| Jan 28, 2012: | Being able to press record when an idea strikes is the best part of music & technology. Saved for future toying. |
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- Minor Burst of Clarity
- Sometimes I listen to other people talk about their music and see the freedom they have to accomplish what they want and I wonder why I haven't attained that. Supposedly it all comes down to a lack of money. But that's just the cover story. Really it comes down to fear of self-destruction and doubt. I'm capable but sometimes so unwilling to break with personal tradition to explore.
That's the pinnacle of why and how I have not reached personal goals or completed ideas. This inundation of distractions and worries leaves me staring blankly at my instruments wondering what in the hell I've been doing all my life. Spiraling ever further outward from the heart of my creativity and inspiration. Sometimes the wandering leads me through a patch of ideas and I create. Then, like so many foggy mornings, it burns off and fades. Too fast.
So this year, fresh and new, will be a deciding year. A gathering of courage and naivete strapped around me like protective padding to set off in a new direction, physically and creatively. I don't know where or what will come of it. But a change is needed. Realign my stars and let them lead me off into my music.Â
- Post-Phoned: A New Year
My first show of 2012 was friday night. A few hours of new bands (to me) and a handful of wonderful people who came to see me. I attempted to play the new tracks but between the ones i couldn't remember and the ones I figured were too mellow for a night like that, i only played a couple songs from the record. I ended up playing my fall-back songs. Those are the go-to material when i can't think of anything else off the top of my head. Still, it didn't matter what i played. i haven't been on a stage for months.
Here we are now, half of January already gone. I'm trying to figure out how this year will play out. There are half a dozen thing to work on and it's been getting harder and harder to approach it all one thing at a time. Especially when the recording has taken months more than anticipated. I know I'll figure everything out and make it work no matter what but right now its quite a mountain I'm staring up at.
Good news is, some clarity and focus has been returning and some distractions are starting to peel away to wait in the wings. The artwork for the cd is, far as i can see, finished. And once the last tracks are down in digital and the music is being mixed and mastered, I can turn my attention to the rewards for you Kickstarter peoples and the merch that I've been neglecting.
...well this has been another rambling update. More of the same but inching ever nearer the goal. I haven't forgotten about the next DAMcast! I'll let you know soon as a date is decided.
Goodnight yous guys,
--dam
