Buy Me A CoffeeSince before I can remember, music has been my world, and a path that I had to follow. I feel so grateful to be able to channel my feelings, emotions, heart, and experiences into music that can touch others. To be a bridge in the dark between strangers that illuminates our shared human experiences.
My parents have always supported my art unconditionally. I set my arrow on it, and they were fully on board, encouraging me at every step, no matter what struggles may come with this career and life path. From a young age I’d make fake tickets to put on a show in the sitting room, that they’d of course have no choice but to attend. I’m so grateful to them, and their championing of me to follow my own choices and dreams. Having that kind of support made me feel like the sky was the limit, that anything I could imagine I could make possible in my life. My sister has always been such an inspiration to me as well, she’s a creative Goddess and has always been a big part of my artistry since I was a kid.
I grew up around the world. I was born in the U.S. and raised predominantly in Wicklow, Ireland, as well as partly in Italy where my mother’s side of the family is from. I have been living nomadically for five-and-a-half years, and it’s been so special weaving experiences, sounds and connections from around the world into my music.
I’m currently working on my debut album, taking listeners through a very personal heroine’s journey that I’ve been on the last couple years. Losing myself, which was mirrored in the form of a challenging relationship, only to go deep within to find the parts of myself that needed love and tending to, and coming out the other side stronger than ever. This song, Learning to Love Me, and my album, are a celebration of self. All the parts of ourselves we may have not accepted, and realizing they’re all part of what makes us so special and unique. Most often it’s through our biggest challenges that we find our greatest strengths. Hopefully through this journey listeners can reflect on their own story, and this can be a little light on the path, with a few nuggets of wisdom that I’ve learned a long the way.
After the fall comes the rise. With every contraction comes a great expansion. Learning To Love Me is about coming Home to myself. After a relationship where I lost myself, and abandoned parts of me, this song is about that beautiful period post relationship where you start to devote more time to yourself and rediscover your magic, your wonder, and your strength. Where you welcome the fallen parts of yourself in from the cold, tending to them, holding them close to your Heart. It’s a song about power and self love, howling under the moonlight, re-wilding, and dancing like sparks in the night sky.
I’m about to head on my first European tour supporting U.S. artist, Haiden Henderson. I get to go through so many of my favorite cities. I’m really looking forward to connecting with fans from different countries and cultures. I love the energy in the room when you’re performing live, nothing compares. It’s electric.
I feel constantly inspired by time with community, experiences out in the world, adventures and stillness in nature, human relating, I take inspiration from everything! To me LIVING is one of the most important things an artist can do for their art. Feeling the depths of your human experience, the furthest reaches of pain and pleasure, of joy and play and heartbreak. It’s the job of the artist to feel everything and somehow make some sense of the chaos through music, painting, movement, or whatever art form you weave with. I think creativity is a birth right and that we all have this capacity to alchemize our pain and pleasure into art to help us process this complicated and beautiful thing called Life.
I’m hoping to start collaborating with more Irish artists and creatives. I’ve been living abroad for a long time but I’m bringing it back home. So if you’re a music artist, producer, visual artist, director, photographer etc. feel free to reach out! I’d love to make more art in my beautiful homeland.
And if you’ve read this far, thank you for joining me! Feel free to follow me on Instagram @flaviaspeaks.
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