Bought this for my cat today. She doesn’t like it very much. I can’t seem to understand why…
A Note (LOL MUSIC PUN).
Probably one of the best things about being a musician is having the ability to take a song that you have an extreme emotional connection to and pull it apart, piece by piece, phrase by phrase, note by note. I learned how to play a certain song on piano today that had said emotional connection and there’s something almost therapeutic about completely immersing yourself into the music and picking out each individual note in a chord and charting in your head where each of them move. It’s why I stand strongly with learning as much music as you possibly can by ear, if you’re in to that sort of thing and it’s easy enough for you to do. I mean, I certainly wouldn’t expect most people to learn some insane Chopin piece by ear. But it really gets your whole mind into the music, and makes it come out with so much more “oomph” when you play it yourself because you’re not just reading the page, but channeling the music through you.
Side note: That’s why I love jazz. So so so much.
That’s my story for today.
Lololololz. I told Collin i was gonna make a techno to Kefka from Final Fantasy VI laughing, this is the product.
I’m finally writing music again. It feels really good. Being so self conscious over my work and scrutinizing it to the point that nothing ever gets produced is getting old. So I’ve just decided to hell with it! I’m gonna churn out a bunch of stuff and see what happens with it.
On a second note, today reinforced the fact that I don’t like sushi. Went to a really nice place in Chicago for sushi and just wasn’t feeling it. On a second note to the second note, I met a really cool guy there who skated a mean street session to answer my “how’s the skating around here” question. I’m so used to watching the people around here do nothing but fall, it was nice to see someone really blow it out of the park.
Next time: I rant about how useless the letter “C” is.
I miss writting in this.
Oh boy, it’s getting late. I seem to be acting more and more like an old person as the summer goes on. Going to bed early and getting up early as well, what happened to summer being just the opposite? Granted, this hasn’t exactly been the best summer ever, but it’s getting better, right? It’s odd. For the first time in my life I actually want summer to just be over. I miss being at school and feeling like I’m working towards something instead of just working a mediocre part-time job where the only positive thing about it is getting a paycheck. I think I’ve had a reasonable amount of alone time this summer, I miss being surrounded by friends all the time. Even when I’m in my isolation mode I can still just go for a walk and be gone for a while.
Well I guess all I can do is be patient. I’ve got a lot to look forward to and some things to work on. I’ve been writing lots of songs recently. Indie album time? I think so.
I wear glasses for a reason!
