INTERMITENT RAMBLINGS

I made a comittment to try and write something on this blog on a regular basis, figuring that the more I do it the easier it will get and plus writing is writing - it can’t but help the songwriting as we.. Also, it is turning out to be a great way to avoid work…. right on! I can use all the positive re-enforcement I can get.
So I am beginning to get some writing done that doesn’t suck… the first couple of weeks back at it are always such a drag… Next week I am going to start playing with some new folks and finally start the process of seeing if I can figure out how do  things the way I am imagining. I am going to try and start things out as just a three-piece and see how that goes. I have no idea how to handle some of the songs with only one guitar, soi it will require some thought and some stretching outside my comfort zone, but I figure that if I can make it work as a three-piece in a way that makes me happy, then whatever else I add will just make things that much better. That’s the thought anyway, I’ll let you know how it pans out…

So I decided to keep a blog about the inner workings of songwriting, record making and what-not, hoping that it would give me some insite after the fact as to what went well and what didn’t…I have no idea what form this might take, so here goes…

I have finally begun to write again. I keep forgetting that if I wait to be inspired I never actually start, so i have set aside some time every morning to write. I have figured out that there are some things that I SAY are very important, like songwriting, going to the gym, etc… that I really want to do, but if I don’t do them first thing they won’t get done. I don’t know why it is that I will spend whatever time it takes to get my design work done, but I always get too busy and “don’t have time” for the stuff that’s actually important to my ability to lead a happy life. So rather than sitting around wondering why I am the way I am, I have decided to do the stuff I blow off FIRST… So far so good…The first week of writing is always a painfull process. After days of writing I’m lucky if I get two useable lines. But I know from experience that if I keep at it things start to come much easier.

Started a song today about this party I went to a few weeks ago where there were a ton of people from all these different times in my life. They were all telling stories about stuff I did, gigs I played, etc… and it occured to me that they all remembered my life better than I did. Now, I know I drank a lot back in the day, but that still seems funny to me. We’ll see where the song goes….