Barren
Work, world cup, work, world cup... knackered, barren idea-wise.
OK - let's try a few real sentences...
I'm afraid it's excuses. Work sometimes just takes me over. I've got a great job and when it's going really well there's no room or energy for anything else. This is dangerous, because I have a history of falling off highs (work, music, art, etc) into dangerous dismal pits where I lie exhausted and disspirited.
So now certain things (no work details shall sully this blog) are delivered I'm attempting to redress the work-life balance before I keel over and plummet.
So I know it's great news that I haven't progressed with the music because I'm keeping my sanity in check, but the record-buying public (as opposed to other publics?) may wonder what's going on.
Music-wise: sometimes the songs pour out of me and sometimes it feels like there's no more left. Well, it's been barren. I've had a couple of musical bits but the words just seem too forced - they're not flowing. Until today. When I write it's usually very quick. I get a song to 95% very quickly and then over a period of time (1 hour to 10 years or longer) the remaining 5% gets sorted. And then I can set about recording and arranging them.
So I've got two to 95% this morning. I could tell you what they're called and what they're about but that would defeat the object - the songs do the telling. Furthermore telling you what they're about would only tell you about the words. The music's about something too - abstract things: "Ups", "Crashes", "Drones" and other things that don't really have words.
I should continue the tenuous connections thread too. I did have a simple thought on this, which will follow...
OK - let's try a few real sentences...
I'm afraid it's excuses. Work sometimes just takes me over. I've got a great job and when it's going really well there's no room or energy for anything else. This is dangerous, because I have a history of falling off highs (work, music, art, etc) into dangerous dismal pits where I lie exhausted and disspirited.
So now certain things (no work details shall sully this blog) are delivered I'm attempting to redress the work-life balance before I keel over and plummet.
So I know it's great news that I haven't progressed with the music because I'm keeping my sanity in check, but the record-buying public (as opposed to other publics?) may wonder what's going on.
Music-wise: sometimes the songs pour out of me and sometimes it feels like there's no more left. Well, it's been barren. I've had a couple of musical bits but the words just seem too forced - they're not flowing. Until today. When I write it's usually very quick. I get a song to 95% very quickly and then over a period of time (1 hour to 10 years or longer) the remaining 5% gets sorted. And then I can set about recording and arranging them.
So I've got two to 95% this morning. I could tell you what they're called and what they're about but that would defeat the object - the songs do the telling. Furthermore telling you what they're about would only tell you about the words. The music's about something too - abstract things: "Ups", "Crashes", "Drones" and other things that don't really have words.
I should continue the tenuous connections thread too. I did have a simple thought on this, which will follow...
posted by Andrew Middleton at 12:39 pm
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