off-topics

Right now i am burning an “Under My Skin” cd single to deliver along with a newly burned copy of my ever popular demo other plans. The single contains eight versions of “UMS,” plus three bonus tracks [one of which hasn’t even made it onto the website]. I’m doing this because the version of “UMS” on the demo is, well, horrible, and that’s the favourite song of the person i’m giving a demo to tonight. In a quickly put together, last ditch effort to save myself from embarrasment, i decided to throw together the maxi-single. What’s cool is that it’s only taking 20 minutes all told, including renaming all the tracks to reflect which version of the song they are, and burning the cd itself. What power i have! Anyhow, i hope she finds at least one of the versions of the song satisfactory [at least, until the next album arrives, since “UMS” is the frontrunner for the title track].

What made me want to store my giant box of blank CDs 12 feet above my desk, i couldn’t tell you. Suffice to say that i have to essentially climb on top of my computer to get to it. This doesn’t help the general state of chaos the room is in, which can be attributing equally to Viktor’s impending flight to his homeland and my half dozen giant tupperware containers (all half packed). The next few days should be very interesting indeed. And geeze, why is the yuppy radio station playing “You Oughta Know?” That’s so wrong… (especially when followed by ‘everybody’s got a hungry heart’)

I can personally understand not wanting to play one of your popular songs. In fact, i can understand it on several levels. Firstly, with me at least, sometimes i haven’t practiced a song in forever and someone requests it. On my own i have a shot at improvising past forgotten words and chords, but in a band setting you can’t very well all improvise, or know if anyone knows what to do without conferring first. Secondly, even if you know perfectly well how to play a song, sometimes it needs a little break. When i write a song i really like, within a year of its conception i usually go through a month of being totally sick of it. This period of time increases with every year that passes, until songs from half a decade ago will probably only get played once or twice a year, if even that. So, i don’t really blame Weezer for leaving out “Good Life.” Hell, when was the last time i played “Afterglow” for anyone?

If i write a song about you, you get a free copy of the album it’s on. However, if an album is titled after a song i wrote about you, you get a lifetime supply of music. And, tonight, i have another lifetime member!