Day56

Very much a struggle of a week in many ways, but all caught up on posts now.

I squeezed alot out of this weekend, and now I feel as though I need a day to myself. Maybe next weekend if I'm lucky, but chances are there will be few free days until we complete the EP.

We had a (2/3rds) band meeting today & drew up the tasklist. It was most productive - we're 80% of the way there.

We also worked on a new track which consists solely of piano, bass & vox - officially ending our 2 month hiatus. Fortunately, I have the rest of this coming week to work on Stained House tracks before really knuckling down with the AD work.

At the very least I'm mostly distracted during the waking hours =/

Day52

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Trying my best not to care, but 0200 has me awake, skin crawling. Communication is weighing heavily on my mind again. I want to be available, in touch, but the frequency and level of communication is currently lacking to the point where it's difficult to deal with, especially having had such an open dialogue before.

0420 awoken by a dream wherein I am Head Vampire. I'm hiding from a vampire hunter in the storage room of a university AV suite. The students come in & play movies while I hide, waiting. The significance - if any - is not immediately clear to me. Something to ponder.

I worked on 6 Stained House tracks today, each at various stages of completion. Tomorrow will be a fun day for me: reviewing the changes & confirming whether the desired effect has been achieved or not. I get much fulfilment out of this process, and the occasional moment of joy: when my own music does to me what that of countless others has done, sparking that amazing, almost indescribable glow within my being.

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Peter Gabriel is helping so much right now. He is one of those artists with a voice of an angel. Up there with Roy Orbison and Shannon Hoon.

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

Day51

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Tonight I've been working on an instrumental Stained House track. I haven't programmed drums for months - I'd forgotten how much fun it is, in a brain-tickling, challenging way.

Inspiration, while mostly from different sources lately, is ever-present. I wrote lyrics to 2 songs today & finished the lyrics to another song written on Sunday.

I miss my muse.

Her presence is scarce, but she has filled me with enough inspiration to even still conjure verses from the aether.

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Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up

Day44

The grey mist lifted somewhat today. 2 theories on this: 1 - I think I'm just drained. I felt like the not-too-serious-but-annoying flu was coming back for round 3. Each time it's started with an earache, so I wasn't too keen on experiencing this again, but this time I've been loading up on vegies so I'm pretending that they'll give me super powers; 2 - I might just be so mixed up that I'm not thinking straight. Either way, I don't have my usual inexhaustible spirit. I miss it.

I recorded more bass tonight before being summoned to defend against the hordes. Left 4 Dead is awesome fun in short bursts. 13 tracks in this project ("Stained House") & I've finished 2 completely. Right now, I'd love a full week to work exclusively on it - my fingers are primed, left-hand tips calloused, right-hand muscles in good shape: quick & durable. My spreadsheet matrix of song vs. drums/bass/gtr/vox/etc is slowly turning from red -> orange -> green. Bass is the first column I see going green - mostly because it's the most fun to play =) Each day when I listen back to the album in it's entirety, with the newest versions in place, I wish I had've spent more time on it. So keen to get it finished.

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Had this song on permanent loop today - I really dig the chorus melody. Kinda sad lyrics, fierce like a mistreated dog.

Ramones - Main Man