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Haven't updated for an age, I realise. Keep trying to then I keep closing livejournal. I figure I just need to write through it.
I played a gig on Wednesday at Kilau (cafe) and it was pretty good. I practised before hand which is an excellent idea, I really must do that more often. In fact I should start practising again in general. I was discussing this with a friend who is focussing all his energy on jazz piano now, and he practises about 4 -5 hours a day.. Jazz is a different kettle of fish, but I was realising that a really large amount of my time is spent doing technical organisy things, and going places and speaking to people. All of which is good, but I forget that I'm a musician sometimes who just sits at a piano and presses the keys.
I had an epiphany at the end of March. The sun was shining and I realised that I had to release a song that I had recently written as a single this summer. It was very exciting. I love it when there is a song on the radio during summer that makes you feel good. I wanted to acheive that. However, all things considered it was quite a task. At the time the song wasn't finished, I needed to buy lots of recording gear, I needed to find out how to go about releasing a song officially. Right now I'm still at the recording stage, having been to London and mixed it and decided to scrap that and start again... mixing it myself this time. I am making a video diary of it all which I am going to hopefully put on the net as a video podcast sometime soonish... And I'm recording a music video for it hopefully too.
The song is called Marcus and Sadie and its about a boy from the UK and a girl from Russia who find love on the internet. (put your smirks away I said love not sex) Its going to be haunting the nation this summer... I need lots of people to help me spread the internet word when the time comes..... ;D
I find myself being quite up and down at the moment in terms of mood. I have been away quite a lot lately to London and places, and I find wondering around big cities alone quite disturbing... It makes me want to run back to Aberdeen and hide with my music. And then I hide with my music and long for some human interaction and excitement. Not that I don't get that here, but I wish I wasn't such a fucking pussy so I
could enjoy my adventures more. Theres something about seeing lots of strangers and foreign things that depresses me. Stupid brain chemicals... *sigh*
I'd love to pepper this post with lots of pictures, but I am not organised to have any recent ones on this computer. I know it makes it all more digestable, but ah well. Next time.
I played a gig on Wednesday at Kilau (cafe) and it was pretty good. I practised before hand which is an excellent idea, I really must do that more often. In fact I should start practising again in general. I was discussing this with a friend who is focussing all his energy on jazz piano now, and he practises about 4 -5 hours a day.. Jazz is a different kettle of fish, but I was realising that a really large amount of my time is spent doing technical organisy things, and going places and speaking to people. All of which is good, but I forget that I'm a musician sometimes who just sits at a piano and presses the keys.
I had an epiphany at the end of March. The sun was shining and I realised that I had to release a song that I had recently written as a single this summer. It was very exciting. I love it when there is a song on the radio during summer that makes you feel good. I wanted to acheive that. However, all things considered it was quite a task. At the time the song wasn't finished, I needed to buy lots of recording gear, I needed to find out how to go about releasing a song officially. Right now I'm still at the recording stage, having been to London and mixed it and decided to scrap that and start again... mixing it myself this time. I am making a video diary of it all which I am going to hopefully put on the net as a video podcast sometime soonish... And I'm recording a music video for it hopefully too.
The song is called Marcus and Sadie and its about a boy from the UK and a girl from Russia who find love on the internet. (put your smirks away I said love not sex) Its going to be haunting the nation this summer... I need lots of people to help me spread the internet word when the time comes..... ;D
I find myself being quite up and down at the moment in terms of mood. I have been away quite a lot lately to London and places, and I find wondering around big cities alone quite disturbing... It makes me want to run back to Aberdeen and hide with my music. And then I hide with my music and long for some human interaction and excitement. Not that I don't get that here, but I wish I wasn't such a fucking pussy so I
could enjoy my adventures more. Theres something about seeing lots of strangers and foreign things that depresses me. Stupid brain chemicals... *sigh*
I'd love to pepper this post with lots of pictures, but I am not organised to have any recent ones on this computer. I know it makes it all more digestable, but ah well. Next time.