Volume
03
Jan
2019
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CAMERON MILLS
FEELING COUNTRY JIT TERS
Music is an escape. Whenever you’re in tune, when you’re creating and making music, and especially when you’re performing, it’s like a lucid dream. It’s like reality but… elevated. You’re in control, but you kind of lose yourself in it. It gets me giddy. It puts dinosaurs in my basket and butterflies in my stomach.
Music creation and writing lyrics really came first for me out of heartbreak. I loved a girl. We dated for eight years.
When we split, it flipped my world upside down. I poured myself into my passion for singing; I always felt it was the best medicine. Guitar didn’t come naturally to me, so I neglected it. I finally pressed into practicing that six string. I needed it. I began writing lyrics that took this negative emotion of mine and turned it into something I could control; something tangible, something beautiful, and something artistic. The music I made was something I owned. It was mine.
It made me feel like I once again had power over the way I felt in the midst of a difficult situation.
I was raised listening to artists like Marty Robbins, Travis Tritt, Styx, The Eagles, etc. I appreciate the musical base my family gave me. They got me started on the classics and inspired me to expand my music library. I’m continually venturing through genres to try and tasting as much as I can of the beautiful array of
Photos by: Justin McAfee
