JOHN GRISWELL  |

I truly hope the feelings that inspire me to write music, the feelings I share through my songs will touch you. If they do, however they do, I hope they take you to a place that opens your heart and connects you deeply to the experience of who you are and to who you are in the world around you.

 

I am a songwriter whose music comes from the pain, struggle, fears, broken hearts, hopes and dreams, and the joy of true love – experiences that while unique to me in my life, are, I’ve been told, universally relatable. I write songs. I sing. I hope to affect and connect with people - To share love, hurt, happiness, sadness, joy, agony, pain, suffering, winning, losing, living, dying.

 

Its amazing how music through melody and message can help us heal when we hurt, to connect to our sense of self, of balance, of hope. And sometimes the power of music can unite us in purpose beyond the uniquely personal. We have seen through history how music can be a uniting influence that can change the world.

 

I was first inspired to write “Beautiful Girl” by the incredible, beautiful women in my life who have overcome the messaging that persists in our culture telling them that in so many ways they are not good enough, that they don’t measure up because they don’t conform to an impossible airbrushed, photo-shopped standard of beauty.

 

I am inspired by the girls whose cultures relegate them to second class citizen status treating them as inferior and who, in spite of the overwhelming odds against them, prevail – and I am inspired by the millions of girls around the world who cannot. Young girls need to know they are beautiful – because they are, and we all, especially boys and men, need to recognize, respect and reinforce that message. “Beautiful Girl” is not a song just for girls – This song is for boys, for all of us. We all need to realize and appreciate the value and impact of confident girls becoming strong, capable and powerful women in society. The more we support and amplify this message, the greater the number of girls who will feel, who will know they are beautiful.

 

Please enjoy this free download of the demo of my new song “Beautiful Girl,” and let’s share the message with the world together.

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-John Griswell