this gun for hire
hi. do you like billy corgan, nick drake and beck? do you play an instrument? do you want to start a band with me? do you like violence? wanna watch me stick 9 inch nails through each one of my eyelids?
i've been playing the guitar since i was 13. now i'm almost 25. you would think that i would be reaching guitar nirvana with my flawless off the cuff solos and stuff. but no. i can't do solos. if you ever listen to weezer and are pretty familiar with their songs then i want you to think about how rivers solos. for the most part he plays the vocal melody on guitar. this is what i mostly do. if i write a solo that is. anyways.
i've been writing songs since i learned a chord. i really want this to be my life. playing music and being paid for it. this will be my job. i don't really have any aspirations to change the face of music...to explode on the scene with a brand new sound.... those would be nice but i know my limitations. i just want to write really great songs that people will dig. i want to invoke in people goose-bumpy emotions. i just want to rock out with my cock out. i want to inspire sing a longs in the car. i want people to hear my songs and then high five their neighbor.
music is what i love. listening, writing , playing ... music is what drives me.
so i have about 20 good songs that are completed. another 15 to 20 that are completed but are only so-so. then i have tons of stuff that is comprised of snippets, riffs, and complete songs without lyrics. everyday i flip on my little sony handheld recorder and put something on it. i'm so behind. i have a 4 track recorder that just sits in my drawer. i'm hardly inspired to complete a song anymore, lay it down and build on it until i deem it done. last time i recorded, i had about 11 songs with no lyrics and the day before i recorded i just sat and down and wrote lyrics. worked for kurt cobain...seems to be working for me. i do remember when i would come up with something and work on it all day until it was stick-a-fork-in-it done. i guess i'm just lazy.
i really want to start a band. i don't care if we use my songs or not. i don't really care to be the front man cuz my voice grates on my ears. plus i'm so fucking shy i can't sing in front of people. but i'll play guitar, no problem boblem.
i overheard jenny at work talking to zeke about this project they started... the agents? i think thats what i heard. so i oh so causally mention to jenny that i'd be up to jamming with them. don't know. zeke said something about that being a lot of instruments. but i just want to jam a bit. i don't even know what kind of music they're shooting for. i know its bass , drums and keyboard. i don't know what else. it's an angle to go on i suppose. but i'm willing to whore myself. i'll input ideas and if they like them but not like me, keep my ideas. fuck it. i don't care. i had something going a while back with this kid steve...but he just wanted me to sing! dude, hello! not my strong suit people. it was sorta tool-ish sounding. that fell through fast. i think i hung out with them three times...didn't even touch a guitar..and mumbled a few words once. another kid mentioned something about jamming with me but i never got back to him.
tired of typing. not gonna proofread so feel free to laugh at all my mistakes.
i've been playing the guitar since i was 13. now i'm almost 25. you would think that i would be reaching guitar nirvana with my flawless off the cuff solos and stuff. but no. i can't do solos. if you ever listen to weezer and are pretty familiar with their songs then i want you to think about how rivers solos. for the most part he plays the vocal melody on guitar. this is what i mostly do. if i write a solo that is. anyways.
i've been writing songs since i learned a chord. i really want this to be my life. playing music and being paid for it. this will be my job. i don't really have any aspirations to change the face of music...to explode on the scene with a brand new sound.... those would be nice but i know my limitations. i just want to write really great songs that people will dig. i want to invoke in people goose-bumpy emotions. i just want to rock out with my cock out. i want to inspire sing a longs in the car. i want people to hear my songs and then high five their neighbor.
music is what i love. listening, writing , playing ... music is what drives me.
so i have about 20 good songs that are completed. another 15 to 20 that are completed but are only so-so. then i have tons of stuff that is comprised of snippets, riffs, and complete songs without lyrics. everyday i flip on my little sony handheld recorder and put something on it. i'm so behind. i have a 4 track recorder that just sits in my drawer. i'm hardly inspired to complete a song anymore, lay it down and build on it until i deem it done. last time i recorded, i had about 11 songs with no lyrics and the day before i recorded i just sat and down and wrote lyrics. worked for kurt cobain...seems to be working for me. i do remember when i would come up with something and work on it all day until it was stick-a-fork-in-it done. i guess i'm just lazy.
i really want to start a band. i don't care if we use my songs or not. i don't really care to be the front man cuz my voice grates on my ears. plus i'm so fucking shy i can't sing in front of people. but i'll play guitar, no problem boblem.
i overheard jenny at work talking to zeke about this project they started... the agents? i think thats what i heard. so i oh so causally mention to jenny that i'd be up to jamming with them. don't know. zeke said something about that being a lot of instruments. but i just want to jam a bit. i don't even know what kind of music they're shooting for. i know its bass , drums and keyboard. i don't know what else. it's an angle to go on i suppose. but i'm willing to whore myself. i'll input ideas and if they like them but not like me, keep my ideas. fuck it. i don't care. i had something going a while back with this kid steve...but he just wanted me to sing! dude, hello! not my strong suit people. it was sorta tool-ish sounding. that fell through fast. i think i hung out with them three times...didn't even touch a guitar..and mumbled a few words once. another kid mentioned something about jamming with me but i never got back to him.
tired of typing. not gonna proofread so feel free to laugh at all my mistakes.