Yeah, so... I'm trying to get in the habit of posting regularly, so here I am again.
I just wrote a big thing about how money is tight, but I really don't wanna go there again, so I'll just say...
later.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
long time no see
Okay, apparently I'm a total fucking spaz and wrote one damn blog entry, then skitzed off into oblivion for the last three years or so. I threw up a few blog posts on my myspace page over the last few years, but I can't seem to be bothered to actually blog on a regular basis.
I'm "reclaiming" this blog because things are really bothering me lately, and I feel like using this to deal with them, exorcise personal demons, etc.
So what's going on now in my world... Still no band. Not for real, anyway. I sing with a band, but I'm not "in the band" officially, so I don't exactly claim them as mine. I like everyone in the band... they're friends of mine. We hang out, make music, goof off, whatever. They are really good musicians, and I think I'm definitely on the same page musically as them. They're just not wanting to commit to me because I'm singer number what... 4? I think. I'm not mad, I just wish I knew I was in or out. I want to write music with these guys, and work on new stuff, and I can't because of the situation.
I also have my ProTools rig set up so I can do my own stuff, and I got an acoustic guitar a few months ago, so I'm writing stuff again. I need to get a nice, quality electric again. My BC Rich has a bad neck (and apparently is lost at Dante's studio somewhere) and my other electric is a 7 string Fender, which is a good guitar, but a seven string isn't the same animal as a normal six string guitar. Just like a bass isn't just a larger four string version of a six string. They are different instruments, and they are played differently. Similarly, but different enough to make a big impact on how you play and what you play. At least, that's my opinion of it...
So, I've written some stuff. Some of it is really cool, but none of it is in a finalized format... I need to start recording the parts and doing some arrangement. It's not exactly easy, because my ProTools rig is at one of the places I work, and not at home, so I can't get on the machine and start recording right when the mood strikes me. I try to record really shitty rough recordings with my laptop at home so I don't lose things I come up with. Eventually, I'll have something to show everyone.
Other than that, hrm... what else?
I finally accepted that I'm a full on positive Atheist. I'd been pretty anti-religion for a long time, and I'd been seeking something for a while before that, and before that, I was raised "Christian", but didn't really ever 100% agree with it anyway. I finally am okay with there not being any gods, or greater meaning in life, and I'm content to make the best life I can here on this planet, in this time, because it's all I get. Unless they come up with that "download your brain onto a flash drive" thing before I die. Please don't attempt to "convert" me to Christianity or any other belief system. I've already heard all of your arguments. They are completely invalid. No hard feelings, but you lost.
Oh, and I discovered Stumble Upon. I mean, I didn't "DISCOVER" it and go showing it to everyone else on the intertoobs, but I started using it a few months ago... addicted? yup
I'm really going to try to start using this blahgue on a regular basis. It's not that I don't like to blog, but I just don't really remember to do it. Maybe now that it's hooked up with gmail, I'll be reminded to use it.
Later.
I'm "reclaiming" this blog because things are really bothering me lately, and I feel like using this to deal with them, exorcise personal demons, etc.
So what's going on now in my world... Still no band. Not for real, anyway. I sing with a band, but I'm not "in the band" officially, so I don't exactly claim them as mine. I like everyone in the band... they're friends of mine. We hang out, make music, goof off, whatever. They are really good musicians, and I think I'm definitely on the same page musically as them. They're just not wanting to commit to me because I'm singer number what... 4? I think. I'm not mad, I just wish I knew I was in or out. I want to write music with these guys, and work on new stuff, and I can't because of the situation.
I also have my ProTools rig set up so I can do my own stuff, and I got an acoustic guitar a few months ago, so I'm writing stuff again. I need to get a nice, quality electric again. My BC Rich has a bad neck (and apparently is lost at Dante's studio somewhere) and my other electric is a 7 string Fender, which is a good guitar, but a seven string isn't the same animal as a normal six string guitar. Just like a bass isn't just a larger four string version of a six string. They are different instruments, and they are played differently. Similarly, but different enough to make a big impact on how you play and what you play. At least, that's my opinion of it...
So, I've written some stuff. Some of it is really cool, but none of it is in a finalized format... I need to start recording the parts and doing some arrangement. It's not exactly easy, because my ProTools rig is at one of the places I work, and not at home, so I can't get on the machine and start recording right when the mood strikes me. I try to record really shitty rough recordings with my laptop at home so I don't lose things I come up with. Eventually, I'll have something to show everyone.
Other than that, hrm... what else?
I finally accepted that I'm a full on positive Atheist. I'd been pretty anti-religion for a long time, and I'd been seeking something for a while before that, and before that, I was raised "Christian", but didn't really ever 100% agree with it anyway. I finally am okay with there not being any gods, or greater meaning in life, and I'm content to make the best life I can here on this planet, in this time, because it's all I get. Unless they come up with that "download your brain onto a flash drive" thing before I die. Please don't attempt to "convert" me to Christianity or any other belief system. I've already heard all of your arguments. They are completely invalid. No hard feelings, but you lost.
Oh, and I discovered Stumble Upon. I mean, I didn't "DISCOVER" it and go showing it to everyone else on the intertoobs, but I started using it a few months ago... addicted? yup
I'm really going to try to start using this blahgue on a regular basis. It's not that I don't like to blog, but I just don't really remember to do it. Maybe now that it's hooked up with gmail, I'll be reminded to use it.
Later.
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