Piano meditation - no. 38 - and NEWS!

Hi everyone :) Today is a good day! I got multiple good news, personally and professionally, and have the pleasure to share them with you here :)

First and most importantly - I can tell you my first release date now! The first Single of my upcoming album will be sent out to the world on the 7th of March, so already in almost three weeks! You can pre-save it here:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/agnesverano/i-was-a-dreamer
Pre-saves help to spread the song and especially support smaller, independent artist like I am. Also you won't miss the song then, but have it right in your Inbox when it comes out :)
I've shared demos of the song and behind-the-scenes-snippets from the studio last year already - it is called 'I Was a Dreamer', a very personal song with a good, uplifting energy to it, definitely one of my favorites from the album :)

Then, I got a call this morning regarding an artist fund I applied to aaaages ago - they found a small mistake in one of my calculations, but besides that, the process is almost finished (finally! I've applied in Dec '23) and everything else is looking good, so they will support me soon! That's wonderful news :)

And third, later today I had a check-up at the hospital - where my doctor confirmed that my inflammation levels are looking very good! As background information: I have the diagnosis Morbus Crohn, all of that started in 2014, so basically I'm struggling with this disease since I'm a teenager and can't remember a life without it... During all those years I had Calprotectin (inflammation) levels mostly between 1500-4000, normal would be below 50. And now I'm on 202 - it has never been that low, ever. That makes me so, so happy. I'm physically feeling as good as I haven't felt in years. That's crazy, it should be normal, but for me it is not at all. I'm hoping with all I have, that it stays like that or that it gets even better in the future.
I am aware that this is very personal information, but the whole disease influenced my life so much, that it's basically a part of me, everything I did within the last ten years, I did with it. Despite it. Trying to make it work and to be part of the world, even though I didn't have the same resources, the same health or life style like others, every day was (and still is) influenced by it, but right now it's taking only very little energy from me, compared to how it used to be during all these years.
Everyone who is going through a similar phase - keep going, it's gonna get better eventually, it's worth trying! Of course there will be always better or worse phases - but the most important thing is - it will pass. It will change eventually. And it's worth it to try again and again and again.

This has been a very long text already, everyone who read until here - thank you, really! I'm so happy to share these news with you, please pre-save my Single 'I Was a Dreamer', it would mean the world to me, I'm so proud of the song we created.

Enjoy listening to the piano mediation of the week for now, for the music nerds it's in A major (chord progression is mostly: Dadd9, Eadd11, Bm7, A/C#). Many greetings to you, stay curious for all what's about to come this year! I'm happy that you're part of it :)

xx

PS: still having a bit of a cold, that's why you can hear me breathing throughout the quieter parts of the recording, haha, sorry 'bout that