I haven’t been saying much about my songwriting lately other than my notoriously weepy comments of last week, and i’m not sure if it’s because i haven’t had anything to say or if it’s because i have too many things. While i am still in an intake phase, it is slowly giving way to some tiny forms of output … guitar riffs and quickly scribbled verses that are slowly coming together as my new songs. One thing that is entirely clear is that i am once again lacking in an emotional center to orbit around in my writing (which is almost amusing, since between that post and now i had a long period of only having a center and not too much else). I think the new songs are frightening me a little bit because they are actually doing things i’ve been wanting songs to do for a while… using different types of chords and strumming, narrating differently, being about the same feelings but from different angles.
The reason i mention this at all is because i was bored on Saturday and decided to make a list of songs that either just missed being on Relief or were written since then. The list quickly grew to over 30 songs, and as of this morning the current final tally seems to be 44. I’d point out (as always) that easily half of those songs are only half-decent and that i might never take the time to make them decent (or better). But, anyway, click if you’re interested in titles:
[Album Songs][All Songs]