Looking back: 2015 – The Year That Was…

A New Year is a Funny Thing. At the start we make plans, dreams, resolutions. But we never know what is in store.
Looking back on the year that has past can be just as bewildering. Who knew that would happen when 2015 began?
So in the spirit of celebrating the year that has past and looking forward to the new one, I have decided to celebrate the successes of 2015.

Our music came on leaps and bounds…

We became Award-Winning Artists

Back in May, our music was used in the short independent film The Gospel Of Jon and subsequently won the ‘Best Music’ accolade at The Attic Film Festival. As you can imagine, we were pretty happy about this!

We collaborated

And we were honoured that our track ‘Free’ was remixed by the awesome CEDM producer Levi Whalen.

Our first Kickstarter campaign

Yes. This happened in August. And we were overwhelmed by the kindness of friends & strangers, both near and far who got behind this project and allowed us to create…

…Our best album yet

Entitled ‘Echoes Of Wonder’. And if you haven’t heard it yet, you can stream it on Spotify or listen to the whole album here.

And were honoured by the positive comments and reviews that came from putting our music out there.

When you create music you invest a huge part of yourself and you make yourself extremely vulnerable. Working as independent musicians can also have its challenges and all of these things have been a great encouragement to us.

Travels

Aside from our music, travelling and exploring new places is something we love to do and last year, we were able to travel to some great new places including Austria, Helsinki and Barcelona (I should really get some of those photos up here) as well as exploring some more of what Sweden has to offer. We are also super excited about a big trip we have planned for April this year (more on that in the next post)…

Yoga

I am continuing in my yoga practice and am hugely enjoying what it offers me physically, emotionally and spiritually. More on this in 2016 too.

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All this reflection has left me thinking and wondering about what I want to achieve in 2016. I’m nearly there but I think I will ponder on this for another day or two and then I will put it out there. Dreams, plans, hopes… all of it. It will be here.

And Here are a few snaps from our 2015 trips to Austria and Barcelona:
(Photo Credits: Mostly (and usually) go to my husband Ben Tatlow but also to me now for the Barcelona ones (!) All photos © 2015 Anita and Benjamin Tatlow)