Inspiral.

Recently I have been hit by a flurry of inspiration.  I have been writing incessantly. I started several new songs and have them half baked.  I completed a brand new song in a matter of a week.  I called it "Slow Burn".  I must get an account at Reverb Nation, Sound Cloud, or similar, and start making recordings for it.

My new gear is really exceeding my expectations.  I will write, separately, about the gear, but I must just say that my Oktava MK-319, the Presonus Audiobox, and Studio One v2, they are a mighty combo.  I am getting the cleanest, clearest signal I ever have.  Studio One is not as robust as I found Fruity Loops, but that may just be the familiarization with the new DAW.  Time will tell.  It does the job right now.

Back to the inspiration.  I have been stuck in a sort of trance.  A writing trance, I should clarify.  All day, every day, my mind gets hit with thoughts, ideas, sayings, entire verses, entire stanzas!  It's like getting spam email of the useful kind, as a straight gunshot to the head.  It has made me certainly happier.  I feel like I have a neverending, zen smile on my face.  It has also made me infinitely less productive at my day job. 

One thought comes through very clearly: now, more than any other time in my life, I am certain about what I wish to do professionally, what I must do.

It is spiritual, of sorts.  Akin to the countless tales of experiences I have heard of someone "finding their purpose".  It is also a bittersweet thought, for to trudge the path to get where I want to get seems almost unattainable.  But I keep believing that I have something to offer that is unique.  Surely this sounds infantile in the mind of anyone who has tried an artistic outlet as a profession, but this is the only thing I have to cling onto. Sustainability, curse you.



Slow Burn is a slow, bluesy song.  I have recorded the track that is missing just the vocal take and a guitar solo. In total, it will have a small percussion backing, an upright bass (courtesy of Studio One packaged virtual instruments), my acoustic guitar rhythm strum, vocals, and a very small acoustic guitar solo.  I am trying to keep it simple, honest.  It almost sound complex when I write it out like that, but it is not at all.

My next song circle with some friends is this coming Thursday, I have to add these two parts before then.  I am overwhelmingly eager to continue working on it.