Am I the only one that gets confused by the conflicting metaphors in statements like "it's all downhill from here?" I just can't figure out if that sentence means that things are going to get easier (ease as physical effort) or harder (ease as height)... though maybe it's just a clever acknowledgement of the uncertainty of future events. What a head trip.
No groundbreaking new tracks today, though certainly not for a lack of effort on my part. I have a couple of new things in the works, but I'm starting to hit a (also metaphorical, hey!) wall again. Songs that initially sounded really good to me sound mediocre after listen nine-thousand and two, and I can't stop second guessing myself on just about everything: instrumentation, arrangement, melody... it's a deep, dark hole, and there aren't even any interesting bugs to play with. I know that I've got to take a step back from these tunes if I'm ever going to feel inspired to finish them, but I don't want to let them out of my consciousness for too long or I might never come back to finish the job!
Really though, I think I just need to stop for a minute and listen to some music that ISN'T by me.
This seems to happen a lot- I go on these kicks where the only thing I hear for days on end is the stuff that I'm in the process of creating. It's dangerous! Forgive the metaphor (yeah, another one), but it feels a little like drinking your own urine in the desert- you can do it for a while, but eventually it's going to do more harm than good. OK, maybe I shouldn't have just compared writing music to drinking my own pee... it's all downhill as soon as you start making comparisons like that!
Ahhg! See what this rut is doing to my delicate mind!? I've gotta get out of my own head so that I can fill my inspirational reservoirs and get back on track! It's been forever since I went out in search of new music- what the hell is going on out there anyway? Could I really be so out of touch?!
Please send me care packages of new good music to save me from myself! Hurry, before I end up in heart-wrenching black and white footage on a late-night infomercial for Save The Stuck Musicians. Though I kinda want to see that now.
So anyway- yeah, a little stuck right now, but it's probably not as bad as I'm making it out to be. Still no bandname though... so far nothing has really resonated with me. I appreciate the suggestions though! Keep 'em coming if it pleases you. Maybe a name would help me refocus! Or maybe I just need a new instrument.
Wish me luck.
7 comments:
Heinous Uranus.
Greenpeas.
Brian Eno drank his own pee once:
Pissed into an empty wine bottle so I could continue watching Monty Python, and suddenly thought, ‘I’ve never tasted my own piss,’ so I drank a little. It looked just like Orvieto Classico and tasted of nearly nothing.
-Brian Eno
regarding this, I thought I had a revelation that "uphill from here" and "downhill from here" meant the same thing, that things were going to get worse, either in that they were going to get more difficult or that their quality was going to go down. cramer pointed out that "uphill from here" isn't really an expression, and i sort of realized that that wasn't really the question anyway. so apparently i have nothing to offer...
also i'm suggesting John Brilliant even though i think you're not keen on plays on your name
kyle, were you drunk before 4 today? tsk tsk.
JB, you off all people should know about metaphors. Didn't you take a class with George Lakoff? Or maybe it's been too long since school?
maybe he's just more sensitive to the nonsensical ones
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