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 heals me. music is my therapist, the thing that can always make me feel better. it gave me a reason to keep fighting when i was struggling. even though there also was a time when music wasn't enough anymore to keep me going, it still came back to me eventually - like it always did. i don't tend to stick with things for long, but somehow - no matter how often i attempted to move on from it - music has never fully left me.
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 that safe space with my music too. make people feel something with my music. make them feel a bit better for a while. help them connect with each other over it and build a community that is there for each other. to just share our energies and make the world a bit of a better place.
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 let's ride this unforeseeable wave of life together! 🌊🙌🏻
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 monthly 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