My musical journey so far!

 

Today, I like to give you some insight into my musical journey as an indie lyricist to this date. It is such an incredible feeling to see how a song can reach so many people from around the globe.

To this date, we have listeners in 64 countries. Here is a list of all places starting from the highest number to the lowest listeners. A massive thank you to every single music lover and humanity supporter from: 

USA, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, South Africa, Mexico, Norway, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Serbia, Czech Republic, Chile, Brazil, Greece, Argentina, Latvia, Turkey, Poland, Sweden, Albania, Egypt, Austria, Cyprus, Taiwan, Malaysia, Portugal, Ireland, East land, Malta, Finland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Arabic Emirate, Cambodia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippine, Paraguay, Qatar, Israel, India, Belgium, Bolivia, Slovakia, Kenya, Cameroon, Thailand, Denmark, Morocco, Mozambique, Panama, Peru

Considering the fact that Spotify releases 60,000 new song titles DAILY, it is a joy to see that since February 2022 when I released “80 Million People!” to now with my latest release“ My Mission” my tracks have made it to 115 Spotify Playlists. No Bots, no fake streams. Honest numbers!

Being able to spread my message, for humanity, thanks to my incredibly talented feat. Artist Thir13een with his God-given beautiful voice, the miracle of music, and the power of lyrics makes me extremely happy and grateful.

Let me give you some insight about my collaboration with my amazingly multi-talented artist, Thir13een. 13 is my lucky number! Not only because my singer's artist name is THIR13EEN (because Warren Young got his first record deal at the age of 13), but because my birthdate in my country is on the 13^th and my birth year starts with the number 13 as well.

I use the number 4 in “Lily4Refugees” and “Lily4Humanity” because my birthdate in our calendar here is on the 4^th.

To this date, we have produced 10 songs together. 8 of them are available on all streaming platforms. On November 13^th, I will release my song MY VISION, a beautiful soulful, and awareness song for two incredible charities.

And on January 13^th, 2024 I will release PING PONG & PUZZLE, a liberating pop song about letting go of people and the past.

Thank you to every single person who is listening to our tracks and supporting MY MISSION!

My Mission on the radio!

As you know from my previous posts, I'm not a fan of music promoters in general. Ever since I joined the journey as a lyricist I have mainly had negative experiences. All these promoters do is sell fake services with BOTS. We are faced with lies and cheats daily in life by the media and people around us, I don't need to deal with this BS in the virtual world as well. 

As you probably know making money with music is no longer as easy as it used to be because of all the changes in the industry. Streaming has changed everything. Even the BIG ARTISTS have to go on tour to make money with concert tickets and merchandise. Living only from streaming is not paying the bills. So the harsh reality is that indie artists are not putting all their love, passion, time, and energy into music production for cash but because of their love for music, the messages that they want to spread, and the legacy that they wish to leave behind. Therefore we are looking for REAL listeners. Fake numbers are not what we need. 

So the the other day, I discovered a music promoter who looked very professional and promising. And I thought hey why not give it a try and book his radio promotion service for Christian/Gospel and NY Radio stations. I saw that he sends screenshots of the work he's doing, so I assumed that he would deliver a perfect and professional service. 

He was supposed to send my latest track MY MISSION to around 300 radio stations in the USA. When I received his mailing list (screenshots) I made my own list, which was of course time-consuming but I had to make sure that these contacts were real. But as already guessed the list was incomplete and more than 1/3 of the emails came back. Also when you see Yahoo and Hotmail email addresses, you can already guess that these are not serious contact persons from radio stations! 

I rejected the delivery and explained why and the promoter canceled my order right away because he realized that I may be a kind person but I'm not stupid. Kindness doesn't necessarily mean that you are stupid!

My takeaway from this experience: DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO TOY WITH YOU LIKE YOYO & CHESS. As an indie writer and artist, I receive daily DM from promoters and marketing specialists but by now I know that you can't trust these people. Most of them are only offering corrupt services! 

Why do I share this experience with you, I'm in shock at how many artists actually fall for this nonsense and those who write 5-star reviews for corrupt services are foolish and naive not to check the screenshots before they review the delivered work. Be aware and protect yourself from scam services! 

My Mission - Who Do You Think You Are?

I don't know why, but we only recently discovered the Bafta award-winning BBC show "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?", which takes viewers on personal journeys into the pasts of popular celebrities from politics to movies and music.

The long-running series uses genealogy to unlock the major themes in history including the Industrial Revolution, Immigration, the First and Second World Wars, the abolition of slavery, and the Holocaust.

In each episode they reveal the "real person" behind the celebrity, as they come to understand who they truly are, the lives their ancestors lived, and their identity. Each episode reveals the surprising, extraordinary, and often moving stories of our ancestors, which is likely to inspire others to trace their family trees.

Even if you don't know the celebrity, each episode is worth watching because you learn so much about the past and the inhumanity in our society over centuries! You should subscribe to the channel and watch as many episodes as possible. Trust me it is better than any movie or TV series. It is the reality and why we are who we are today and why we are where we are today.

Here are just two examples. Traveling back in time and history is eye-opening and makes us appreciate today even more. You can also follow them on Twitter!

My Mission - The Legacy of Inhumanity!

As I mentioned in my previous post about the incredibly talented street artist from Singapore, we recently watched a documentary series titled "WORLD CITIES SECRETS". This docu was a reminder of the inhumanity in our society and world history. Cities like Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore are portrayed in this docu-series. Oh my God, the history of the city of love Paris was everything but loveable. The history of our favorite city London was dark and shocking. 

It is unbelievable how hard-working humans have made the cities what they are today but NO ONE is mentioning them. No one knows their identity. But awful and evil people who destroyed Europe in world war I and world war II, are household names and we know everything about their failure in humanity. We still talk about their legacy of inhumanity to this date. 

I wish the world would talk more about the incredible humans who have created something for humanity instead of destroying humanity. If you speak German, I highly recommend you watch the docu-series. 

My Mission - Song Lyrics (German)

Meine Mission, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een

Bin schweren Herzens aufgewacht

Uh...hatte einen unglaublichen Traum

Du wirst nie erraten, wen ich getroffen habe

Da war er der mächtige Gott

begrüßte mich am Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts

Fragte mich aus über die Menschlichkeit in der heutigen Gesellschaft

Ich war ehrlich und sagte

Gott, ich schaue zurück auf die Geschichte

Sehe das Vermächtnis der Unmenschlichkeit über Jahrhunderte hinweg

und frage mich, wie werden wir uns jemals davon erholen können

von so viel Leid und Schmerz

Es ist wirklich eine menschliche Schande

Was ist mit der Gesellschaft passiert?

Wann haben wir unsere Moral verloren?

Unmenschlichkeit ist mittlerweile zur Normalität geworden?

Übernimmt jemand die Verantwortung?

Was ist mit der Gesellschaft passiert?

Wann haben wir unsere Moral verloren?

Unmenschlichkeit ist mittlerweile zur Normalität geworden?

Übernimmt jemand die Verantwortung?

Die Menschen sprechen die Sprache der 

Mitgefühl und Freundlichkeit nicht mehr

Ehrlichkeit und Integrität bedeuten nichts mehr wie zuvor

Gestörte Beziehungen ohne Liebe und Loyalität

Wie kann ich jemals Unmenschlichkeit beheben?

Ohne Moral in unserer Gesellschaft?

Ich bin erschöpft und müde, Gott, ich brauche Urlaub

Aber wohin ich auch gehe, ich sehe die gleiche schreckliche Situation

Den Menschen ist die Menschlichkeit egal

Das Vermächtnis der Unmenschlichkeit sollte aber nicht ignoriert werden

Was ist mit der Gesellschaft passiert?

Wann haben wir unsere Moral verloren?

Unmenschlichkeit ist mittlerweile zur Normalität geworden?

Übernimmt jemand die Verantwortung?

Was ist mit der Gesellschaft passiert?

Wann haben wir unsere Moral verloren?

Unmenschlichkeit ist mittlerweile zur Normalität geworden?

Übernimmt jemand die Verantwortung?

Gott antwortete

Sohn, wenn Du kein Vermächtnis der Unmenschlichkeit hinterlassen möchtest

Nutze die Farben der Kreativität

Nimm Dir die Freiheit, rechtswidrige Moral zu verändern

Hör auf, Dich zu beschweren und andere zu beschuldigen

Erschaffe Raum für Positivität

DU kannst die Realität verändern

Lösche Deine Negativität und feiere die Menschlichkeit

Ich war ehrlich und sagte

Wie kann EINE Person allein

diese geschmacklose Realität verändern? 

Diese schreckliche Gesellschaft?

Gott lachte und sagte: 

Sohn, ich habe Dir das Leben gegeben

Ich habe Dir ein Geschenk gemacht

das Geschenk, eine Stimme zu sein

DIE Stimme für die Stimmlosen

Vertraue jetzt meiner Entscheidung

denn ich habe eine Vision

Nun geh los und beginn Deine Mission!

GEH!

My Mission - Song Lyrics & Video

Yeah! Today is release day. So excited to finally share this beautiful song with you. Hopefully, it will inspire you. Here is the song lyrics and the video on YouTube. Thank you for listening, liking and sharing. 

My Mission, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een

I woke up with a heavy heart

Uh…had an incredible dream

You’ll never guess who I met

There he was the mighty God

welcoming me on judgment day

wondering about humanity in today’s society

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I was honest and said

God, I look back at history

see the legacy of inhumanity over centuries

I wonder how are we ever gone recover

from so much suffering and pain

It’s truly a human shame

Whatever happened to society?

When did we lose our morality?

Inhumanity has now become normality?

Does anyone taking responsibility?

Whatever happened to society?

When did we lose our morality?

Inhumanity has now become normality?

Does anyone taking responsibility?

Humans don’t speak the language

of compassion and kindness anymore

Honesty and integrity mean nothing like they did before

Dysfunctional relationships with no love and loyalty

How can I ever fix inhumanity

with no morality in our society?

I’m sick and tired, God I need a vacation

Wherever I go, I see the same awful situation

Humans don’t care about humanity anymore

The legacy of inhumanity shouldn’t be ignored

Whatever happened to society?

When did we lose our morality?

Inhumanity has now become normality?

Does anyone taking responsibility?

 

Whatever happened to society?

When did we lose our morality?

Inhumanity has now become normality?

Does anyone taking responsibility?

God answered

Son, if you don’t wane leave a legacy of inhumanity

use the colors of creativity

take the liberty to change unlawful morality

stop complaining and blaming

make space for positivity

YOU can change the reality

erase your negativity and celebrate humanity

I was honest and said

How can ONE person alone

change this tasteless reality? This awful society?

Then God laughed and said, Son, I gave you life

I gave you a gift, the gift to be a voice

THE voice for the voiceless

Now trust my decision, cause I have a vision

Now go on and start your mission!

GO!

 

An afternoon at the Swiss Art Expo 2023

This weekend my mum and I visited the Swiss Art Expo 2023 located at Zurich Main Station. It was such a lovely and joyful atmosphere seeing so much creativity and colors in all kinds of shapes and sizes and meeting talented international artists. We had the pleasure of speaking to three amazingly gifted artists with different art styles and life stories.

Sima & Lily Amis with German Artist Martin Schrempps

The first artist that I like to introduce is the German photographer and artist from Schwarzwald. Martin Schrempps fascinated us with his creativity and originality. 

He combines his passion for photography with art like no one else. Martin takes thousands of street art pictures in different cities such as Paris, Barcelona, London, Lisbon, Berlin, Zurich, Dresden, and Hamburg and creates one-piece masterworks. 

Street Photography Paris

Every artwork is unique and represents his kind and fun personality. It was a  pleasure to speak to him and to hear how he works and how much time he invests in every single artwork. 

He explained that most of the time goes into choosing the right motives and working on the lighting on the computer before printing them on a special archive printer. The process of gluing them together is less stressful than the preparation process.

If you like street art and photography you should definitely follow him on his great Instagram page. We wish Martin all the best and we look forward to following his creative journey @martinschrempp

Visit his official website: www.martin-schrempp.de

The second artist that we spoke to was the wonderful Drey Sorenson. We were captured by the beauty of her artwork THE PRINCESS OF NUBIA, THE DREAMER. An acrylic paint with gold leaves (24 carats) and Swarovski crystals. 

Drey's artwork is as colorful and positive as her sweet personality and interesting life story. She has worked and lived in many different cities like Paris, London and Barcelona. Today she lives with her Danish husband and her three teenage kids in Neuchatel Switzerland.

THE PRINCESS OF NUBIA by Drey Sorenson

Drey has accomplished a lot in the last five years ever since she started her artistic journey. Thanks to her supportive cousin who insisted that she must share her artwork with the world she has found the courage to do this professionally and spread love with her artwork. She has even won art contests and her artwork was on the cover of magazines. 

Let me quote her cousin. “It is selfish of you to keep your art for yourself and not share it with the world.” That’s so beautifully said. As I always say we all are gifted and it is our duty to find our mission in life and leave a legacy with the colors of creativity for humanity.

Drey told me that when she sees how people are touched emotionally by her colourful artwork it makes her happy and gives her the motivation to continue her artistic journey. We wish Drey and her family all the best and we look forward to following her creative journey @dreysorenson

Visit her official Website: www.dreysorensen.com

Visit her shop SPREAD LOVE BY DREY: www.spreadlovebydrey.com

Lily Amis with Swiss Artist Fabienne

The third artist that we had the pleasure to talk to is the 25-year-old Swiss artist Fabienne from Zurich. She has worked with different styles and techniques but what fascinates her most is drawing with charcoal. I’m still speechless when I think about the three masterpieces that she was showing at the Swiss Expo. Even when you look at them closely they look like pictures. You cannot believe how much work she puts into creating her black-and-white artworks. Absolutely stunning and breathtaking.

As an artist myself who pays attention to detail, I have so much respect for this young and passionate girl. Her understanding of using art for humanity and making a statement makes me hopeful about today’s generation. Fabienne has found her mission and I have no doubt that she will be extremely successful with her art and messages for humanity.

She also makes custom artwork. So if you like her style don’t hesitate to contact her and make yourself or someone special to you a beautiful and thoughtful gift. We wish her all the best and we look forward to following her creative journey @fab_ulous_art

Visit her official website: www.fabulous-art.ch

OUR HONEST REVIEW OF THIS EVENT: 

We give 5 out of 5 stars!

 

STAY TUNED FOR MY NEW SONG 

"MY MISSION, LILY AMIS FEAT. THIR13EEN". 

A BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING SOULFUL SONG

 ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY 4 HUMANITY WITH THE COLORS OF CREATIVITY!

 

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN THE LILY4HUMANITY CREATIVITY CONTEST!

An afternoon at the Art house in Zurich!

Two weeks ago we visited the Art House (Kunsthaus) in the heart of Zurich with not much expectation after our recent visits to the Opera House and the Chocolate Museum. I didn’t have many memories from my school visits to the art house. All I remembered was that I was neither impressed nor inspired. But hey, when we get older we see things differently, so I thought why not give it a go after more than two decades.

The museum opened in 1910 and the new building opposite it which is connected through a beautiful underground tunnel opened in 2020.

The museum's collection includes major works by artists including Claude Monet (several works including an enormous water lily painting), Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Jacques Lipchitz, and many talented Swiss artists.

The collections are not only divided into different rooms but also in different wall colors, so you don't get lost. It is actually very pretty and cozy. And you can sit in every room and just enjoy the artwork and do some time traveling. 

After going to museums like The Louvre in Paris, The British Museum and The Victoria & Albert Museum in London the Art Museum in Vienna and plenty of museums in Italian major cities like Florence and Rome, we obviously had very high expectations. But to my surprise, we actually enjoyed the afternoon. 

We liked the painting collections in the old building much more than in the modern building. All in all, it was a lovely afternoon. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. Also, the best thing about this museum is that you can visit it for FREE on Wednesdays. Also, you are allowed to take pictures, which is really great. 

So we highly recommend a visit to this historical place, which by the way according to one of the staff members is haunted! They experience strange things at night in the old building! :-)

OUR HONEST REVIEW: We give 4 out of 5 stars!

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN THE LILY4HUMANITY CREATIVITY CONTEST!

Lily4Humanity Spotlight - Ruben Zarculea

With the Lily4Humanity creativity contest, I'm giving artists the chance to shine and use their talent and become the voice for the voiceless as well. 

In my new blog series until my next song release MY MISSION, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een, I will celebrate incredible artists that I have discovered on Instagram. I'm pretty sure that these unusual humans will inspire everyone to be creative and productive as well. Everyone can leave a legacy 4 humanity with the colours of creativity. 

Today, in my fifth blog series Lily4Humanity - Spotlight I'm introducing you to an incredibly talented Artist Ruben Zarculea. His techniques which you can watch in his IG Reels are unusual and fascinating. His paintings and drawings show beautiful people and models. The artist struggled with depression for 11 years until he started with art in 2021. For more than a year now he has been free of depression, doing what he loves, and living a healthy and balanced lifestyle. He is painting art that expresses his former lifestyle and gives hope and faith to a now extremely mentally broken world.

Follow him on Instagram and join his creative journey. He also has a channel in which he takes us behind the scenes and making off his masterpieces. 

STAY TUNED FOR MY NEW SONG "MY MISSION, LILY AMIS FEAT. THIR13EEN". A BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING SONG ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY WITH CREATIVITY! 

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN THE LILY4HUMANITY CREATIVITY CONTEST!

Lily4Humanity Spotlight - American Artist Nikkey Creative

With the Lily4Humanity creativity contest, Im giving artists the chance to shine and use their talent and become the voice for the voiceless as well. 

In my new blog series until my next song release MY MISSION, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een, I will celebrate incredible artists that I have discovered on Instagram. I'm pretty sure that these unusual humans will inspire everyone to be creative and productive as well. Everyone can leave a legacy for humanity with the colors of creativity. With the Lily4Humanity creativity contest, Im giving artists the chance to shine and use their talent and become the voice for the voiceless as well. 

In my new blog series until my next song release MY MISSION, Lily Amis feat. Thir13een, I will celebrate incredible artists that I have discovered on Instagram. I'm pretty sure that these unusual humans will inspire everyone to be creative and productive as well. Everyone can leave a legacy for humanity with the colors of creativity. 

Today, in my fourth blog series Lily4Humanity - Spotlight I'm introducing you to the talented American Mixed Media Artist Nikkey. Her artwork is very colorful, which I love. Follow her on Instagram to find out more about her journey. 

STAY TUNED FOR MY NEW SONG "MY MISSION, LILY AMIS FEAT. THIR13EEN". A BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING SONG ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY WITH CREATIVITY!

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN THE LILY4HUMANITY CREATIVITY CONTEST!