Hiii everyone!
My sincerest apologies to you all for being so MIA. It’s been a busy month of touring, writing music and general life stuff. Life has felt particularly difficult because my PMDD was recently at an all time peak. It was so rough and I feel like only people who are aware of PMDD know the extent of just how shit it can be. But thankfully I saw an incredible doctor here in Sydney and he was very encouraging and open to me trying a couple of different things to treat it. Initially I went in with the intention of going on hormone replacement therapy. I confidently waltzed into his office and let him know I was ready. He then very politely let me know the risks. So, according to the doctor, HRT can go really well or be catastrophic. Since I’m not at home and feeling quite untethered already I took his words as a sign to change my course of action.
A week or so passed and my symptoms worsened, so I decided to do some more reddit digging. It seemed to be that SSRI's can be pretty useful in treating PMDD. I scheduled another visit to the same doctor and he was very encouraging. I got the script and was on my way. I was initially going to take it during luteal but I’ve heard it can be more effective if taken consistently. I’m now on day 5 of taking Lexapro and I am very happy to announce that there havent been any hairy moments! I feel like I should get through a whole month before singing its praises, but safe to say, so far so good. I dont know how many of you have started Lexapro before, but it’s a strange and interesting sensation. I feel kind of elated, but in control. I certainly dont feel like my normal self but in a good way. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.
In the midst of all the PMDD chaos I’ve been playing shows over here in Australia. They have been amazing! I played at the F1 which was so fun. My daughter danced to my entire set and after all these years of being a DJ I felt sassy enough to do multiple 3 deck mixes. It was fun. I played a sold out B4B with Tom (Big Ever), Jarred (DJ Plead) and Ben Fester over at Oltra in Sydney. We played for about 7.5 hours and my feet were in agony by the end of the night. It was such a special vibe. The crowd started small in the afternoon, it was mostly people with young kids and felt very wholesome. As the night went on it got busier and busier and all the families went home. Despite it being a bumping party, everyone was so respectful. It was such a nice, light and fun vibe. I think I want to make this an annual event. I also played Ability Fest last weekend, a really amazing, very inclusive festival put on by Dylan Alcott. I actually played that one on the night of mine and Toms 9th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe we’ve been married for nearly a decade. I guess it’s even harder to believe that we’ve been together for nearly 15 years, wow. I feel lucky to say he’s still one of my favourite people on earth and still gives me butterflies.
Tom and I have been writing the next Logic album and we are feeling so excited about how it’s sounding. It’s in the final stages, we just need to finish the mix down and put in some final vocal details to some of the songs. I get a little obsessive about mix downs so I’m excited to give it a proper listen. Also we need to sequence it, which I usually struggle with. I feel like there are some general rules artists adhere to when sequencing but I am allergic to rules so it should be an interesting exercise. I feel so nervous about this album for some reason. I think because I love it so much? I have never loved any of our work as much as this, despite being so proud and in love with everything we’ve created so far. I was saying earlier that Tom gives me butterflies - so does this album! I have so many ideas and plans for it and I’m feeling incredibly inspired to get stuck into the creative for it. My mood board is very “me” circa age 21. It’s been such a fun thing to create this and I am so satisfied already.
I have also spent the last month hosting mentoring sessions with a group of amazing artists. I would leave each zoom call feeling on top of the world. It was such a safe and inspiring 1.5 hours each week. Originally I had a strict idea of how each session would be structured but it felt so natural to just go with the flow of the group. Each member held so much wisdom that I learned and gained so much from them. I was so sad to say goodbye but I hope we will see each other again. If you or anyone you know is an artist who is interested in joining my next cohort then please do get in touch over at djlogic1000@gmail.com I need more of that kind of energy in my life.
In terms of my substack, I’m not sure how many of you saw, but I want to make majority of my posts available to everyone. However I think it is important to give my paid subs something extra so I will be doing some voice notes, talking to camera videos and of course some early access bits. I’m trying to think of some more extra bits that you would find interesting, but also I’m open to suggestions.
Thank you so much to all of you for your patience. I hope you have the most wonderful week.
Love Logic x
