Poettues: The Potency of Music

Poettues: The Potency of Music

I get intoxicated when I hear a good song come on the radio.

I'm a lush for moving to the beat of a groove when I hear it flow. 

I get tipsy when the melody is rocking and it makes me want to dance

Music in my opinion is like potent love that makes you shake your fancy pants. 

Intoxicated by my Love for Dancing

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If you dug my poem, I have an entire book of Music Poetry entitled: 

And Then There Was the Music

by Stephanie Jeannot

Click Here to Check it Out on Amazon

What's in your Artist Wardrobe

Artists who get on stage to vocalize their hearts out need a wardrobe.

What happened to the days of old when everybody was dressing up like they were going to be on the red carpet just to go to the local jazz club?

Black dresses always work, or just a black outfit in general works, but what if you want to add some color and pizzazz to your appearance?

I tend to find some lovely pieces when I shop off and online but mostly, I have been finding myself doing Shein.com Hauls and I must say, I get some pretty amazing pieces there. The best part is that the fashion items I get often are unique, one-of-a-kind finds that did not cost much at all; and you didn't have to go to a crowded store to get it. 

I am definitely a dress person, and I am short. Long dresses are my favorite thing because they make me look tall. I have found some of the most beautiful dresses on Shein.com and I never have to deal with much drama trying to get the items I want. 

I did a haul recently and the beautiful black and white dress with the flowers was one of those many items. This dress was made for a curvy queen like me and I feel happy about the fact that they have clothing items and more for everyone. 

If interested in checking out Shein for yourself, here is a link that might help you to entice your onstage artist look: Check out SHEINOFFICIAL.COM.

If you are interested in seeing some of the items that I got with this haul, check it out here: Style Matters, Says the Fashionista❣️

Affirmations for Musicians

 Affirmations are everything. Especially for artist’s who constantly put their ideas out into the atmosphere and allows their deepest inner thoughts to circulate through the stratosphere.

 

So here are some I really like:

I walk steadily in my own rhythm

I never carry the past as a burden.

I meet myself with consistency and care.

I am the best at what I do.

I can make it.

I can endure the adverities.

I persevere. 

I am a warrior.

I am more than enough.

 

And my favorite:

I am clothed in joy… Morning Affirmation: I Am Clothed in Joy

 

What better way to face the world than to do with joyously and to actually lead through life from the joy within. Being clothed in joy is like having an outer body experience and enjoying life despite the things that come along that might break us.

 

May your weekend be filled with joy and God’s wonderful blessings.

 

Enjoy!

 

Water Yourself

Thoughts may swirl through the air sometimes that turn your usual upward smiley face into a frown. It doesn’t take a monstrous blaze to notice the embers of doubt coming to fire it’s flames. The truth about you creeps along even when doubt tries to prowl into your system. Don’t get burned; water yourself.

You do not have to frantically search outside for validation. Every exasperating experience does not mean that you have to once again be etched with worry. Resilience usually screams out its sweet words to you and its voice is noticeable because it will start to shower you with good thoughts about who you are. Let that overwhelming sense of love wash over you and soothe what feels lost.

You know who you are. Keeping your mind leveled on the truth easily fixes, soothes and solves. Don’t let lies about your character ruin your delightful heart. You don’t have to yell curses or get angry. You don’t have to let your faith collapse. You do not have to walk around feeling depressed or defeated. Don’t go let out your frustrations on your social media page. There are better ways to handle your situations. Don’t stay thinking that what you are going through is just another sad love song. This is real life.

Instead, find an alternate route. Reach for a pen and a notebook and let the lines be your shoulder to cry on while sitting in a cradle of quietness. Sometimes it takes emptying out what is bottled up inside so you could meet the quiet of your mind; like meditation but only, using writing as the vehicle.

Use your own eyes and heart as your audience and respond to your own situation. How could you have handled it differently? Feedback? What is the next step? How do I move in a better way? What can I learn from all of this?

But while writing, don’t simply stay hyper-focused on the problems, the he say, she says, or the dilemmas. Don’t forget to acknowledge the good things that happened in your life. Root yourself on for standing in resilience. Let out a high-pitched giggle for the things that felt good along the way. You persevered through it all. Remember that! 

Keep creating your own dusts of joy and let it sink in. Keep reaching for the sky and rise up to keep meeting the you that makes you smile.

Know yourself. Love yourself. Honor yourself. Trust yourself. Respect yourself. Like yourself. Acknowledge yourself. Celebrate yourself. Give yourself grace. Germinate.

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Speaking of persevering, I write songs to help inspire, motivate and celebrate the champions that we are in this world. Don't ever let go of the warrior in you. You are powerful. You are more than enough. You got this. Here are a few songs that might help to inspire you along your journey:

• Perseverance by Stephanie Jeannot
  
• More Than Enough by Stephanie Jeannot
  
• Warrior by Brian Fury & Stephanie Jeannot
  
• Breakthrough by Stephanie Jeannot (featuring Jazz E Matt)
  

I hope that these songs might add some joyous light to your day. Thank you for reading and for clicking on the song titles to listen to my music. Let me know if you actually did listen and if you did, which song was your favorite. Thanks for the feedback. 

Peace and blessings!

 

Learning is Fun

School is a great place to learn. They say go to school and learn something each day from a teacher that cares about your mind. That means the teacher must have a good mindset that holds on to the idea of teaching with love and focus on developing minds to grasp the information that they are sharing.

Make sure then that the information being shared is the information that is needed and not ideas that “you are not smart enough,” or “you are not worthy of respect or care,” or “your needs or voice or ideas do not matter,” or “you are beneath me and not worth the time.”

If students are coming eager to learn and a little behind the curve, answer the questions they have and respond to their requests for help. Don’t just assume that all students are at the same level just because they are the same age and in the same classroom setting. Don’t just take a student’s acting out as being a person who is out of control. Sometimes that is the request for help without them actually asking for "attention."

Did you pay attention to their need for help? Did you see that their hand was up when you were asking for student input? Did you put off their request or need, treating them just like everyone else with a need, or did you use it as a distraction, and instead something to be frustrated by?

We get it, they are your students, not your kids. Yes, you came to educate and not babysit. No, it is not your job to console because your title is teacher, not carer of a child’s feelings. Yes, they did not obey your first command, but that does not mean manhandling is the only way to get the desired result.

School is a great place to learn. It is a great place to see how to act and to formulate a mindset. Let the mindset be, you can do this, and you got what it takes, and you are an intelligent young lady or gentleman, and you matter so that the desire to learn escalates. Let them know.

Don’t let the mindset be based on stinking thinking. Adding value should always be the goal. Let’s add value for our future. The students are the future. They deserve quality learning experiences and treatment to carry on into their future so they can also have the mindset that learning is fun because it can be if you show them the way. Happy belated World's Teacher's Day to those who take the time. You are loved beyond measure.  

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I created a YouTube channel for kids: Learning with Ms Steph and it was started on the basis of getting kids to learn how to read with the idea that "Reading is Fun." Check out the first song written for the channel, Reading is Fun

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BTW! What did you think about my drawings? I love landscape photography the most; working with lines to tell stories. If you liked them even a little bit, let me know or give me advice on how to improve them. Thanks for your input.

Happy Birthday Billie Holiday

 Happy birthday to…

 Billie Holiday

who put her energy into the music

with her instrument.

 

She had a tone like no other.

She wore in her hair a flower.

She sang with timing power.

She got on stage and towered

Any song on the repertory.

 

“God bless the Child” and her musicality.

Like poetry in motion.

Like her sound was an ocean.

Like what a great fortune to listen to her bend her voice in contortions. 

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During the course of my day as I sat at my desk, moments away from the work found me trying to sketch her face. I find lines to be like poetry. I find art to be so soothing. It makes me feel good and I love it a lot.

If you are interested in coming to see some live music showcasing some good jazz and some funk tunes that will make you want to move your feet, I want to invite you out to an event I will be singing at this Friday night.

 I will be performing live with the Yaacov Mayman Band

This Friday, April 11, 2025

8-10PM

at

Duet Restaurant

located at 6181 Strickland Avenue

in Brooklyn, NY .

The restaurant is great and the music is awesome. 

Fr all future events and postings, you can check out my IG page at

http://instagram.com/jnotemusic 

Sunday Gratitude

Sundays are for extricating myself from the normalcies of life and for using the shackle-free moments to show gratitude for the things I love. Recently, I started using a daily gratitude journal. Although some days it gets pushed aside, I realize the importance of doing the internal work to make sure that you stay grounded in peace and knowledge of who you are. Being thankful for what you have is a great way to set your mindset for being joyous in life. 

I decided to write a poem to express some of the things I am grateful for. 

 

Gratitude

Sketch drawing by Stephanie Jeannot

I love granny pajamas because they are comfortable

I love a warm bubble bath with salt because it's wonderful

I love trying new recipes out because I love a good meal

I love wearing beautiful high-heeled shoes bcecause they have a sexy feel

I love conversations with people who know how to encourage me

I love a good book by a great author because they seem to inspire me

I love to write down words or phrases that seems like they are out of this world

I love trying to do something fantastic with this head full of 4C curls.

I love a good album to spin on my record player.

I love a song I can bop to that makes my spirit enliven my dancer.

I love a blank canvas that I can draw on and then later fill with metallics.

I love a vocal exercise that gives my voice improvement

I love listening to Sarah Vaughan and her wide vocal range

I love it when I can write in a book and fill up an entire page

I love the night, the sleep, the sheets, the room that I sleep in

I love my family, my talents, the ability to use them and I smile with the biggest grin

I’m grateful for every limb, sense and leveling up opportunity I have been blessed with

I am thankful for all the times God saved me when I had been sick

And I can’t thank him enough for surrounding me with his love every day

I am not perfect and yet, in spite of it all, God loved me anyway

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If you are interested in writing prompts to help to ignite the writer in you a bit more, maybe you can try my writer's prompt book entitled, "Storming the Page: Soul Aerobics." Check it out here on  https://a.co/d/frXJrnd

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