It's 4:15 in the morning, do you know where my sanity is?
yeah, another all-nighter. funny thing is, i still haven't started my homework. Right now i'm gonna just shoot the breeze till my coffee cools i guess. It kinda sucks, this semester i've had like no motivation whatsoever to study or do homework (especially in german class, where i'm like batting 0 in the homework department) or to meet the grades i got last year. All around this semester's sucked ass, Mainly due to a combination of really difficult classes and no desire whatsoever to step it up and do well. Hopefully that'll change, there's only two weeks left, then i get a break
The funny part about my winter "break" is probably going to be that during that time, i'll be working several times harder than I did throughout this semester. Why? because my band is finally going to record a demo, and although many would probably feel i have my priorities completely messed up, i think it's more important than any final or paper.
To be honest, the longer I'm at college, the less and less i'm thinking it's for me. Now i'm not saying i'm dropping out anytime soon, because if i did that without some kinda plan i'd be screwd. I'd just like nothing more than to get a full band, kick a whole lotta ass, get a big fat record contract shoved in my face, and leave college (possibly temporarily, possibly not) to write, record, and tour.
We're having a drummer come out and audition this friday, he and a guitar playing friend of his who may also be auditioning were previously in a band that had some label attention but their singer wasn't good. I heard some of their stuff, it's not bad, but it's not incredible either. The thing is, their guitar player, from what i understand, doesn't want his riffs to come under scrutiny if he decides to join the band. Unfortunately, that probably won't be the case 100 percent of the time.
We're a brutally honest band, and we're a really strict band as well, this is because we want to make it just a little bit more than everybody else wants it. If i write something that sucks, i know it's gonna get slammed and shut down once i play it. in fact, i expect that from my other band members, because they know i wouldn't do any less for them. If we know something sucks and yet we play it anyhow, we'd be shortchanging ourselves. A good example is a song we wrote called "Pool of Denial". at one point, this was our band's best song. Problem (i use that word loosely) is that we kept writing better and better songs, so we eventually scrapped that particular song because it wasn't up to par with what we're doing now. I just hope that the drummer and guitar player don't mind taking criticism from someone who's 8 years younger than them, because i know i'll be dishing it out in large quantities, as i always do. It's funny that I'm so flat out lazy when it comes to school, but when it comes to band I'm such a hardass perfectionist about every single note that's in a song, whether it be on vocals, guitars, bass, or drums. This is one of the reasons i really hope this band thing can work out... i'd love to have a job where i'm actually excited to be going to work every day, and look forward to it at the end of the day.
Ok, coffee should be cool by now. Time to finally do the homework. Night everyone. er... morning maybe?
The funny part about my winter "break" is probably going to be that during that time, i'll be working several times harder than I did throughout this semester. Why? because my band is finally going to record a demo, and although many would probably feel i have my priorities completely messed up, i think it's more important than any final or paper.
To be honest, the longer I'm at college, the less and less i'm thinking it's for me. Now i'm not saying i'm dropping out anytime soon, because if i did that without some kinda plan i'd be screwd. I'd just like nothing more than to get a full band, kick a whole lotta ass, get a big fat record contract shoved in my face, and leave college (possibly temporarily, possibly not) to write, record, and tour.
We're having a drummer come out and audition this friday, he and a guitar playing friend of his who may also be auditioning were previously in a band that had some label attention but their singer wasn't good. I heard some of their stuff, it's not bad, but it's not incredible either. The thing is, their guitar player, from what i understand, doesn't want his riffs to come under scrutiny if he decides to join the band. Unfortunately, that probably won't be the case 100 percent of the time.
We're a brutally honest band, and we're a really strict band as well, this is because we want to make it just a little bit more than everybody else wants it. If i write something that sucks, i know it's gonna get slammed and shut down once i play it. in fact, i expect that from my other band members, because they know i wouldn't do any less for them. If we know something sucks and yet we play it anyhow, we'd be shortchanging ourselves. A good example is a song we wrote called "Pool of Denial". at one point, this was our band's best song. Problem (i use that word loosely) is that we kept writing better and better songs, so we eventually scrapped that particular song because it wasn't up to par with what we're doing now. I just hope that the drummer and guitar player don't mind taking criticism from someone who's 8 years younger than them, because i know i'll be dishing it out in large quantities, as i always do. It's funny that I'm so flat out lazy when it comes to school, but when it comes to band I'm such a hardass perfectionist about every single note that's in a song, whether it be on vocals, guitars, bass, or drums. This is one of the reasons i really hope this band thing can work out... i'd love to have a job where i'm actually excited to be going to work every day, and look forward to it at the end of the day.
Ok, coffee should be cool by now. Time to finally do the homework. Night everyone. er... morning maybe?