SMiLE

If you haven't heard the album SMiLE, you really owe yourself a listen..

Wrote some new music, trying to flesh it out.. I'm going to put some stuff on tape here in the near future just to see how it rolls with me.. if I'm down, I'll throw it up on MySpace.. deal?

Summer school starts here in a few days.. not happy about that, but I'll manage.. I've got big plans for the season..

Trying to take better care of myself, keep the focus on what I love most..

5:00 A.M.

I feel like the early morning is one of the most dangerous times to dive into songwriting..

I know I'm not the only one with these strange feelings of despair so late at night..

I'm going to bed..

Update Lag

Such a terrible, terrible amount of time between this and my previous update.

I'm going to try and blog more frequently.. it's definitely something I've wanted to do for a while..

How about a musical update?

Well, as of my last post, I've been slowly piecing together what I hope will eventually be my debut album. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how time consuming this whole process was.

There's no doubt I've gained an incredible amount of admiration for the artists I love and this process they've mastered.. it's time consuming, but rewarding.

I'm haphazardly delving into my lyrics and music.. attempting to make them a physical whole, embodied on a compact disc.. how was that?

So far it seems I've got lyrics for four tracks:

"The Middle"
"Surreal"
"Bored"
"Northshore"

Obviously this is all tentative, but I'm really happy to be making headway on the hardest aspect of the process for me: putting my ideas and experiences into words..

It's kind of hard to believe, seeing as I talk more than I need to, but I've had a terribly difficult time throwing letters together.. I think it may have been a product of fear, so I'm fighting back.. fighting fire with fire, writing more than ever before.. let's see how this goes..

Progress

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Circus

"Circus" - Eric Clapton

..and you thought "Tears in Heaven" was sad?

Check out the description located beside the video..

Rickenbacker: Classic Craftsmanship

Definitely going to have to invest in one of these someday..

June 24th

It just feels.. right.

More on this later.