It feels incredibly good to know the face of one out of every ten people on the street. Aside from running into Gina and a host of other Drexel Players today, i also exchanged greetings with scads of Freshmen whose minds i have been impressed upon. My most depressed days hinge upon a lack of human interaction, and if today was any indication i won’t be left wanting any of that anytime soon.
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Running slightly on time for my first day of classes. Potentially $40 short on my first rent check. Not planning on eating anything in the next 6 hours. Kept dreaming about a blizzard knocking out our power. Talk more later.
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Moving further along that thought, i’ll really like to purchase my own domain name and server space soon so that i can keep all my old audio and Trios online… there’s no better way to trace the evolution of my songs and i than to listen to the differences from week to week and month to month. The new song is a perfect example; it first started off as me goofing around with some lyrics that had been floating in my head during the day. Seeing as it talked about joining a punk band, i wanted it to sound “punk” and gave it simple chords. Writing the music wasn’t especially hard, given those limitations, and the song was done in a short amount of time. Of course, when i began to play it i discovered that i simply couldn’t keep up with the racing punk rhythm that i heard in my head. After bouncing around from key to key i wound up half thrashing my guitar and half strumming it, which worked out just fine as far as i was concerned. However, Gina came over today and remarked that it might sound better if i built up a bit more slowly. She showed me what she meant and i joined in with a simple bassline for two run-throughs. Sadly, Gina wasn’t around long enough to cut tonight’s Trio, but the version i played solo was much closer to what she played than what i intended the song to sound like (initially). All of that happened in just one week, so it’s not really hard to see how “Under My Skin” and “Crashing” have evolved over months of constant playing. I’m nearing the 1-year anniversary of “Crashing” … scary stuff. I’m sure i’ll want to talk about that at length when we get there, so i’ll just go back to listening to myself sing now.
Trio: Season 1, #3
I suppose for all my fucking up, Trio is a very true thing. For example, last week i made it through two songs perfectly, and then turned in a fun but flawed version of a third song. My playing is obviously not always up to concert quality, and by posting the first live take that i make it through i show some of the thoughts (musical and actual) behind the songs. Sure, i might have messed up all three songs tonight, but wasn’t listening to it more fun, in a way, than listening to some glistening album cut? Maybe that’s just my love of Ani and Tori showing through, and maybe that’s a bit strange for someone who’s a fan of good music, but i love outtakes. And, rest assured, Trio is heavy on those.
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lyrics to the new song, right now referred to as “punk”
How do you find your voice when you've got it buried under years spent not digging out how will you ever make a choice when you can't even get the words out of your mouth maybe we can join a punk band if we half ass it you can scream all the words and i'd get by with a little try all you need is a guitar and three or four chords i'd go all out and buy and electric a star is what we'd be if i could just thrash it but i think you need a chance to say what you feel for real and you shouldn't waste it whoa-oa how could you ever make a choice whoa-oa i think you need a voice for that whoa-oa why don't we join a rock band whoa-oa we could fade into the background i think we need a wall of sound around us so no one will know what we are saying if we blend in they can't pick on us and pick us out and ruin our day maybe we should go back to highschool where i was a nerd and you were a lesbo (i was a dyke and your were a smart-ass) i know that we could do it again you(i) could be the prom queen and i(you) could be the captain of a team any team we know now that it doesn't matter what you win as long as you look good within but did you ever make a choice i thought you needed a voice for that whoa-oa why don't we join a rock band whoa-oa we could fade into the background