# Sad & Beautiful By [rrfxb](https://paragraph.com/@rrfxb) · 2023-05-13 --- hi I'm Lindsey :) I'm a multimedia creatrix, the bassist of indie rock band [Surfer Blood](https://www.youtube.com/@surferblood) & a Florida swamp witch wandering web3. I grew up in West Palm Beach, FL (where I still live today) in a household of musicians with a recording studio instead of a garage. I started my own label to release my first album of original songs in 2006 at age 16. Coming up in the era of file-sharing, Livejournal & Myspace, the DIY punk ethos resonated with me & to this day I keep it at the center of my creative process. I write, record & arrange my own music. I have self-released [more than 50 songs](https://lindseymills.bandcamp.com/). I design & fabricate my own album artwork, merch & promo media. I book my own shows, curate multifaceted events with other artists, DJ, [perform for young children](https://millymarzipan.bandcamp.com/album/milly-marzipan-a-glitterific-space-cadet-from-the-planet-harmonia) & even read tarot cards. Starting in 2015, I had the privilege of touring the world with Surfer Blood. Then when the pandemic hit & I lost all my income overnight, I began looking for more sustainable ways to exist as an artist. I didn’t want to be beholden to the content-consumption machine anymore. I was burnt out from constant touring & the pressure to create new work in order to justify touring in the first place. I wanted to keep making art\\~ but I wanted to do it in community with people who actually care about each other as human beings. I decided to redesign my music career with a mind for sustainable growth & real connection. I fell into NFTs in December 2021 & I'm now fully [blockchain pilled](https://www.fwb.help/editorial/after-crypto-yancey-strickler-metalabel). I love experimenting with new ways to share my art, new means of supporting myself, new paths to connection. Some of my big dreams are to: * onboard more women & nonbinary folks to web3, * empower them to release their own work as part of the Salt Witch [metalabel](https://www.metalabel.xyz/), * utilize a Salt Witch DAO treasury to acquire land in central Florida where sugarcane production has seriously damaged the environment * & alongside this family of creatives, help restore the ecosystem, build tiny homes, grow food & make art. \\~ Whew, ok now that you kinda know who I am, dear anon, on to today’s juicy announcement!!! My goal for 2023 is to release one new song a month… & I will have the distinct pleasure of creating digital first pressings of many of these demos on [Catalog](https://beta.catalog.works/)!! I stan for their proposition that **music is valuable all by itself** & I’m honored [Crittie](https://www.sound.xyz/user/crittie.eth) (one of my first web3-native friends <3) chose me to become a part of the Catalog fam. Through the sale of these 1-of-1 collectibles, I hope to raise enough funds to hire my dream band & turn these songs into a full-length studio album in 2024! The first song from this new project is called [𝖘𝖆𝖉 & 𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑](https://beta.catalog.works/lindseymills). It’s about the naive arrogance of Orpheus. I really love Brazilian music & drew a lot of inspiration from the movie \*[Black Orpheus](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053146/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)\*\\~ one of my top 5 of all time, I highly recommend!! Soundtrack by the sublime Jobim. Please enjoy. --- *Originally published on [rrfxb](https://paragraph.com/@rrfxb/sad-beautiful)*