I got my time tonight.
In reality, it only took about half an hour of concentrated effort, but here's what I did (and here's what it got me). I sat down with the four song ideas I've been working on so far this year and the things I was working on as a part of the Dave Grohl Challenge last fall. The challenge was based around the following quote:
"It's not rocket science. If you're semi-decent at an instrument and grew up with Beatles albums, make a fucking record in your garage. You might get a Grammy nomination. It's not an impossibility."
And it set me off on a furious run of music writing, wherein I wound up with many individual snippets of music, but only a few things that actually held together as what I would consider to be "songs." I wanted to lay out everything and just sort of take stock of what I had, and how, if at all, it fit together. What I discovered was this...
The songs that I have "completed" (or at least close to it) are either somewhat similar in regards to the chords they utilize, or in the case of one idea in particular, so drastically different that I'm not sure how well they will fit together in a cohesive collection.
The snippets, on the other hand, are three chords strung together here and there, or a small melody line, and they could go in any direction. It's exciting to know that there are so many options out there. It was cool to realize that I've still got so much to learn, and that I've really only scratched the surface. Especially after the bummer of earlier in the week, it's good to be on the upswing again.
And with tomorrow afternoon off, things look to be heading further into the positive.
In reality, it only took about half an hour of concentrated effort, but here's what I did (and here's what it got me). I sat down with the four song ideas I've been working on so far this year and the things I was working on as a part of the Dave Grohl Challenge last fall. The challenge was based around the following quote:
"It's not rocket science. If you're semi-decent at an instrument and grew up with Beatles albums, make a fucking record in your garage. You might get a Grammy nomination. It's not an impossibility."
And it set me off on a furious run of music writing, wherein I wound up with many individual snippets of music, but only a few things that actually held together as what I would consider to be "songs." I wanted to lay out everything and just sort of take stock of what I had, and how, if at all, it fit together. What I discovered was this...
The songs that I have "completed" (or at least close to it) are either somewhat similar in regards to the chords they utilize, or in the case of one idea in particular, so drastically different that I'm not sure how well they will fit together in a cohesive collection.
The snippets, on the other hand, are three chords strung together here and there, or a small melody line, and they could go in any direction. It's exciting to know that there are so many options out there. It was cool to realize that I've still got so much to learn, and that I've really only scratched the surface. Especially after the bummer of earlier in the week, it's good to be on the upswing again.
And with tomorrow afternoon off, things look to be heading further into the positive.
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