This evening has been spent in my room. Beginning with the watching of a few episodes of various television shows, a little presidential debate, and of currently John Mayer:Live in Los Angeles. Within the same span of time I have consumed: half a portabella mushroom sandwich, a salad, a green tea, and of course a bowl of ice cream. I've also been exploring the web occasionally and play my guitar.
On Inspiration:
Right now I'm in the middle of writing a couple of songs. One I've been working on for a few weeks, and the second just began last night. And as of current I have written about the same amount on both. I have recently become very meticulous while writing songs. And on occasion that equals long lengths of time between starting and finishing. In my opinion this is a result of my desire to write better songs, and to advance my self as a lyricist. Often I've felt that my lyrics were just written to quickly, and though they sometimes hold deep meaning to me, could have been explored more and bettered the outcome.
One might suggest going back and re-writing them, but I'm not writing a book, or revising one, I am moving on and exploring the parameters of my songwriting. The way that I write consist of varying amounts of biography, random conversations, and things that I've seen and heard via the music I consume and the things I watch.
(pause in blogging. I just watched Mr. Mayer play a solo w/ the Trio and I crapt myself in amazement!)
Now on to the confusion:
This evening has also involved a little brainstorming of where I should look for gigs, and also searching craigslist. Since I want to improve at playing live I need to start playing live on a very consistent basis. Part of me really wants to find a drummer and get a band started and increase the flow between myself and other musicians. But the other part of me feels like I will never find a drummer and therefore should at least play in the meantime. I just plain love playing music and doing it alone is great, but bouncing music off of others is refreshing. Working with other people can give immediate response to something I've been working on; where as just playing in front of people tells me nothing because they are busy eating food, or conversating with their surroundings.
I'm assuming that if you read this whole thing it might be muddled. And frankly I didn't go back and rearrange it or edit it or anything. The reality is that my mind is muddled just like the words I wrote here tonight:) Well I'm going get my sleep on. And check my MYSPACE cuz I think I lined up a gig for this weekend, so come see it and give me feedback...Oh and if I make any money this weekend I will be buying a mic to record everything I've written lately and a few that I want to keep playing, and then put them up on MYSPACE.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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2 comments:
So here is me showing how out of touch I am: What ever happened to the work you & little john used to do together ("noon project", i think)? From the outside, you guys seemed like you really "got" each other musically.
If this is a sore subject (no idea), please feel free to ignore or banish me from your blog from all of eternity.
Dan
We played our last real show in Sept of 2006. We played at a couple of coffee shops that winter too, but after that it was best for me to not be in a band for awhile. Not to mention that we had been searching for a bass player for a couple of years and we never found one. I ended up not playing music for an entire year, but it was a refreshing break and really rekindled my love of music.
I had been in charge of two worship teams per week and all of the organization and planning for a few years and it was tiring. It was basically a job, but a second job, that didn't pay.
So it's not a sore subject at all, just a little complicated.
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