Cerian & parmesan
Keep Calm
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Cerian
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Keep Calm & Cerian -
OMH my friends!?! Cerian is just incredible, such a bright and positive influence on the Twitch music community. She is always incredibly grateful for all the support that she receives and makes a concerted effort to return that support in kind to others. While I am not always the most active participant when watching streams, I always enjoy watching her streams and interacting with her community. “Keep Calm and Cerian” is one of her community's many mottos and it is apt. I often watch her live streams and listen to her music when I am in need of a calming influence, and it never takes long for the calm to arrive.
I should have written about this a long time ago as Cerian released a phenomenal track back in December. The track I am speaking of is called “Wrong Side” and it is very relatable to those of us who suffer from insomnia. As I listen to this track what always stands out to me is the optimism that exists within it. Despite how difficult it can be to deal with unrest and sleeplessness Cerian manages to find a bright side to the situation.
“I stretch the night into day
“It’s a backwards way to live” they say
I stretch the hours beside
But it won’t turn the tide of time away
And a choir of birds are singing songs
That say “you don’t belong”
And the morning bells are ringing
Singing “time goes on and on”
And the world will turn without me
I’ll be late to say goodbye
If you ever saw the wrong side
Did you stop to wonder why?
The birds are singing like a symphony
For an audience of one
I know it isn’t meant for me
Now a new day has begun
I’m on the wrong side of the morning
And the wrong side of the night
Now the light side is dawning
And I’m left cos I couldn’t be right
But the wrong side of the morning
Is the bright side of the night
When you stayed awake through the silence
To stop and wonder: why”
The lyrics so beautifully outline what the experience of insomnia is like; the late night pondering and knowing you do not belong in this time but there is not anything you can do to change it. So rather than dwell on this fact you come to learn that there is good that can be found in it. What I have come to learn from my own experience is that there is something to be said for being able to think in total silence and that the majesty of a sun rise should be experienced on a regular basis.
Kendra has such a rare and outstanding voice, which is incredibly fantastic to listen to. She constructs such magnificent loops; whether they be of an existing song or a track she manifests herself. Have you ever heard an improvised track about cheese because now I have, and it is unreal how good it was; the ability to sing about topics on the spot like that is something I find amazingly impressive. It is even more remarkable that those improvised tracks turn into songs I want to listen to on repeat.
It is refreshing how honest and genuine she is. During her live streams she is unapologetically herself; it is just so damn entertaining and fabulously relatable. This is the impression that I get at least. There are a number of sensational Kendra original songs in existence, and I am hoping that before too long I will be able to listen to them on any number of different streaming platforms. When that happens, I will have much to say about said tracks. Getting to hear these songs on her live streams however is always a favorite part of each stream. I always have preposterous amounts of fun watching her stream.
an example of the fantabulous loops I am speaking of
