hellooooooooooo it's almost midnight. here's my playlist that i've been sticking to lately:
OAR- Hey Girl, That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
John Mayer- Say, Free Falling, Stop This Train
Rob Thomas- Streetcorner Symphony
Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the Black Parade
Dave Matthews Band- Don't Drink the Water, Grey Street, Say Goodbye, Bartender
Matt Lewis- Old Enough, Killing Time, Friction, In For A Ride
Jimi Hendrix- Fire, Crosstown Traffic, My Friend
Herbie Hancock- Chameleon, Stitched Up
Bill Withers- Use Me
As you can see, I have what medical professionals call "MADD" or Musical Attention Deficit Disorder. I can listen to John Mayer and Dave play accoustic stuff all day if I want, or I can rock with MCR, Hendrix, and some of Dave's live stuff, but lately it's been wierd. Sometimes I feel like my life is a music video. I'll walk out of my apartment and the wind or rain will hit me in the face and I feel like I'm in a video!
Oh, and check out Matt Lewis. When I was in Alaska, his name was the buzz. He's from Utah and goes up to Alaska every summer because he loves it. He's such a talented singer/songwriter that I'd be suprised if he didn't hit it big in the next couple years. He's already put out three albums. His reviews say he can freestyle better than Eminem, but he has dorm-room sounds on songs like "In for a Ride" and "This River", too. He's a mix of Eminem, Jason Mraz (also good with words), with maybe a touch of John Mayer or even Incubus??
As far as my project goes, I've given up trying to map out exactly where my piece will go. Lately, when I sit down to create music, it's all over the place and I never hear the same thing in my head twice. I'll probably end up recording something and have to listen to it 10 times to remember what the hell I just played. Basically I'm going to sit down and play all the instruments I can in whatever order my MADD takes me.
Whatever I do, I want to do it before Thanksgiving break, because after that, we're presenting and I'm starting my internship and I will be doubly busy on top of my already ridiculous schedule. This should be fun...
Monday, November 10, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
go time
tomorrow, tuesday, i will bring my notes and ideas into the studio to begin work on my final piece. the first part will begin with a digital piano in the strings setting. the piece will be in 16/8 time to begin with. layered piano parts will intertwine a couple solos and come to a point i will record later when drums and bass come in for a pretty suprising entrance.
where this goes from there is a very vague guess, though. i might get inspired to do a percussive piece or jump immediately into the guitar part i came up with last week. honestly, i don't know. i get the feeling i'm gonna get in the studio and even my best and most carefully laid out plans will go straight out the window and give way to a spontaneous idea i have about my piece going in a new direction.
i really lack sense of a direction as a thinker, a writer, and a doer, honestly. why would making an extended track be any different? i want the piece to be more about what i feel than any specific message i'm trying to convey.
i just realized i can make use of 7 years of trumpet experience, as well. i was going to quit band when i was in 6th grade because my teachers pushed me too much to be a drummer (ironic, right??) so i told her i would quit band unless she let me play trumpet. i'm a ham, a spotlight grabber, a center of attention, and i like it, so i wanted to play an instrument that got solos. so i played trumpet until i graduated high school and left it on stage at my graduation, never to see it again. (i did that on purpose; the trumpet was a gift from the school anyway.) i have no idea where i'll get a hold of said trumpet, but if i find one, i won't hesitate to use it. enough for now, i'm going to bed with a splitting headache. i didn't get any sleep friday (halloween) saturday (alumni came up for basketball/party) or sunday (mapherd conference at the samoset resort). i shall get some sleep to get rested for the studio tomorrow night.
where this goes from there is a very vague guess, though. i might get inspired to do a percussive piece or jump immediately into the guitar part i came up with last week. honestly, i don't know. i get the feeling i'm gonna get in the studio and even my best and most carefully laid out plans will go straight out the window and give way to a spontaneous idea i have about my piece going in a new direction.
i really lack sense of a direction as a thinker, a writer, and a doer, honestly. why would making an extended track be any different? i want the piece to be more about what i feel than any specific message i'm trying to convey.
i just realized i can make use of 7 years of trumpet experience, as well. i was going to quit band when i was in 6th grade because my teachers pushed me too much to be a drummer (ironic, right??) so i told her i would quit band unless she let me play trumpet. i'm a ham, a spotlight grabber, a center of attention, and i like it, so i wanted to play an instrument that got solos. so i played trumpet until i graduated high school and left it on stage at my graduation, never to see it again. (i did that on purpose; the trumpet was a gift from the school anyway.) i have no idea where i'll get a hold of said trumpet, but if i find one, i won't hesitate to use it. enough for now, i'm going to bed with a splitting headache. i didn't get any sleep friday (halloween) saturday (alumni came up for basketball/party) or sunday (mapherd conference at the samoset resort). i shall get some sleep to get rested for the studio tomorrow night.
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