This week's Hometown Sound spotlight artist is Carolyn Rae of Milford. Carolyn's musical accomplishments span from singing in an acoustic duo to fronting her own band, Carolyn Rae and the Rumors.  Now Carolyn can add singer/songwriter to her repertoire as she introduces her brand new single Lesson.  In her own words...

As a local cover band singer, COVID-19 was really a shock to my system, I went from playing and practicing with my band weekly, to not playing at all, and that was a challenge. I had written myself off as a singer that couldn’t write originals. But lockdown really helped me learn that writing original music is a process, and I gained a love for it. And now it’s my 2021 goal to gain some more traction as an original songwriter.

A lot of my original music tends to be piano-driven ballads, I’m naturally drawn to them because I find them easier to connect to and write. I wanted a change and a challenge, and had a guitar line inspiration for an uplifting sort of song, and Lesson was born. The song is all about taking negative experiences and twisting your perspective to find the lessons within and learn from them.