who is sandra spirou?
i'm a singer, songwriter and producer based in germany.
i'm all about experimenting and searching.
loving music from a young age, it quickly became my best friend and kept me company through good and bad times.
i loved listening to it. i loved dancing. i loved singing.
i played the keyboard whenever i was in a bad mood and couldn't be around people.
i listened to dance music when i went to bed and fell asleep imagining myself performing all kinds of choreographies. through all these years growing up, music was always a my quiet but steady companion. but i didn't dare to try and actually build a career from it.
then, on a random summer night a few years ago, going through a hard time with physical and mental health issues, i sat in my bed, fighting insomnia and thinking to myself "hey, you've had that urge to be more creative for a while now. why don't you just try to write a song?". so i did. i grabbed my phone at 3 am, collected my thoughts and feelings, typed some lyrics into my notes app, recorded a simple melody into a piano app on my phone - and that was the moment "Treadmill", my first song was born.
it was also the moment i realized i wanted to do this for the rest of my life.
i got started on learning music production and writing more lyrics right away.
unfortunately my mental and physical health really hit me right after and my process of becoming an artist was pretty much a rollercoaster of not doing music for weeks or months, then starting again, then stopping again.
but alas, now, here I am. with a collection of lyrics about all that i felt, thought and experienced over the years and a heart full of both fear and hope.
I have no idea where this will lead me. but i know one thing: i won't stop as long as it feels right. and damn does it feel right!!
why music?
music has always been a part of my life. it always managed to make me feel better when i was in a bad mood and balance me out. and although i am famous in my family for starting new things rather than completing anything, music never fully left me. no matter how often i tried to cut it out of my life for one reason or the other, it always sneaked back into it eventually. and i’m super grateful for that.
beyond my personal relationship with music, i also love how it really is a universal language. it can connect people, make them feel understood or less lonely and share love, comfort, inspiration and understanding.
i would love to provide a safe space with my music. make people feel something.
and what that something will look like can be entirely up to the individual listener. that is also something that truly fascinates me about music and art in general. how it can become a mirror showing a completely different picture for everyone.
while i have my own inspirations for the songs that i write - be that my own feelings and experiences or something i saw online, in a book, movie or anywhere else - i love that people can interpret them through their own life experiences. that versatility makes art so special to me.
about my artistry
as an artist i really want to explore. different moods, different sounds. i really love just trying out different things, choosing whatever feels right for me and is fun. part of that might just be my ADHD but in my production process that is often how i find and create the best sounds. trying out a bunch of random stuff and finding that one happy accident.
this might sound a bit cliche and like "oh i'm so unique" but i think it's probably the reality for lots of artists out there.
i see my music and art and ultimately the whole 'hidden pearl collective'-community as a shared journey to finding the person behind our masks and to find our individual paths in life.
i hope to offer a musical experience that can help guide people through that, allowing them to feel their deepest emotions, while still feeling comforted.
i also want my music to encourage people to normalize sharing our thoughts, feelings and struggles more freely. i know how difficult these things are and i'm honestly still learning to get there myself. but i really believe that as a society we can only benefit from more emotion and more honesty.
so right now at least this is probably what i see as one of the core values of my music and artistry. and as i said already, who knows how and when that mission might change or evolve?
if there's one thing i learned in the not too big span of my life then it's that you can't plan it out. despite loving the contrasting and experimental parts of life, generally i actually really hate being unprepared and not knowing what will happen but that's just how it goes.
there's this famous saying: "we cannot change the wind, but we can set the sails.". i always try to keep that in a corner of my mind.
so i invite you to take a step into this project, find your own reflection within the music, and connect with fellow wanderers along the shore.🌊
do you want to continue on this journey with me? then hop on our "hidden pearl collective" community on discord and officially become a "shore wanderer🌊".
also, check out my newsletters for a regular deep dive or visits from the release birdy 🐦
get to know my music
click the pictures to get to the videos
a cover of Samson by Regina Spektor
Puzzle - a demo for one of my future songs
a short cover of Bounce Back by Stray Kids