Wow. It was brought to my attention that I haven’t posted in a long time. I hadn’t thought about it. I’ve been busy on a lot of fronts. Personally as well as musically.
With regard to music I’ve been helping Carol with her album. We’ve been getting together and writing and helping her pull together the pieces of her dream. It’s allowed me to work closely with Mike again since he’s doing the bulk of the composing.
I’ve also been working on a new solo record for myself. I have about 8 tunes done. Well, the music is composed and recorded. There are a few of those 8 that still need the lyrics to come together. That is the challenge because I had set out to not make a record with any social or political implications, but that just doesn’t look like it’s going to be the case. Which leads me to this…
I’ve been following the Occupy Movement here in the US a lot as well as keeping a close eye on the situation in Iran and how the US government is positioning themselves in that regard. It feels like 2003 for me all over again. A lot of the same rhetoric and same talking heads as war hawks. It’s quite disturbing to consider that we’ve not learned anything about war as human beings.
I’ve also been following the situations in Israel, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, etc. There have been various rebellions and uprisings throughout the Middle East and the world. It’s a interesting time in society. So it would be hard to ignore and disallow its existence in any new project that I worked on. My challenge is to capture my feelings on these issues. It’s really about conveying my thoughts and articulating them well in musical form. I’ve always been cautious about the marriage between my social/ political ideas and music. In short I aim to be very clear.
On a lesser, but still connected note there has been the NBA season and the lockout that occurred. There has also been the dissolution of friendships that I’ve had over the years. All of these things are still related to the current social climate in the world. It’s an interesting time for humanity indeed. And for me I have to make this a creative time.
Stay tuned…
