Songwriting for Recovery from Domestic Abuse album

Aim

The aim is to empower domestic abuse survivors who co-created & recorded the songs with their stories, connect with others in similar needs.

• In May 2022, we released a song written during Sounds Like Women last year workshops called 'Songwriting for Recovery'. It's a track based on a real story of domestic abuse survivor Tracy Graham, called 'Better Without You'. She also performed it and co-wrote the song, supported by the founder of Sounds Like Women Luiza Moir. This whole process was very empowering, built her confidence, self-esteem, brought her voice back (literally) and liberated her from the experience of abuse. It naturally resonated  with those who going through similar issues, connected with them brought understanding, feeling of togetherness and the accessible for everyone solution in music. Singing and songwriting for supporting recovery process, it is one of our ways to create self-empowering path for recovery from traumatic experience like an abusive relationship.  

The song's video link:  'Better Without You' video' 

This track is one of 5 songs we have created during our last year free therapeutic music workshops with 5 different, brave ladies, domestic abuse survivors. To enable them going through the full process, to be able to reach the bigger public, make a strong impact, and to empower the most vulnerable we need to release all these 5 songs in the EP2 called 'Without Violence & of all Colours'. 

What Survivors says: Mandy Survivor talks after the workshop and

Lisa Survivor talks after the workshop

Just to remind you that In 2019, we have released EP1 'Without Violence & of all Colours' with 5 songs inspired by real stories of domestic abuse victims, performed by international female artists who gave their beautiful voices to those who couldn't talk or didn’t have an opportunity to speak. 

Click to hear the songs:  Clip of the 5 songs from EP1 'Without Violence & of all Colours'.  

On the EP2, survivors not only bring their stories but also co-writes the songs and perform them, to effectively work through their own process of recovery in the safe space of music. It will strongly resonate and connect with those who might need help, support and empowerment, going through similar issues.

Now, we need your support. The album was facilitated, arranged, recorded and produced completely for free by Luiza Moir, the founder of SLW, songwriter, music producer and music therapist. However, to finish it and to release it will additionally cost about £1450, including sound engineer (mix), instrumentalists fee, making hard copy of the album (CD), graphic designer, a video production, and some promotion. 

Please donate to this brilliant cause and enable us to go to the public with these stories that need to be heard and understood, to connect with others who need our help, make other people stop, think and care. 

This way, you will support and change many people’s lives. We all have got the gift of kindness, please, do share it with the world, making a huge difference.

THANK YOU! Every penny counts!

This project successfully funded on 4th October 2022