It's long, I know...so is this post. HA!
I don't update this thing often enough, so I'll try to remedy that. I look at LJ as a tool for communication. This is how I keep up with the lives of my friends and occasionally they (you) are allowed a glimpse into mine. But I never update, so I may be missing out on some aspect of our friendship because you never know what I'm doing. So my thinking is this: If I post more often, I might find myself hanging with, talking to, smoking/drinking with, and enjoying the presence of more people in my life.
So here we go:
The Silver Street Project has broken up. It sucks, but I'll survive. Everyone else should survive too, but I won't speak for them. We pretty much decided that we had run out of gas emotionally and people were ready to move on. No hard feelings, just time to go.
So what will I do now? Well, I'm still going to be playing, but I don't know where or with who. I've been listening to a lot of different artists recently and I don't know what direction I want to move in. My influences are pretty varied and I don't want to start a project that is going to exclude any of them. I've talked to a number of people about starting new projects and everyone wants to talk about the "sound" that we're going for. I hate that, but it's kind of necessary. I need to find some people that can dig where I'm coming from and I need to be able to dig them too. Musicians want to be on the same page when getting into a new artistic outlet, so they talk about the "sound". I'm not sure if I want to be on the same page, because it jeopardizes too many potential influences, but I'm willing to make sure we're reading the same book so-to-speak.
Brian and I have been hanging out a lot recently. I like hanging with him. We've talked a lot about music and the state of the music industry. We talk about the Seattle scene a lot and we're both pretty sick of it. There are so many bands out there that play crap. What happened to bands that inspire social change? What happened to bands that gave a voice to peoples' struggles? They died and made way for a movement of dance bands and indie-rock street cred. What the fuck? I'm not trying to be angry or condescending about it, but it makes me sad. People seem to prioritize fashion and sound over lyrics and content. They de-emphasize talent and meaning for commercial success and scene building. What's my conclusion? Final summation? I don't know, I guess I just want to play in a group with talented people that have valid ideas and statements to bring to the table.
Does this make me sound like a stuck-up artist asshole? I think that's how it reads. Whatever.
I've been enjoying alcohol and pot a lot recently. That doesn't mean that I'm enjoying it on a regular basis, but when I partake I am enjoying it greatly. Does that make sense? It's not large quantities, just good quality on certain occasions. Who's with me? You, on the right? Ok.
I should have made an outline before this post, because I'm just spouting out random shit that is popping into my head. Sorry about that.
I'm going back to school in January. 20 credits for the winter quarter. That should be fun. I like school and I always get good grades, but none of these classes are going help finish my degree at all. Whatever. I just want to play music for awhile, school is just something for the in-between-time. For those who are interested though, here is what I'm taking:
Sounds fun, huh?
And now for the shout out section of my uncharacteristically long post.
Vince, we had a big long discussion online earlier this morning and you kind of catalyzed this post. Thanks for that. We really should talk more and hang out more often.
Jason, sorry I missed your cocktail party the other night. I meant to come. I don't know why I didn't. We should try to get together sometime and go grab some food at Greenlake or something. I don't see you around very often.
Jessica, welcome to the friends list. I don't know you very well, but that might change.
Brian, I'm sure I'll see you around this weekend. Call me up.
Rachel, you should really spend some time at my place over the break. I've got an ounce and a couple of bottles of cherry wine. Do we have an evening set?
Sorry this was so long folks, but you can cope.
So here we go:
The Silver Street Project has broken up. It sucks, but I'll survive. Everyone else should survive too, but I won't speak for them. We pretty much decided that we had run out of gas emotionally and people were ready to move on. No hard feelings, just time to go.
So what will I do now? Well, I'm still going to be playing, but I don't know where or with who. I've been listening to a lot of different artists recently and I don't know what direction I want to move in. My influences are pretty varied and I don't want to start a project that is going to exclude any of them. I've talked to a number of people about starting new projects and everyone wants to talk about the "sound" that we're going for. I hate that, but it's kind of necessary. I need to find some people that can dig where I'm coming from and I need to be able to dig them too. Musicians want to be on the same page when getting into a new artistic outlet, so they talk about the "sound". I'm not sure if I want to be on the same page, because it jeopardizes too many potential influences, but I'm willing to make sure we're reading the same book so-to-speak.
Brian and I have been hanging out a lot recently. I like hanging with him. We've talked a lot about music and the state of the music industry. We talk about the Seattle scene a lot and we're both pretty sick of it. There are so many bands out there that play crap. What happened to bands that inspire social change? What happened to bands that gave a voice to peoples' struggles? They died and made way for a movement of dance bands and indie-rock street cred. What the fuck? I'm not trying to be angry or condescending about it, but it makes me sad. People seem to prioritize fashion and sound over lyrics and content. They de-emphasize talent and meaning for commercial success and scene building. What's my conclusion? Final summation? I don't know, I guess I just want to play in a group with talented people that have valid ideas and statements to bring to the table.
Does this make me sound like a stuck-up artist asshole? I think that's how it reads. Whatever.
I've been enjoying alcohol and pot a lot recently. That doesn't mean that I'm enjoying it on a regular basis, but when I partake I am enjoying it greatly. Does that make sense? It's not large quantities, just good quality on certain occasions. Who's with me? You, on the right? Ok.
I should have made an outline before this post, because I'm just spouting out random shit that is popping into my head. Sorry about that.
I'm going back to school in January. 20 credits for the winter quarter. That should be fun. I like school and I always get good grades, but none of these classes are going help finish my degree at all. Whatever. I just want to play music for awhile, school is just something for the in-between-time. For those who are interested though, here is what I'm taking:
- 8:30-10:50am, MWF: Economics 202, Principles of macroeconomics
- 8:30-10:50am, MWF: History 245, US history from the beginning of WWI to the present
- Online: Management 130, Intro to marketing
- Online: Computer Information Systems, Intermediate business computing
Sounds fun, huh?
And now for the shout out section of my uncharacteristically long post.
Vince, we had a big long discussion online earlier this morning and you kind of catalyzed this post. Thanks for that. We really should talk more and hang out more often.
Jason, sorry I missed your cocktail party the other night. I meant to come. I don't know why I didn't. We should try to get together sometime and go grab some food at Greenlake or something. I don't see you around very often.
Jessica, welcome to the friends list. I don't know you very well, but that might change.
Brian, I'm sure I'll see you around this weekend. Call me up.
Rachel, you should really spend some time at my place over the break. I've got an ounce and a couple of bottles of cherry wine. Do we have an evening set?
Sorry this was so long folks, but you can cope.