So, today was my first real "put up or shut up" day in the month of February. A lot of that had to do with the FAWM/RPM Challenge that I've given myself. Going into today, I had the music for one song finished, and was hoping to be able to take at least two more of the "sketches" I had come up with the first couple of days, and turn them into complete songs.
I got in two separate studio sessions today, and suffice it to say that I'm over the moon at the progress I made today. I didn't just take two of my sketches from rough ideas for either verses or choruses and turn them into musically complete songs, I did that one better and took three all the way to completion. That gives me a total of four over the first three days, with a few more ideas still sitting in my notebook waiting to be worked on.
I was right, too, about the song structure stuff from yesterday. I won't use it as a strict guide, but just having it written out and sitting there provides a fall-back if I need it, and spurs me on to see different ideas through to completion.
I was so focused on the writing today that I didn't get around to much of anything in the way of lesson practice, but that can be on tomorrow's list.
Writing everything on the acoustic, too, because if it doesn't hold up that way, it doesn't need a wall of distortion to make up for it.
Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't at least make mention of the fact that today marks the 55th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson. Whether it was Buddy or The Beatles or someone else, we all have that musician in our lives that made us realize it was okay to pick up a guitar or sit down at a keyboard and let out that which we kept inside. This year, for me, is all about pushing ahead, about learning as much as I can in every moment that I can, and staying true to the vision of who I want to be, but sometimes, in order to progress, you need to look back and give a nod to the past you're leaving behind as you do so, for it is that road that informs not only who we are today, but who we will become in the future. Holly was one of my first musical heroes, and were it not for him, my musical journey would be a little bit quieter, and look at least a little bit different.
I got in two separate studio sessions today, and suffice it to say that I'm over the moon at the progress I made today. I didn't just take two of my sketches from rough ideas for either verses or choruses and turn them into musically complete songs, I did that one better and took three all the way to completion. That gives me a total of four over the first three days, with a few more ideas still sitting in my notebook waiting to be worked on.
I was right, too, about the song structure stuff from yesterday. I won't use it as a strict guide, but just having it written out and sitting there provides a fall-back if I need it, and spurs me on to see different ideas through to completion.
I was so focused on the writing today that I didn't get around to much of anything in the way of lesson practice, but that can be on tomorrow's list.
Writing everything on the acoustic, too, because if it doesn't hold up that way, it doesn't need a wall of distortion to make up for it.
Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't at least make mention of the fact that today marks the 55th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson. Whether it was Buddy or The Beatles or someone else, we all have that musician in our lives that made us realize it was okay to pick up a guitar or sit down at a keyboard and let out that which we kept inside. This year, for me, is all about pushing ahead, about learning as much as I can in every moment that I can, and staying true to the vision of who I want to be, but sometimes, in order to progress, you need to look back and give a nod to the past you're leaving behind as you do so, for it is that road that informs not only who we are today, but who we will become in the future. Holly was one of my first musical heroes, and were it not for him, my musical journey would be a little bit quieter, and look at least a little bit different.
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