Hi besties ✨ and welcome to "The Middle Bit", the part of my channel where I'll be documenting my journey with music. This first episode is all about the journey that led me to finally taking the leap and committing to my dream and the work required for success. You'll see that the journey to this decision hasn't been linear and often filled with doubt until you decide on a random day that enough is enough!
What can you expect to see in this series?
There will be weekly (ish) videos that could be sit down or vlogs where i'll bring you behind the scenes of a normal person with a dream working hard to give herself the means to succeed. Expect to see some BTS of me filming covers, vlogs where I'm learning how to write songs, music theory and ear training and some sit down videos to share how I'm feeling during this process or give you guys tips that you may want to follow on your own journey.
Why am I doing this?
To answer this question, let me take you on a journey (if you'll let me of course!).
Last summer, I struggled a lot with my mood. I felt very low, on edge and not connected to myself for days on end which is not like me at all. I tried all my techniques and nothing made me feel better until my father asked me what my dreams were. I told him some generic answer and he asked: "what about music? Why is that not in your dreams?". And there it was. I finally figured it out. How was I so sure I finally understood what had been happening over summer? The uncontrollable tears and sobs gave it away. To shorten the story, I finally realised that I was on a sure road to putting my dream on the back burner and letting it burn there. That's when I finally decided: "enough is enough, something has to change and I am the only one that can change it".
Following this, I started to post weekly on this channel as a first step to showing up for my dream :)
Now, fast forward to my most recent exam season, I had a realisation-I’ve already accomplished some incredible things in my life: ranking top of my class for multiple years in a row, getting into medical school abroad and moving across the world alone at 18 during a pandemic. But beyond these achievements, I noticed something even more important: every single one of these success had the exact same ingredients.
1. relentless hard work with a clear vision
2. a deep almost unwavering self-belief that I could do it
2. a good community around me
4. some luck
So then came the question: if I have so much evidence that this works, why wouldn't this work on your biggest dream yet? Why wouldn't I be able to apply this to music?...
I couldn't (and still can't) find a good enough answer. So, it's now time to apply what I know to what I want to achieve next and I'm bringing you along with me for the ride.
Welcome to my world, I hope you'll enjoy it here.
Orlane ❤️
📹 PREVIOUS COVERS
All covers are on my channel: www.youtube.com/@thisisorlane
FALLIN' by Alicia Keys (cover) // Orlane th-cam.com/video/7oXGkD6pejs/w-d-xo.html
She used to be mine (cover) - Sara Bareilles // Waitress th-cam.com/video/SFQ9aNENX7Y/w-d-xo.html
Que sera, sera (cover) - th-cam.com/video/WA7jOUQPzso/w-d-xo.html
Imagine by John Lennon (cover) // Orlane: th-cam.com/video/Dko8gAy0s1U/w-d-xo.html
A QUOI TU PENSES cover - Louane (english subtitles) // a song about heartbreak th-cam.com/video/X9Epyf1CLX4/w-d-xo.html
👋🏽 COME SAY HI
Please feel free to contact me through DMs if you have any questions or if you want precisions regarding the content of the video
📱 Instagram: @thisisorlane for singing and @differentlymoi for self-development account where we heal and grow together
TikTok (singing): @thisisorlane
Differently Moi TH-cam channel: th-cam.com/channels/Gb5.html...
Podcast: differentlymoi.buzzsprout.com...
💌 My Substack: www.getrevue.co/profile/astudiousjourney
📧 Business email: itsorlaneenalro@gmail.com
⏰ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Who am I?
01:21 (like most of us, I have a dream (& it's scary)
02:49 What are we doing on "The Middle Bit"?
04:07 For the first time 5 years, I'm doing something selfish
06:24 What changed for me to believe in myself?
11:01 I'm excited to go on this journey with you
12:28 What will the next episode be?
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