Time to update again...
This will officially be my first post of the new year. Just wanted to write something quick before I head off to bed. Work has been going alright for the most part. You take the good with the bad and just thank God that you still have a reliable job in this economy. I've been trying to concentrate more on music as of late. The first step of that was buying an acoustic guitar again for the first time in like 5 or 6 years! I've been playing it a lot and it's helped me out in more ways than one. Firstly, it's got me playing in standard tuning again and because of that I've been writing some radio-friendly standard tuned songs which I think have some potential. But the best thing that it's done for me is to get me playing guitar on a regular basis again. I pick it up pretty much everyday because there's no hassle to play it and I pretty much write exclusively on it now. But I digress...
I just finished writing a song which I believe has serious radio playability potential. I know that I've gone off about finishing off this or that song and it being cool and whatnot but the direction I'm going in now is completely different from the past. The songs are more straight-forward and very fun to play, which I'm hoping will translate into a very fun live show. I really want to start playing live shows again, probably more than anything else right now. I miss the energy and the excitement of putting forth your musical creations to others who may or may not like what you have to play but you have fun playing regardless. The only real crimp in all of this is that I am minus one band. Chris is still very unreliable when it comes to working on music. If I'm lucky, I can catch him in the mood once every couple of weeks and then he just has to get drunk to be loose enough to try and do anything. I still really wish he shared my dedication to music and the creative process.
Not sure if I wrote about it, but half a year back or so we met this really awesome drummer who was looking for a band to join. This guy was crazy good, by far the best drummer that I've seen who's not already in a national band of some sort. He moved to Texas to take a job but apparently hates it there and is planning on moving back. I'd love to work on some stuff together with him as he is very versatile and I think we could do great things together if only Chris would take this whole thing a bit more seriously. He talks all the time about how he wants to get out of the daily grind and whatnot but hardly ever puts forth any effort to achieve that goal. Of course, I'm just ranting a bit because it's frustrating. I mean, I've been trying to tailor my music to suit him for years now and now that I finally feel like I'm at a point where he should be able to shine, he still seems vague and unresponsive. His lethargy is enough to bring down my mood and make me not want to do anything if it weren't for the fact that these songs are sounding so good...I haven't been this excited about music in a LOOOONG time and I really want it to last. I just need to write a couple more really good songs and then we can seriously start working on getting a demo together. I just want it all to pan out for once. I'm not getting any younger...
I just finished writing a song which I believe has serious radio playability potential. I know that I've gone off about finishing off this or that song and it being cool and whatnot but the direction I'm going in now is completely different from the past. The songs are more straight-forward and very fun to play, which I'm hoping will translate into a very fun live show. I really want to start playing live shows again, probably more than anything else right now. I miss the energy and the excitement of putting forth your musical creations to others who may or may not like what you have to play but you have fun playing regardless. The only real crimp in all of this is that I am minus one band. Chris is still very unreliable when it comes to working on music. If I'm lucky, I can catch him in the mood once every couple of weeks and then he just has to get drunk to be loose enough to try and do anything. I still really wish he shared my dedication to music and the creative process.
Not sure if I wrote about it, but half a year back or so we met this really awesome drummer who was looking for a band to join. This guy was crazy good, by far the best drummer that I've seen who's not already in a national band of some sort. He moved to Texas to take a job but apparently hates it there and is planning on moving back. I'd love to work on some stuff together with him as he is very versatile and I think we could do great things together if only Chris would take this whole thing a bit more seriously. He talks all the time about how he wants to get out of the daily grind and whatnot but hardly ever puts forth any effort to achieve that goal. Of course, I'm just ranting a bit because it's frustrating. I mean, I've been trying to tailor my music to suit him for years now and now that I finally feel like I'm at a point where he should be able to shine, he still seems vague and unresponsive. His lethargy is enough to bring down my mood and make me not want to do anything if it weren't for the fact that these songs are sounding so good...I haven't been this excited about music in a LOOOONG time and I really want it to last. I just need to write a couple more really good songs and then we can seriously start working on getting a demo together. I just want it all to pan out for once. I'm not getting any younger...