Writing Exercises, Heated-Kernel Mouth-Stuffing

Let's sample some further fruits of my "timed, sense-bound object writing" exercises, shall we?

Rain Cloud

Where did you go rain cloud?
You were looming in all directions this gloomy morning
I see your friends through the messy myrtle branches
I hear the sneaky jet engines rumble overhead
You spoke in black over tones

Movie Theatre

"I already foresee the end of my heated-kernel mouth-stuffing binge"

From cigar to:

"Breezes of quiet patron dreamings [I think I just made up a word] seeping from the Holiday Inn window.

Sailor

"Wind slaps at my face.  The elements love me with the force of a hurricane devotion"

"Black coffee like the nighttime sea-sky."

Waitress Clearing A Table

"Her heart floods with the thankfulness of a coffee-starved college student"

"No one hears her thoughts but drinks in her smile"

Balloon Man

"Multi-colored happiness hovering on a canvas of sky-blue infinity"

First Snowfall

"[The] quiet of whispering, white manna-flakes"
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That's it for now.  Can you tell I am amusing myself?  Will this make be a better songwriter?

Time will yell, I mean, tell.

Writing Exercises, Heated-Kernel Mouth-Stuffing

Moving-Forward Monday

Acoustic guitars become 1's and 0's in the mysterious digital recording world!

Looking back on the last week or two...I've started two new songs this past week and I think another the week before. (I get some idea or inspiration from an artist who's song is featured on a TV show and off I go).  I've added in writing exercises as well.

On the recording end of things, started guitars and drums on one song, background vocals on another, and I'm ready to add "backgrounds" on still another.

Oh! Went to a songwriter get-together this past week and received some great feedback on a song I started TWO YEARS AGO! I knew it could still be better and I was right. The question is, do I want to continue with this one or just move on and write something new and fresh, and hopefully better with the new things I'm learning.

There's plenty to keep me busy while the band's on break.

Moving-Forward Monday

Writing Exercises, Extremity Intrusions

Okay, so I have set aside a notebook not for writing songs, but strictly for craft-improving writing exercises that I might be working on at any given point in time.  Currently working with Pat Pattison's "Songwriting Without Boundaries"

Timed, sense-bound object writing, first thing in the morning. Some interesting lines that amused me recently have come out of this so far:

"Green slimy leaf floating above the murky, unknown world of mystery."

"Rivulets of heaven."

Oh, here are some fun ones.  The writing subject, "dentist"  LOL

     "Driving to my own funeral, nervous on the freeway of happy people."

     "Feel my body on the chair - raises me to the alien faces looking down on me with white paper          death mask."

     "My mouth fights the extremity intrusion into my personal mouth-space"

Moving on!

"Almost taste the toothpaste in my immediate hygienic future."

 [Feather] "Rub one gently against my tender finger - ever-so-quietly it rustled in protest."
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If I continue on, YOU may protest, so I'll stop here.  Until next time!

Writing Exercises, Extremity Intrusions

I Needed This! Wait - I Needed This?

After a weekend of almost constant travel, sleep on the moving bus, and less-than-stellar busy-diet, I spent a nice stretchy morning in torturous, feel-good poses from P90X Yoga X.

Something like this one >>>>>> (which only lasts 3-5 seconds before my wrists can't take it anymore).

WARNING: Don't try this at home.......just because I did!

I figure whoever reads this will be amused by this photo so I post!  Laugh with me, why don't ya!

I Needed This! Wait - I Needed This?

Catholic Church Becomes Performing Arts Center

Under the category "Interesting Performance Venues", here's the Campanile Center for the Arts, Minocqua, Wisconsin.  

Once a former Catholic Church, it was converted into...a place of employment for the boys and I.  

Beer, wine, soda...sins of omission....comission?

Where the priestly preparations were made. Had to take a shot before show time.

Bus parked in the back.

Stained glass only seen from the outside. Covered up inside.

Catholic Church Becomes Performing Arts Center

Hats Off To ...Me!

Sharing with you a gift I received from an enthusiastic audience member during the Thunder Valley Rally we performed at in Cottonwood Arizona.  During "Desperado", a standing, front-row, gray-bearded reveler with sleeveless denim vest and tattoos motioned for me to take his hat and put it on during "Desperado"

I proceeded to wear it for the remainder of the show.  And later I was informed that to refuse such a gesture was a form of disrespect in the biker world.  oh  (Thank you! Thank you very much!)
Actually, it was pretty cool!

Hats Off To ...Me!

Taxi Music Forward! - How Kitschy!

Got a Taxi Music Forward!  Yay, for kitschy retro crime jazz!


Here's what I had to go on:

MUSIC SUPERVISOR for a REALITY TV SERIES needs kitschy CRIME JAZZ and LOUNGE INSTRUMENTALS a la John Barry, Lalo Schiffrin, Peter Thomas, Keith Mansfield, David Holmes... DOWN to MID-TEMPO tracks will work best. They're looking for instrumentals with a distinctly RETRO vibe. James Bond-style brass would be nice but is not necessary. You can go DARK and a bit SINISTER but it needs to have a bit of a SMIRK. They're not looking for an epic Morricone-style Spaghetti Western score. Your tracks must be at least 1:30 long.

This was fun to do. Trying to get the feel from the Dirty Harry film soundtracks and the work of composer, Lalo Schiffrin.  Had a limited time frame as usual to put something together. I happen to love this old stuff.

Taxi Music Forward! - How Kitschy!