Keeping going.

[uberreiniger]

I should be getting ready for work since I want to get there early, sit and eat in the breakroom, and write a little bit before my shift starts. But I hate that my last entry was ten days ago.

Had a wonderful St. Patrick's day last night. We spent the evening with a friend and went out to dinner, had some limited edition Irish beer, and sat around and told ghost stories by firelight. Probably the most fun I've had on this utterly trivial holiday in... well, ever!

I am still sticking to my guns in terms of writing and practicing music. Seasons in the Abyss is chugging along at a fairly good clip. I don't have daily word counts since I'm still drafting it by hand but I'm completing approximately two pages a day, which is good for that method. Although I should start typing up what I've already written soon just so it won't seem like such a daunting task when the draft is finished. Sometime soon I need to begin working on Fool's Game as well. I've let that sit and gather dust for too long.

I'm practicing the bass every day but have hit a bit of a wall as far as songwriting goes. Coming up for the next riff in a song is hard. I tell myself it's not urgent because I don't have a guitar amp to write the accompanying part yet, nor any music software to record it all with. But it gets frustrating playing the same things over and over again, knowing something comes after it but not being able to figure out what it is! At least all this daily practicing has definitely turned me into a better player than I've ever been in my life. That alone is reason enough to put up with the repetition.

It's time to go to work. Have a good weekend, LJ world and whoever is left in it.

Comments

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

[[HUGS]]

Keep it up with the writing and music. I love to hear about that!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Not much to tell just yet. Not having the equipment I need is so frustrating but at least working on the bass lines is very gratifying!

[flame-song.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the practice...songwriting will come easier with time.
Look for songs you like as an inspiration and change the patterns so it becomes your own...

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I've actually found myself doing that! I'm glad that's normal procedure because I was starting to feel like a talentless plagiarist. One day in the future expect to hear Type O Negative's "Be My Druidess" as though it had been written by Dark Tranquillity :)

[flame-song.livejournal.com]

That technique is even recommended in books on songwriting.
In a band, the vocals (both lyrics and tune) are freshly made, so there's no plagiate there.
Just don't take over a riff 1:1....

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Never have, even on the track that all my friends said sounded just like Pink Floyd's "Empty Spaces." :P