Journal
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A Little Sketchy
By Joy Lynn Clark July 8, 2024 During the period after college graduation and in between contracts, I decided to apply to school for production. I was eventually accepted but in the meantime I was back up north looking for an apartment. At night I was still doing promo when I was introduced to a really cool lady with locks at my favorite reggae spot. It was a little hole in the wall with cheap drinks. She and I took to each other quickly. I handed her a CD and some promo stuff. The very next week I am taking my usual stroll near the beach. On the other hand,…
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Burn Out
By Joy Lynn Clark June 15, 2024 Before I became a mother and back home with my little one, I was experiencing, “burn out“. All of the club nights, parties, and shows had me exhausted. I would record in the morning and sleep a few hours if I’m lucky. I would always catch a nap in the car or on the way to events and during any wait in any waiting room. My schedule consisted of recording early in the morning, shopping for the evening’s outfit and/or, “store drop“, which was visiting different retailers with promotional items. Next dinner, change clothes, runway show, club gig till the morning and, then…
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Stupid 9/20 Update
By Joy Lynn Clark 6/15/2023 I’ve been working on this one for the past couple of weeks. I thought about calling this song, “Users” but I don’t like to be used. 6/25/23- I Almost forgot to mention, that I recorded this in my apartment. My home studio receives signals from a nearby airport, the bus stop, and a police station. The signal interference is massive however, all of the voices in the song are in fact mine. Those frequencies affect my DAW (Digital audio workstation). I also was super self-conscious about my hair so I decided on this look with my natural color. As far as the song, I shortened…
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Dating This Guy is Not Working
March 27, 2023 By Joy Lynn Clark I have been online dating since it was invented. In my last post, (dating in the digital age) I’ve posted lots of tips for the online dating scene. Recently, I decided to try online dating again since I have been depressingly single. I meant another guy and he was cool. OK here comes the McMillan-esque getting-your-groove-back-part, he was younger. Not in age, I don’t think, but in lifestyle. I didn’t mind that he didn’t have a car or his own place. This guy has a full-time job so there’s plenty of money left to take me on dates (even with student loans ).…
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Safer Sex
By Joy Lynn Clark 1/26/2023 I came up during the, “safe sex” era. “Wear a condom” and, “stop the spread of HIV/AIDS”. Unprotected sex freaks me out. I am a single mother and I have been burnt before. Ever since, I have vowed to never go through that kind of stress again. The times that I did go raw dog and it didn’t work out, I worried all year long as I returned to the clinic for my pregnancy test and then HIV test. Then six to eight months later I return for another HIV test just to be sure. I got lucky this time. Sex is safer now then it ever has been. However, condoms cannot stop…
