Today's entry follows up directly on yesterday's. As further proof that every time I pick up my electric, I get something for the hard rock band we almost started when I lived in GB, it happened again tonight. If it didn't feel so untrue to the heart of the project, I'd find a vocalist here, figure out a way to get approval from B. and just dive back into that wholeheartedly. And yet, even as I write that, I know that simply slotting someone else in behind the mic and soldiering on isn't possible, because so much of what that project should've been centered around B. and her initial enthusiasm. She had enough to get me in all the way, so that when she faltered, I kept the fire burning. I think maybe I owe it to both of us to finish the musical side of things to the best of my abilities, get some decent recordings nailed down, and then send it off to her for a bit of her musical magic and some lyrics. How long will it take? I'm honestly not sure, but some part of me believes that the reason these riffs and progressions keep pouring out is because my subconscious knows that it won't be able to shut the hell up until this project is finished once and for all.
Today was the first official day of the second half of my "album-in-a-month" challenge. As for today's goals, I wanted to see what I could get done in regards to track order, and get at least a little bit of a start on the lyric writing process. I spent more time working on the track order question than I did on the lyrics today, but as a result of that, I ended up with something that I think will work in terms of order. I did sit with the notebook for a few minutes at the very end of the day, and got a solid starting line of lyric and some other ideas that I hope will be jumping off points for lyrics. What I'm thinking I might do, however, is switch my focus from the lyric writing part of the process directly to the recording part of the process. That way, if I can get the music recorded and burned onto a CD, I can take the music with me in the car, and listen and try to see what images and thoughts the music brings up. It's a tactic that has worked for...
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