Sweet, Merciful Jesus....
Hey all,
Jesus - this journal's old and unused... until now! I guess I decided to break this out because I wanted to express my fears over a friend of mine who I had intended to see today at her uni, but got no answer at her house nor on her mobile, not a peep all day - me being the concerned gentleman that I am, was understandably worried. I'm sure she's fine and had just forgotten about me! Now i'm here though, I may as use this damn thing... I'll make the oddort to write everyday, or as close as I can - like a proper journal!
So, my last real entry was 542 days ago - 78 weeks! Yes, I am still alive!!
So, what's happened since then??
I joined a band, that then broke up, year later joined another band - that nearly broke up but didn't, we just lost the singer - are still singerless :( (this only happened 3 weeks ago)
I left the Co-op, went to work for CORGI in Basingstoke - got fired from CORGI 2 weeks ago, still unemployed :(
Here's the real kicker of the past 12 months - after nearly 4 years, Jess and I broke up. It wasn't the cleanest of break-ups. but there we go... This was about 3 months ago now - but we're trying to stay friends, she's moved in and i'm doing my best to do the same...
There have been some good points though:
Had a lovely, if temperamental, motorbike for 18 months
Have since upgraded to this gorgeous beast:
I'm now the proud owner of 6 guitars :D I have a new computer for recording and will (employment permitting) be shortly getting everything else I need to start writing and recording much more...
Musically - I've grown massively in the past 18 months. No longer am I the quivering, awkward guitarist - i'm a full on, competant, consistant live performer. I've also been working on defining my sound and feel as a guitarist, a trademark if you will. I'm constantly on the lookout to learn new things - new scales, new chord shapes, new modes, new techniques - and have been trying to incorperate them in my playing, it's going pretty well. I'm establishing a reputation for myself with a lot of the blues guitarists in the area as being something of a nuisance - but also a great asset. I don't like to sit in a comfort zone and just noodle... I like to push myself, try new things with new people - like going a bit chromatic jazz on people in a normal blues. my desire to try different things and be spontanious apparently scares some people!!
I'm at the moment loving my musicianship, in the past 3 months i've found my "composing" to also be growing - a good idea is no longer a rarety, its just a bit of thought away. I use the term composing loosely because it's mainly writing music for songs, Lyrics I find incredibly difficult to write. Ironic considering my wide and varied vocabulary (I like to learn and use new words - just today I described someone as odious, which i was quite pleased with!)
Ummm... i'm really out of ideas on what to say - so, if you have anything you particularly wish to know about me, my life and what i've been doing the past 2 years - just ask!
Speak soon xx
Jesus - this journal's old and unused... until now! I guess I decided to break this out because I wanted to express my fears over a friend of mine who I had intended to see today at her uni, but got no answer at her house nor on her mobile, not a peep all day - me being the concerned gentleman that I am, was understandably worried. I'm sure she's fine and had just forgotten about me! Now i'm here though, I may as use this damn thing... I'll make the oddort to write everyday, or as close as I can - like a proper journal!
So, my last real entry was 542 days ago - 78 weeks! Yes, I am still alive!!
So, what's happened since then??
I joined a band, that then broke up, year later joined another band - that nearly broke up but didn't, we just lost the singer - are still singerless :( (this only happened 3 weeks ago)
I left the Co-op, went to work for CORGI in Basingstoke - got fired from CORGI 2 weeks ago, still unemployed :(
Here's the real kicker of the past 12 months - after nearly 4 years, Jess and I broke up. It wasn't the cleanest of break-ups. but there we go... This was about 3 months ago now - but we're trying to stay friends, she's moved in and i'm doing my best to do the same...
There have been some good points though:
Had a lovely, if temperamental, motorbike for 18 months
Have since upgraded to this gorgeous beast:
I'm now the proud owner of 6 guitars :D I have a new computer for recording and will (employment permitting) be shortly getting everything else I need to start writing and recording much more...
Musically - I've grown massively in the past 18 months. No longer am I the quivering, awkward guitarist - i'm a full on, competant, consistant live performer. I've also been working on defining my sound and feel as a guitarist, a trademark if you will. I'm constantly on the lookout to learn new things - new scales, new chord shapes, new modes, new techniques - and have been trying to incorperate them in my playing, it's going pretty well. I'm establishing a reputation for myself with a lot of the blues guitarists in the area as being something of a nuisance - but also a great asset. I don't like to sit in a comfort zone and just noodle... I like to push myself, try new things with new people - like going a bit chromatic jazz on people in a normal blues. my desire to try different things and be spontanious apparently scares some people!!
I'm at the moment loving my musicianship, in the past 3 months i've found my "composing" to also be growing - a good idea is no longer a rarety, its just a bit of thought away. I use the term composing loosely because it's mainly writing music for songs, Lyrics I find incredibly difficult to write. Ironic considering my wide and varied vocabulary (I like to learn and use new words - just today I described someone as odious, which i was quite pleased with!)
Ummm... i'm really out of ideas on what to say - so, if you have anything you particularly wish to know about me, my life and what i've been doing the past 2 years - just ask!
Speak soon xx