The Latest in Everything

So it's been three days since my last update, and I decided to keep you all (how many are there?) posted on my latest exploits.

My songwriting is progessing well. I was able to write out rough ideas for music for about 5 songs today. They'll need some tweaking, but it gives me a structure to build off of. I still need to work on my lyrics, some of the old stuff needs some definite work. I don't know what I was thinking with some of this stuff. I guess my motto was, "If it rhymes, use it," because there's definitely some crap to sift through ;)

The general ideas for all the songs I'm working on are there, I like their messages/themes/whatever. I just don't necessarily like every single line of them. I've been listening very closely to some of my favorite songs lately, trying to read into the lyrical style. What I've noticed is that they tend to ramble, not exactly remain on any obvious, distinct idea, but they always wind up back at the core idea by the chorus. I had always tried to make each verse an explicit part of the theme, contributing piece to a larger picture. That didn't always work, and I often found my songs being redundant and repetitive.

It felt good to write music again. It's been far too long. I did all of the writing on my electric; I find I'm more creative, more explorative (is that a word?), less bound by convention, if I write on the electric. That, and I'm more apt to use effects. I revamped a chord progression from long ago, and ended up adding echo, phaser, and a subtle flange. I never thought a Bm-D-A-G progression could sound so full. Also add in the fact that I'm throwing in some suspensions to the mix (add4's and the like). Thank you, Mr. Hendrix. Yoink!

In other news, today was pay day. A little bit more in the bank, a few steps closer to an iBook G4.

Damn, I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, aren't I? Get used to it, there' s not that much going on :)