Are you ready? For a song about life, loss, love, and letting go? ‘Danielle Schroeder – I’m Ready’ is a compelling, emotional indie rock ballad that will move you to surrender and look inward for a change.

This song comes from the mindful heart of a musician/counselor who works with people close to the end of their lives. The sound is gentle, comforting, and immersive. The track starts gently with comforting strums, reminiscent of Coldplay’s emotional love ballad, ‘Green Eyes’. The transitions from sections are effortlessly graceful, floating along on soft rhythms and touching melodies. Minimal production here oversees the steady instrumentation of guitar, drums, and keys. It’s a dreamy, ethereal flow to this, kinda like the sound you would imagine hearing in a heavenly place, at that exact moment of your soul leaving this earthly plane. The tempo is poignant and reflective, inducing an introspective feel.

Danielle’s vocal delivery is strong and reassuring. Her voice has a beautiful range of conveying a range of emotions from sadness, regret, to gripping vulnerability, and finally, the sweet release of surrender and letting go. The lyrics are truly touching and emotional. It speaks to a life spent stuck in limbo, stuck in people-pleasing patterns, and unable to pick yourself up and move on. Finally, on being sick & tired of being sick & tired, there’s a sense of release and letting go of all that no longer serves, all that weighs us down.

The song reads like a difficult conversation that you need to have eventually, either with yourself or with the people in your life. To enable the start of healing. The refrain, where she sings, ‘You’ve been weighing me down down down…’ is especially soul-touching and compelling.

‘I’m Ready’ is taken from her upcoming album ‘Later is Here’. Judging by this beautiful piece of mindful, reflective music, we’re in for a beautiful healing experience.

Stream ‘Danielle Schroeder – I’m Ready’ on Spotify here: