Growing up is messy.
Soul-searching is messier.
Especially when you’re not sure who you really are beneath all the noise. But here’s the secret – those songs you keep coming back to aren’t just nostalgia. They’re your autobiography, written in bass lines and choruses.
This is a space for exploring the connection between music and identity, alongside insights from research, culture, and real-life experiences that resonate beyond the playlist.
Ready to explore? Dive into the latest posts or check out my Songlog Stories.
Songlog stories
These Songlog stories are my vault for keeping memories alive. Music does something magic – it doesn’t just replay the moment, it dumps all the feelings back on you like an old letter you forgot you hid in that shoe box. And those feelings? They help me remember who I was, who I am, and where I’m going. Come explore the vault.
Inside the Blog
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Lose Find yourself in the music.
A beat about me
I’m Magda – a music junkie and story chaser. This blog is my music journal, where I use songs and memories to remember who I am and navigate the messy work of change, growth, and self-rediscovery. I also share insights I’m learning from other people, books, research, and life’s tangles that help me live, not just go through the motions.
Want the full story? See how Songlog came to be.
My Currents
READS
Ecstasy
by Robert A. Johnson
Favorite Song Journeys
by Dr. Guy V. Briggs
The Life Impossible: A Novel
by Matt Haig
TUNES
Kunitamale
by Aero Manyelo ft. Thee Suka
Little Thing (Live at Luther College)
by Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Dancing in Love
by Alan Walker ft. MEEK
FOODS
Crepes, forever!
That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.
Dave Grohl | Twenty years after In Utero, Nirvana’s importance hasn’t diminished | The Guardian (8/31/2013)