I had grander intentions than doing some listening and a bit of acoustic playing tonight, I really did. I picked up the latest Guitar World at work today, and I had it in mind that I was going to come home, read the new issue over dinner, and then dive into some playing. Maybe try and get a bit of songwriting done, and just sort of see what happened from there. Didn't quite work out that way, but hey, it never quite works out exactly the way we expect it to, does it?
In regards to the listening, the fact of the matter is that I've come into a lot of music in the last few weeks, and I really need to try and assimilate it all. Or make some sort of dent in it at the very least. I can always tell that's the case when things start to look a bit more piled up than usual. It's starting to have that feel to it again. Maybe, if I get adventurous, I'll post pictures of my collection and ask for organizational suggestions from the world. What I really need is a dedicated music room where all of my CDs and my instruments and my recording setup can all exist in harmony. Someplace with more room for shelf space/CD racks, so that everything is more accessible than it is at present. Realistically, however, that's probably not happening anytime soon, so I either need to find a way to tinker with the space a bit or just leave it be and let it go wiled until I've got a big enough area to let it all breathe the way it needs to.
Got a bit of a chance to play tonight, to fiddle about with the ideas from last month's project. I'm feeling really good about a couple of those song ideas, and the rest are still in need of serious fine tuning. It's a fun process, this idea of finding enough musical inspiration that really speaks to me enough to include it. I know, if I'd done it right in February, I wouldn't have had enough time to analyze and second guess myself. The whole "going on impulse alone" thing is what makes the idea of an album in a month intriguing. Someday (some month?) I'll actually get all the way through that whole process. It might not be this year, it might not be during a February, but it will happen.
I'm starting to hear in my head a bit about how this solo stuff will come out. It still sounds like it's coming at me from far away, but the sounds are getting clearer, which is cool. It means that one of these days, the noise will be blaringly loud and easier to translate.
They set aside the box of old in-store plays again today, with a note that said we could take another one. Usually when we get a second crack at it, all of the good stuff is gone. This time, I scored Gillian Welch's latest record, The Harrow & The Harvest. Think I have a slight music addiction.
In regards to the listening, the fact of the matter is that I've come into a lot of music in the last few weeks, and I really need to try and assimilate it all. Or make some sort of dent in it at the very least. I can always tell that's the case when things start to look a bit more piled up than usual. It's starting to have that feel to it again. Maybe, if I get adventurous, I'll post pictures of my collection and ask for organizational suggestions from the world. What I really need is a dedicated music room where all of my CDs and my instruments and my recording setup can all exist in harmony. Someplace with more room for shelf space/CD racks, so that everything is more accessible than it is at present. Realistically, however, that's probably not happening anytime soon, so I either need to find a way to tinker with the space a bit or just leave it be and let it go wiled until I've got a big enough area to let it all breathe the way it needs to.
Got a bit of a chance to play tonight, to fiddle about with the ideas from last month's project. I'm feeling really good about a couple of those song ideas, and the rest are still in need of serious fine tuning. It's a fun process, this idea of finding enough musical inspiration that really speaks to me enough to include it. I know, if I'd done it right in February, I wouldn't have had enough time to analyze and second guess myself. The whole "going on impulse alone" thing is what makes the idea of an album in a month intriguing. Someday (some month?) I'll actually get all the way through that whole process. It might not be this year, it might not be during a February, but it will happen.
I'm starting to hear in my head a bit about how this solo stuff will come out. It still sounds like it's coming at me from far away, but the sounds are getting clearer, which is cool. It means that one of these days, the noise will be blaringly loud and easier to translate.
They set aside the box of old in-store plays again today, with a note that said we could take another one. Usually when we get a second crack at it, all of the good stuff is gone. This time, I scored Gillian Welch's latest record, The Harrow & The Harvest. Think I have a slight music addiction.
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