i've got to find a band...
Shawn's got his new thing going with Alex and apparently they're just a 2-piece at the moment, so while i'm happy for him to finally be getting something going again, i'm all that much more frustrated that i can't seem to find or do anything myself.
And trying to do everything myself here with a software drum machine while not knowing if i'm just wasting my time with all of this since i probably wouldn't be able find anyone willing to help with songwriting or singing anyway generally feels like i'd be better off just sitting here banging my head on the desk(well, that has happened from time to time...). It's just been so damn long since i've tried to write any complete songs by myself either without fellow bandmembers collaborating, or as with everything i've done in the last 8 years or so that has pretty much involved me coming into already existing bands and just making up the bass lines or learning parts already written so that i don't have any really meaningful involvement and honestly, occasionally, feeling like i'm just the only person around with a large van, gear, and money to pay for gas to get to shows.
On a positive note, i've logged some more time at Sonic recently and hopefully that will lead somewhere meaningful in the long run. The work i did on a Big In Japan project for Mass may not have come out perfectly(mostly due to pushing myself too hard and too late and at least once, briefly falling asleep at the board), but it was a great experience and one that i may put to use again soon if i get the money together to dump the Walker full-length from the 2" reel into the Mackie HDR system so i can try re-mixing it here at home for fun, not for a re-issue or any other kind of release. That and the last time i talked to Matt Coles(Walker's drummer), he also wanted to do the same thing at the studio he works at down in Nashville, so i may see if he want's to go in with me on the time at Sonic it would take to do the dumping, and the hard drive.
and finally, i'm really considering either putting in my 2 weeks at Papa John's(and collecting my unused vacation pay) or trying to transfer to the campus store. Things there have really been going downhill for awhile(sales are down, higher management is clueless...$2 fucking delivery charge!...give me a fucking break) and some problem employees are driving me crazy.
oh well.....
Shawn's got his new thing going with Alex and apparently they're just a 2-piece at the moment, so while i'm happy for him to finally be getting something going again, i'm all that much more frustrated that i can't seem to find or do anything myself.
And trying to do everything myself here with a software drum machine while not knowing if i'm just wasting my time with all of this since i probably wouldn't be able find anyone willing to help with songwriting or singing anyway generally feels like i'd be better off just sitting here banging my head on the desk(well, that has happened from time to time...). It's just been so damn long since i've tried to write any complete songs by myself either without fellow bandmembers collaborating, or as with everything i've done in the last 8 years or so that has pretty much involved me coming into already existing bands and just making up the bass lines or learning parts already written so that i don't have any really meaningful involvement and honestly, occasionally, feeling like i'm just the only person around with a large van, gear, and money to pay for gas to get to shows.
On a positive note, i've logged some more time at Sonic recently and hopefully that will lead somewhere meaningful in the long run. The work i did on a Big In Japan project for Mass may not have come out perfectly(mostly due to pushing myself too hard and too late and at least once, briefly falling asleep at the board), but it was a great experience and one that i may put to use again soon if i get the money together to dump the Walker full-length from the 2" reel into the Mackie HDR system so i can try re-mixing it here at home for fun, not for a re-issue or any other kind of release. That and the last time i talked to Matt Coles(Walker's drummer), he also wanted to do the same thing at the studio he works at down in Nashville, so i may see if he want's to go in with me on the time at Sonic it would take to do the dumping, and the hard drive.
and finally, i'm really considering either putting in my 2 weeks at Papa John's(and collecting my unused vacation pay) or trying to transfer to the campus store. Things there have really been going downhill for awhile(sales are down, higher management is clueless...$2 fucking delivery charge!...give me a fucking break) and some problem employees are driving me crazy.
oh well.....
posted by xbradx at 10:05 PM
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