Another step.

I've become quite fond of existentialism.  The main thing for me is to really focus on where you're at and make the most of that.  In doing this the next footprint on your journey just sort of appears automatically and all you have to do is simply put your foot into it.  Eazy peazy.

As I've become immersed in my music journey  I've met several musical folks, some in the physical world and some in the virtual world.  They've all been critically important to me, and slowly my world and musical support system began to grow.

This has taken me to another new step on my journey.  Tonight I did a short live set with just me an my acoustic guitar.  Many people are surprised to learn I had never done this.  But it is true.  I've been a bass player for most of my musical world and a closet acoustic player otherwise.  I've done some singing in a band context but never solo.  And so tonight I crossed that line I had not dared cross before and technically became a singer/songwriter instead of just a song writer.

The nervousness was unreal.  Not as intense as my first live audition way back in the day, or even as scary as the first time I sang karaoke in public, but very scary none-the-less.  I was prepared for such a thing though and had my first two songs be quirky little songs that could absorb some nervous mistakes. It worked. The next time I do this i think I might try an easy cover as the first song.  We'll see how that goes.

I'm excited to play some more now.  And will be over the next couple of months.  As I am now standing in a different place in my journey. I plan on making the most out of this spot until a new footprint appears.

New Acoustic blog Exclusive

I've written another song intended just for the readers on this blog and musicians on my mailing list from Reverb Nation.

This song is called Days Like These.  I wrote it on my old Roland Micro Studio.  I'm still working on the Cubase system and it's too cumbersome yet for me to pop out a quick little acoustic ditty like the ones I like to do for this blog.  I hope you enjoy it.

Days Like These

It's days like these
your whispers are all I hear
We'll lay right here
and fall asleep

There's you,
and there's me
and make believe

Take my hand,
and we'll disappear
far away
until we're free

There's you,
and there's me
and make believe

Freedoms waiting for us somewhere in here
right between our eyes the truth is clear
let me swim into your soul
let me play in your smile
why can't we stay right here
a little while

Take my hand
and we'll disappear
far away
until we're free

There's you
and there's me
in days like these.

Days like these MP3