INSPIRATION! Oh how she waits in the wings. just when I think I'm all alone, all of a sudden she knocks me back on my feet****
cAndid wee hour written coMMunication*
BREAK THROUGH ****makes me wanna celebrate, but not too hard because she might just take it away again...hope not. Tonight was an awesome day! Writing new music and developing is a pain-staking and amazingly rewarding process. Hearing a new sound can be such a
pinnacle moment. It's like a light shines down and you hear this voice in your ear. I love that second where it strikes! For that instant it's perfection, even though it's never been played by a human and only exists in your mind. rock on. I like to get caught up and lifted out.
had a great talk with my old man today. he's not old at all, actually. He's a drummer, and expressed interest in going back into playing again. It was a special
occasion hearing him say that. It's been quite some time since he's been in the secular world hitting the skins.
My dad and I then had a wonderful
conversation about music we love, referring to singer/drummer Joe English, Roy Orbison, and Pink Floyd. We talked about Roy Orbison's songwriting, and how musical, colorful and unique his voice was. I am actually in the process of learning 24 Roy Orbison songs for a concert in April, and the drumming on the tracks I received reminds me of my dad. Ronnie Tutt was one of the drummers that played with Orbison, I think, in his later years. Anyways, it started a nice musical
conversation with Pops. Hope he finds the right gig for himself.
Gonna do the dishes and listen to music I am rehearsing tomorrow. Great singersongwriter, Sheri Miller. I like doing dishes late at night -- nope! That's a lie. Only when I'm this high, on life of course ;) Brian Killeen is on the bass tomorrow - studio legend and friend. I have been making a little list tonight of things to accomplish tonight, which range from practicing a new song with left-hand piano and drum, to emails,to typing lyrics, to dishes, to push-ups (I'll just wait on those).
I tend to force songwriting at times. I freeze up when I tell myself I have to. I like something I read from Neil Young in an interview on songwriting. It helped me with this, and I realized I agreed with him totally. Neil says, "Stop trying. Let the force be with you. May the force be with you! ..You start to recognize that when you have an idea for a song and you start hearing a melody over and over again with words in your head, that's when you should write the song. If you don't have an idea...you know, go and mow the lawn." Right on! Nice and easy going. i guess it takes someone who can really be
patient. Well, need to rock those dishes - sometimes you can work and mow the lawn together. I used to get in trouble for mowing the lawn with my walkman on, because I would always go over rocks and not hear them destroying the blade. Brian Blade. Ronnie Tutt drum solo with Elvis. Youtube it. Goodnight.
