Frantically stuffing cheese in multicolored parachutes
The last day. Sometimes this is a “he ran out of steam” day, and sometimes it’s a last burst of energy with surprising results. I suppose that’s true of any day in the month, but it’s always fun to see what ends up happening. I didn’t have a lot of abandoned sketches this year. Often, when I’m writing and something’s got promise but just isn’t working right then, I’ll save it and open a new … Continue reading
One of the great things about getting older is seeing young people turn into functioning adults. I mean, it doesn’t happen as much anymore, but you know what I’m saying. I’ve been blessed to have married into a fantastic (and very large) family full of former kids who have become pretty cool adults. I often call people on their birthday and sing horrible renditions of the birthday song. Horribly bad. And always extemporaneous. But the … Continue reading
I woke up this morning with the music, melody, and overall production of this one completely formed in my head. And, of course, immediately decided that I’d stolen it. But it was too compelling for me to lose that off chance that I hadn’t stolen it. My morning routine is normally: get coffee, sit in the living room, pay attention to the dog, go upstairs, listen to yesterday’s song, write my blog post, do some … Continue reading
After the general success of yesterday’s track, I was itching to play some more guitar. I need to get better at it, but I have trouble with practice. I’ve been unable to learn modern programming languages because I need a project to write… I can’t just do exercises. It’s the same with instruments. My practice comes from actually producing a project. “Wait a minute,” you might say. “There’s no … Continue reading
No, it’s not really the end of anything, other than this very delayed wrap-up post for Song-A-Day 2025. Many of the blog entries were written over the last several weeks. Clearly I lost the energy to keep talking about it while doing it and I’ll say more about that a little later. How Did It Go? It was a solid year. I didn’t reach any new plateaus, nor did I suffer any setbacks or meltdowns. … Continue reading