Apis Mellifera

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[just-shower-thoughts]

Arguing with dumb people actually makes you smarter as you have to find simpler ways to explain yourself which expands your grasp on the subject

[reblogable-memes]

do you ever just cry because… like…. here is luna lovegood, social outcast, no friends, and throughout the course of the 5th/6th books she finds friends so loving and caring that she paints them on her ceiling….. she painted them….. i’m not crying you are

[taylorswift]

For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. 

Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years. 

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it. 

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever. 

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23. 

Sad and grossed out,

💔

Taylor

[thingsorganizedneatly]

Branding & design process by 1924us. Always be knolling.

[lbaldemor]

eto hirap satumblr eh, parang nasasayangan ako sa space. napaparami mga sinasabi. kaso crowded na masyado life ko sa twitter eh. gawa kaya ako new account? haha! more private account? just me and my favs there. yes?

[lbaldemor]

i am not so sure about myself right now! I am contemplating whether or not to vlog my ways about the habits that I would like to achieve, cause it would kind of push me do stuff kasi nga I’m vlogging it (and NO my vlog won’t be posted).

Also, I’m starting to get creative with my journals. I was journaling since grade school but I haven’t really gotten around being creative on my entries. I basically just scribble my thoughts and highlights of the day, you know, like I’m talking to someone.

And I am currently tracking the 1st 100 days of being an officially licensed dentist.  ~ and my long list of goals ~

--- i turned to tumblr for this thought kasi wala masyadong critics dito =))

[just-shower-thoughts]

I may be a terrible person but at least I say please and thank you and use my fucking blinker.

[just-shower-thoughts]

If today is “May the 4th be with you”, does that make tomorrow “Revenge of the 5th”?

[lbaldemor]

3 days with 900+1 questions

Magiging rehistradong dentista na kaya ako?

[lbaldemor]

Foot prints 👣 (at Looc, Romblon, Philippines)

[lbaldemor]

kung hindi titingala eh yuyuko. (at Manila Ocean Park)

[lbaldemor]

yung puso ko 😔

[lbaldemor]

🐸 🦎 🐢 (at Manila Ocean Park)

[lbaldemor]

drowning

I honestly haven't been posting my captures cos im losing my confidence over my point of view through my lenses and in life. And cos i take in to account what others will have to say about it too much.

[lbaldemor]

Cafe Latte 🍼 #fujifilm #xe2s #xikot (at Pier 15 South Harbor, Manila)

[lbaldemor]

I tried to coffee but it's too good for me ☕️ #fujifilm #xe2s #xikot (at Pier 15 South Harbor, Manila)

[lbaldemor]

feeling..k. #fujifilm #xe2s #xikot (at MACE Gastropub)