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Electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling’s emotional roller coaster of a year included the death of her best friend and keyboardist and learning that her father had cancer.
Stirling tried keeping busy with work instead of dealing with her feelings head-on. And as she began composing new songs, things weren’t coming together.
“At first I was writing the most depressing stuff. … It just wasn’t very great music ... and it didn’t have a lot of depth to it,” Stirling said. “I kind of realized I have to process these emotions myself before I can write about them.”