Now that the band and I are well on our way to making a new album I have found myself celebrating the collection of songs contained on our last recording, “The Bigger Picture” in our live shows more and more frequently. “The Bigger Picture” was a fan funded grassroots project that raised over $10 grand in donations and ‘investments’ from fans and supporters long before kickstarter became the staple of the fan funded donation market. We recorded, mixed and mastered that CD on the backbone of the investment money that the fans donated. It was a great experience and one of the most satisfying albums I’ve ever made.
I’m starting to get excited to record a new album…It was strange to be in the studio cutting takes again…I began to get that “hold on tight, here we go again” feeling as we were laying stuff down. Recording projects tend to take on a life of their own once you begin. We are scheduling the additional tracking on the four songs we completed a few weeks back and will eventually head back into the studio to cut more songs.
I really need to get to writing new material. I have been feeling blocked creatively and recovering from a massive depression sparked by a devastating break up that has left me with minimal motivation. It is unlikely that the person that I miss so badly is wasting any energy thinking of me at all, so I know I had best get on with my life and get back to work being a songwriter and performer. I have a lot of songs inside me and a lot to say right now. A lot of frustration and anger that I have been holding in really needs to come out. I am trying to find a way to say the things I need to say without writing the same broken love songs I’ve written in the past. I do not want to repeat myself…but I need to express myself. I wonder if Robert Smith ever worried about writing too many depressing songs? Maybe I should just write whatever comes out without thinking too hard about it. I can’t hold it back much longer…the levy is about to break.
I will leave you with a live video of a song from my last album…this is another video from our show at Kulak’s. This song is called, “See In You”
Don’t worry my friend. Your pain will pass, but make haste, you’re sitting on the greatest platform of inspiration, write songs before you start feeling good again. The world never tires of well crafted love songs. Do it!