Mami Ghost writer

Image by theloushe via FlickrHello Everyone!

(YAWN) Baby girl has fallen asleep, and I am sure to follow! Another typical Monday. I really think that Monday should be part of the weekend.

I have almost completed a music ghostwriting job that I am working on (oooo....spooky). I don't know how I feel about the ghost writing thing. I don't mind this particular job since it is mostly a clean up job, but I see some job postings where the ghostwriter creates the entire book from scratch (and not for much). It might just be worth it to write your own e-book and sell it. It may not make much for a little while, but I am pretty sure that your book will make at least the nominal fees that someone else is willing to offer.

Maybe I just like to receive credit for my work. Right now I am working on another project where I create music exercises for a music company. At the least, I am beginning to realize that there are lots of ways to make money out there in music. I just need to do it somehow.

Anyway, for now I am busy, busy, busy with baby and music and writing and teaching. I wonder if Mozart was as busy? Would Beethoven had written great music if he had to worry about naptime? Who knows?

Have a lovely day!

Mami Mozart

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Working Freelance Mama

Image via CrunchBaseHello everyone!

A working mama here. Right now, to help make ends meet, I am working on several freelance jobs (music and writing), writing for Associated Content, cleaning the church, teaching at an online university, and teaching at the local college. I am tired, I know, and the balancing act has been less than perfect.

I keep reminding my hubby that the economy bites right now. We both hope that things will get better. Hey, we can pay for rent and our bills (mostly) so things should be ok. And as long as the freelance gigs keep coming in, things will only get better.

In any case, I will be applying to a grant that helps musicians cover basic expenses while working on a project.

Yes, I know, I am partially procrastinating, partially just venting. Praise God that we have money coming in, that my husband has a steady job, that our daughter is healthy, that we can pay for groceries, and cover rent and our car bill (even those nasty student loans).

Smiles and now to work,

Mami Mozart

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Image via WikipediaHola Everyone,

Making delicious whole wheat banana raisin muffins for my daughter. Our small apartment smells like bananas, vanilla, and cinnamon. Was up till 3:30am last night writing and composing. I managed to release two singles that I had been meaning to for awhile, as well as wrote maybe ten articles for a website I am freelancing with, and also redid the audio for an album release that I meant to finish a month ago. But who has the time?

Fabricación de los molletes deliciosos de la pasa del plátano para mi hija. Nuestro pequeño apartamento huele como plátanos, vainilla, y canela. Estaba para arriba hasta que el 3:30 que escribía y que componía anoche.

My baby girl and I visited one of our close friends who had her baby yesterday afternoon. I can't believe how tiny her daughter is! To think that my baby was that size not too long ago. My friend's baby has more hair than my little girl, though. I have such a baldy of a baby!

Mi bebé y yo visitamos a uno de nuestros amigos cercanos que tenían su bebé el ayer por la tarde. ¡No puedo creer cómo es minúsculo es su hija!

Right now my baby girl has walked up to me, babbling about a crinkly book that she has ignored for months now. She has rediscovered it and is so excited that she wants to show me.

Ahora mi bebé ha recorrido para arriba a mí, charla sobre un libro rizado que ella ahora ha ignorado por meses. Ella lo ha redescubierto y es tan emocionada que ella quiere mostrarme.

Well, I must go back to being a mom. The timer is about up, and soon we will enjoy yummy banana raisin muffins for lunch.

Bien, debo volver a ser una mamá. El temporizador está alrededor para arriba, y pronto gozaremos de los molletes deliciosos de la pasa del plátano para el almuerzo.

Smiles and Happiness to all,

Mami Mozart

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Image by victoriabernal via FlickrAfter a creative hiatus, I have decided that I will embark on my first symphony. I have so many ideas in my head, so many things that I want to accomplish - a film, an opera, a novel, a symphony...mentally checking each off in my head before the last day I draw breath.

I will dedicate this symphony to my abuelita, whom I miss each and every day. How I wish she could hold my daughter in her arms! She would smile at my new mom anxieties, help me care for her, she would be here each and every day, just like she was when I was a child. I loved her, and still love her, so much, mi abuelita linda. I hope she watches her great grandbaby from Heaven and sends her besitos. I hope she intercedes with God for us daily, like she did when she was alive...her Bible worn and always in hand. I hope her and Abuelo have regained their youth, have reunited with their first daughter, Iris, who they lost before they left Cuba in '65.

I hope that this symphony, if I am able to create it, if time and resources will allow, that I will be able to create a work worthy of their struggles.

I send you besitos, Abuela. And little Eva sends the same.

Mami Mozart

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Mommy Freelancing, Music, Jobs, Work

Freelancing Momma,

Well, we finally have retrained our sweetie to fall asleep by herself. She actually did do that until she started crawling in May. Then one vacation trip after another, and before you know it, sleep became a contest between who got tired faster - baby or mommy & daddy! 

So now I have put her down for a morning nap. She sleeps soundly (after crying for a little while). And I had time to shower (wow, a shower!) and continue work on a music project for a client. I have been freelancing a lot. I find that freelancing gives me the freedom to spend time with my daughter and hubby and helps me make the money we need to break even each month.

The recession has not been terribly difficult, yet, but a new baby and a freeze on all raises at the university have made paying the bills difficult. Right now I work as an adjunct, freelance, and took a cleaning job to help with bills. Even if I wanted to work full-time, there are no jobs in our town. Hubby even applied to second jobs at Walmart and CVS, but no one wants to hire someone with a master's for a minimum wage job. 

Anyway, I am debating on a music class for my daughter. I would love to sign her up, but I feel like a music class seems to be a luxury, especially when she gets so much music at home already. Maybe in the spring. 

Well, I have to get back to work. My friends and I are planning on going to an indoor playground and the mall with the kids today (unless my friend happens to have her baby today!)

Smiles and happiness to you,

Mami Mozart

Quiet Thursday

Hola Everyone,

Baby is sleeping soundly on the futon, and I am just enjoying the quiet before the craziness of the school year begins. Hubby will be working again 12-14 hours a day with the university basketball team, I start teaching music, and it seems that the lazy (and ridiculously hot) summer is coming to an end.

Smiles,
Mami Mozart

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El bebé está durmiendo a fondo en el futon, y apenas estoy disfrutando de la tranquilidad antes de que la locura del año escolar comience. El marido trabajará otra vez 12-14 horas por día con el equipo de baloncesto de la universidad. Comienzo a enseñar a música, y parece que el verano perezoso (y ridículo caliente) está acabando.

Sonrisas,

Mami Mozart