in your music or in your lives?
Well I was looking forward to a trip to Milwaukee yesterday to pick up another Hybrid car - cash deal until another dealer in that area told me I had a deal on another one for more money but less miles. So the day before closing the second deal falls through and the first one, the bird in hand, was history too. So I thought I would end up with 2 more cars but ended up with nothing.., maybe better off that way.
Well something is better than nothing. My excitement is we have an indieland fantasy football league and the draft is tonight.
Six new songs with a new lyricist; a short story getting published in an anthology coming out later this year; a guitar book on the way early next year. More songs on the way in the coming weeks.
Papers stacked in order, publishing complete, copyright submissions complete, ASCAP catalog updated, and masters are secure like I was Elvis or someone famous. Ha! Headphones and harmonies stacked upon my chest like an elephant with no intention of moving. Get one right and another falls through, over and over, a cycle without end, yet I know I can sing what I hear, or at least whistle it. The album DreamLyfe may be done after 21 songs, or it might be uncapped, not sure as I am releasing songs from it as singles. The last four months have evaporated. I have a lot to show for that time though and am glad I did it. Wish I could do this music thing all the time. . . the songs keep happening. Does that mean anything?
A song that I love so much has been coming to me. Almost the whole thing has given itself to me. The song makes me feel things all through me, and I can’t even say why.
We have a big yearly family cookout tomorrow.
Maybe about 25 people? Should be fun.
I'm actually getting some songs finished off and been trying to sharpen my production and mixing skills. That's pretty exciting for me as my output over the last 10 years has been about one song per 2 years, but I've managed to get two uploaded in the space of a few weeks recently. I've got another 10 or so on the go, was thinking of doing an album release but can't help myself uploading as soon as I get one done.
I've actually finished writing a song that I think is pretty good. It literally came to me in a dream, nearly completed -- lyrics and all -- and I only needed to make a couple of tweaks.
Also, I am playing my first show in the city (Chicago) in a long time. Feels good to be "back on the scene" as it were. Nice little room, frequented by a lot of folks who were "on the scene" back in the 90s, when I was at my most active. Gonna feel like a homecoming of sorts, I think.
Really looking forward to it. And to debuting that new song there.
and and 10 rhymes for the word goose... and it actually makes sense.
I have 2 political songs I'm working on that I Intend to give to Neg Tendencies. plus another secret project I'm not sure will ever see the light of day.