song to the finish line has brought up a whole bunch of anxious thoughts inside:⁣ ⁣ "What if people think my version of this song sucks compared to the original version?"⁣ "What if the songwriter doesn't like it when she hears it?" ⁣ "What if all of this effort I've been putting into seeing this to the finish line falls on silent ears?"⁣ ⁣ That's a whole lot of monsters having critical discussions in my head! I'm sure many of us can relate to those insecure moments when we're scared to share something new and dear to our heart. Be it a new album, a new book, a launch, a presentation or performance. Those monsters can really have a fun time in our heads!⁣ ⁣ Something in my heart told me yesterday that it was time to ignore those monsters and reach out directly to the songwriter to ask if I could share my version of her song with her. I've literally been avoiding reaching out to her about this for over a year!⁣ ⁣ It's definitely been a bad case of those monsters getting in the way of me believing that what I have to share with the world truly matters to others. ⁣ ⁣ I decided it would be enough of that as I put those monsters to bed and sent that email off to the songwriter. The silence as I checked my phone most of the night for new messages was agonizing! I started thinking, "Did I make a mistake reaching out?" All of the impatient waiting monsters were having a big party in my head as they came up with all kinds of horror stories!⁣ ⁣ When I got up in the morning, there it was. A gift from the universe. ⁣ ⁣ Read more of this story in the comments below 👇
I'm seriously touched by today's @eastcoastmusicas I'm seriously touched by today's @eastcoastmusicassoc award nomination for INDUSTRY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR. I'm kind of lost for words. I really didn't see this one coming. It's a huge honour to be recognized by my industry peers and this is extra special because it's the 1st time I'm being recognized all over Atlantic Canada for my work as an industry professional and the news has brought me to tears. Sending BIG LOVE to all of my talented friends who are ECMA nominees today. 58 nominees from Newfoundland and Labrador!!! Now that's something to CELEBRATE! @dizhaoflutes @afm_union @cfmusicians #rozalindmacphail #industryinnovator #awardnominee #eastcoastmusic #atlanticcanada #womeninmusic
Wow, mind is so blown right now that I had to shar Wow, mind is so blown right now that I had to share this! Golden nuggets about the creative process and asking for permission. ❤️
Time to share the raw and delicate bare bones of a Time to share the raw and delicate bare bones of a song that’ll be on the PUSH & PULL album called, “SONG FOR MAGGIE”. The song is about an 18 year old house servant, Maggie Power who was found dead in Little Harbour in the charged year of 1914. Maggie still haunts the highway on stormy nights. Thanks to amazing historian and author Dave Clarke for helping me get the facts straight for this one. A heavy topic for sure and it stirs up a lot inside. RIP Maggie Power.
YOU HOLD THE KEY TO YOUR HEART ❤️ You have ev YOU HOLD THE KEY TO YOUR HEART ❤️ You have everything it takes to achieve the dreams you desire, make those hard choices and solve any challenge. It may not always feel that way but trust me when I say you do. I'd like to offer you a way to feel supported while you take those courageous and inspiring actions that increase your momentum and transform your life! 👉 I'm taking on 3 new coaching clients in February. If you've been wanting to try coaching, here's your chance! Send me a DM and we'll get you booked for a complimentary coaching call. One of my biggest passions is to help clients see their true potential as they witness what is special about themselves. Coaching changes lives. Having a coach in my life (I have many) has been a profound experience. I feel seen, heard and celebrated in a way I never did throughout my career. My only regret is not having discovered coaching until much later in life. Everyone deserves their own personal cheerleader - someone who can empower us to see a bigger version of ourselves than we can see for ourself. Someone who challenges those limiting beliefs we've repeated for so long that we believe them to be true. Beliefs that might be holding us back from living LOUD and PROUD in the present. Someone who can help us see that we have exactly what it takes to solve our own problems as we innovate, reinvent, take risks and GROW. If you've been itching to try coaching, send me a message. It may just transform your life. ❤️ @denisedt
ICE PARADE is really coming along! @joshua_m._cain ICE PARADE is really coming along! @joshua_m._caine tightened up the edit after I figured out the tempo, time signature and chord progressions on the omnichord. 6 varied chord progressions for 6 icebergs in the parade and all in 5/4 at BPM 160. How I’m going to be able to play this is another thing but I sure am having fun!!! 😊
I've been spending time listening back to the cree I've been spending time listening back to the creepy flute track I recorded in the haunted Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on Toronto Island when the lights went out and we could hear thumping the whole time I was playing. We're planning to include it on a track we'll be releasing in February. As I've been sifting through these sessions, I found this video that I totally forgot about where I'm jamming in the same location during the day. Such a different vibe from day to night! One of my favourite sounds on the alto flute is this pizzicato sound that reminds me of plucking on a stringed instrument. Can't wait to get back to record in that lighthouse again! 😀
WHAT DOES PROCRASTINATION MEAN TO YOU? ❤️⁣ ⁣ My heart and way of thinking is currently being ripped wide apart in amazing ways by @jennifernrosenfeld's and empowering program, ArtsMBA. I wanted to share a huge insight I've been having about procrastination, thanks to a fantastic Guest Speaker talk by LA composer, conductor and badass musical leader, Christopher Rountree. ⁣ Thanks for the inspiration today, Christopher! Lots to think about. 😀
After an entire year of sitting with this one, ano After an entire year of sitting with this one, another song is ready to get on the go for the new album. Thanks to inspiring friends/mentors @pickapiper_coyhaste and @shannapranaitis for inspiring me today to get ‘er to the songwriting finish line! What do you think? Should the song title be called “Same Old Story” or “I’ve Changed”? I know what my gut is telling me but I’m excited to hear what you think! 😊
Some seriously inspiring drone footage of icebergs Some seriously inspiring drone footage of icebergs near Twillingate by outstanding cinematographer @julianearlephotography. @joshua_m._caine and I are editing his footage for my song, “Ice Parade”. It will be featured on the new album, PUSH & PULL. We’re so inspired by our dear friend. Talk about getting up nice and close to magical icebergs from Newfoundland! 😊
Getting creative with @joshua_m._caine on this sno Getting creative with @joshua_m._caine on this snow day as we edit @julianearlephotography GORGEOUS drone footage of icebergs for a song on the new album called, “Ice Parade”. I am in awe looking at these beauties from Twillingate! ❤️
SELF-CARE TIP #8 - WHAT ELEPHANTS ARE STANDING IN SELF-CARE TIP #8 - WHAT ELEPHANTS ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF YOUR FUTURE SELF? ❤️ Feeling overwhelmed just thinking about everything you have to get done? This one is based on an exercise @katherineemeneth shared with me during one of her amazing career training sessions and it's stuck with me ever since. Put 10 minutes on the timer. For the next 10 minutes, create a list of everything that's been looping in your head. The things that are taking up a lot of space in your thoughts that may be overwhelming you. Things you've been avoiding. Things that seem to be way too much or scary. For 10 minutes, put it all down on paper. Once the 10 minutes is up, take a look at your list. Circle the 3 things that feel most overwhelming and heavy. Recognize the things you want to avoid the most. What are those elephants in the room? As you look at those three things on the list, imagine your future self and what your future self needs to thrive. Pick the one of those 3 big elephants on your list and become curious about it. What is one tiny action you could take to face that elephant in the room? Sometimes it's that one action we take that changes everything and it's often way less work to get it done than to avoid it! Is there a daily action you can take to ensure that elephant never has to visit again? I had an experience of this in such a huge way this past weekend. I'm not a fan of bookkeeping and in one of my jobs, I have to do a lot of it. When times get hectic and when life happens in unpredictable ways, it's the first thing I let go of despite knowing how much better it makes me feel when I'm on top of it. One month of bookkeeping procrastination becomes two and then three. Can you relate? I was so stressed out about not taking care of this HUGE elephant in the room that it was causing me to avoid other things too! I needed to face that elephant head on in order to make room for all of the other awesome projects I'm working on. Avoiding it was taking way too much room!!! So after journalling about what things were taking room in my thoughts, it was obvious what I needed to do. I had to tackle completing those financials for 2022. More in comments 👇
Are you open to playing an experiment with me? S Are you open to playing an experiment with me? SELF-CARE TIP #7 - HOW AM I GOING TO SHOW UP FOR THAT HUMAN BEING TODAY? SEAL IT WITH A HIGH 5! ❤️ I know it seems silly to talk to ourselves as we give ourselves a high five as our biggest fan in the mirror but I invite the possibility that it may just hold some power! Doing this mirror work for the past year has definitely helped me increase my confidence in myself and in the choices I make. Try it on for size and let me know how it works for you! 😀
SELF-CARE TIP #6 - SPROUTING ❤️ Who loves gro SELF-CARE TIP #6 - SPROUTING ❤️ Who loves growing their own veggies? Sprouting is a fun and affordable way to get some organic veggies in ya. Kids love it too! All you need is a glass mason jar with a screen and good air ventilation. Seeds can be bought at any health food store or ordered online. Soak some overnight and then rinse them twice a day as you put them on a 45 degree angle for drainage. Most sprouts are ready within 5-7 days. So easy and such a healthy habit! Enjoy. 😀
EXCITING NEWS ALERT (at least for this flute nerd. EXCITING NEWS ALERT (at least for this flute nerd...Ha ha!) 😀 I've been invited to perform DON'T LET ME FALL TOO FAR at @midatlanticfluteconvention in Virginia in February! More details to come. Will you be at the convention? Let's make plans to hang!!! ❤️
SELF-CARE TIP #5 - RULE OF THIRDS - WE HAVE CHOICE SELF-CARE TIP #5 - RULE OF THIRDS - WE HAVE CHOICE ❤️ In a social media world where likes, comments and instant gratification seem to rule, it can be easy to slip into this place where those things have an impact on how we feel about ourselves. Lots of comparisons can happen and in no time, we can go from feeling like we're in a great mood to feeling totally inadequate. And how another expresses oneself can trigger so much within us - without the person even trying to do so! Social media can be a terribly lonely and confusing place. It can especially be painful when we take a lack of response to what we're putting out there as meaning that others aren't into us or that they don't dig what we do. Quite the contrary! A mentor once shared the rule of thirds in relation to the entertainment biz and it's stuck with me ever since. 👉 33% of people will LOVE what you do 👉 33% we be cynical, pessimistic and possibly even hate your work 👉 33% will have no opinion at all and especially take no action as they sit on the fence watching from the sidelines So what part of the thirds do you choose to be when interacting with others? Someone who chooses to support, celebrate and encourage their friends? Someone who feels the need to go into defender or attack mode when another is sharing things they're processing? Someone who is the expert as they tell others how they should be doing something or behaving in a situation? Someone who says nothing as they observe the situation and are silently judging that person for what they're putting out there? There are so many more I could list here but you get the drift. I think we can all admit that we've been either a receiver of these situations or an instigator of them. The social media world is a complicated place! But isn't it amazing that we always have a choice in how we move forward in the world. We get to choose how we interact with others. Something to keep in mind as we interact on social media. Our actions and especially our words are POWERFUL and MEANINGFUL!!!! Read more in comments below 👇
SELF-CARE TIP #4 - HEAD TO BED BEFORE 9PM AT LEAST SELF-CARE TIP #4 - HEAD TO BED BEFORE 9PM AT LEAST ONCE THIS WEEK TO HAVE A GREAT START TO YOUR DAY TOMORROW! ❤️ Not easy to manage in our hectic lives but the benefits of this are immense! Tonight's definitely my night for this one after a full day of data entry and staring at computer screens! If you're a night owl like I am, this one can be really tough to pull off but when I do it, it does wonders for my energy levels and my emotional wellbeing! There's healing magic in those zzzz's that happen before midnight. What are some of your favourite ways to take care of yourself? I'd love to hear all about them in the comments below!
SELF-CARE TIP #3 - CREATE A VISION BOARD AND WATCH SELF-CARE TIP #3 - CREATE A VISION BOARD AND WATCH YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! ❤️ Do you love creating visions boards as much as we do? It's one of my favourite ways to ring in the New Year! I'm always amazed as I reflect back on what has come true for me from the previous year. When I really have a visual of what's possible. Usually at least 80% of it happens! If you've never tried creating one, I invite you to try. You can paste pictures, phrases or photos from magazines. I like to write keywords and quotes out and play with numbers. Anything goes! What's most important is that it speaks to you in ways you can feel it. I invite you to think about what may be possible for you this year. Don't think of how you're going to get there. Just plant the seed and then release it to the universe with no expectation. Have fun! 😀
SELF-CARE TIP #2 - MAKE SOME HOMEMADE FIRE CIDER T SELF-CARE TIP #2 - MAKE SOME HOMEMADE FIRE CIDER TO KEEP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG! ❤️ Have you ever tried FIRE CIDER? There are many different recipes for this online and a lot of them often taste pretty yucky (mine included) but does it ever help your immune system, digestion and speeding up your metabolism! Perfect for when you're aiming to put your system back into balance after all of that holiday food your body may not be used to eating. SIMPLE FIRE CIDER RECIPE 1. Peel the skin off from a few large knuckles of fresh ginger, cut it up into chunks and place in a high speed blender. Add a few cups of water and blend away until it's been blended into a pulp. 2. Strain the mixture through a fine-meshed strainer to keep just the liquid. Make sure to press it through the strainer until you almost get a dry pulp to get all of the goodness from the ginger out. 3. Juice 6 lemons and add to your ginger water. 4. Add 1/2 cup of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. 5. Sprinkle some cayenne pepper into every jar you make. Some things you can also add (but we keep ours simple) is unpasteurized honey, fresh garlic, oil of oregano, echinacea and fireweed. We enjoy a 2 ounce shot of our mixture in a huge glass of water first thing in the morning every day and it starts the day off right! It'll keep in a well-sealed jar in the fridge for 5 days. Fair warning. It tastes horrible!!!! Try at your own risk! Ha ha! 😀 I’d love to hear about your favourite self-care tips in the comments below too! 😊
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