After years of threatening to let someone else besides my dog (and helpless, random, polite suckers) listen to the songs I muddle with that somehow manage to make it past the "hey, that's a good idea, too bad I'm {insert completely inconvenient time to have a creative idea strike} with no way to remember this" stage, I think it might finally happen. For better or for worse...
My idea for this blog is to share music that came about for whatever reason AND that "whatever reason." Tell the story behind the madness, in other words. Having spent years in rock bands trying to market music to people on a larger scale, I miss being able to share the human side of art and creativity. (And, quite frankly, I think I'm hilarious.) I've been through a lot and (hopefully) will keep myself out of enough trouble to go through more.
I'm not really worried about how the songs are received, although I think some of them are worth sharing and are pretty attached to them. And I'm not too concerned about making a living off of them. Most of this music has already kept me alive in some shape or form, and frankly, I just want to share.
So here I am, "Day 1," which is more like "Day 3,298." I currently have several songs that are in various random stages of "done-ness" that will eventually get enough attention to turn into something worth listening to, but I think it would be most appropriate to start with the first song I ever truly wrote on my own. That is, once I get the vocals re-tracked and finish mixing it... but that shouldn't take too much longer. In the mean time, I'll keep you posted with progress and funny stories of my ridiculously long commute, my dog's shenanigans, roommate wars, etc. And if nothing else, it'll be a well-kept diary of what an amazing procrastinator I am.
Peace and cheers.
