Music Man

Hello! This is actually more of a "I wanna post but what I have planned isn't ready yet" post, so forgive me if it's rather sparse. If you follow my twitter, are friends with me on Facebook, or even have read my blog for a while, you know that I'm prone to different art kicks. Sometimes I'll spend weeks only sketching, and then all of a sudden I'll start writing, or composing, or not do a single artsy thing at all for a long period of time. Recently, I've been on a music kick. Getting my bass skills up to snuff is important to me, because being a solid bassist can really help you be a better guitar player. So, lately I've been practicing scales -something I've always hated, by the way-, trying to come up with some good runs, and learning some stuff from Flea. I'm sure you've heard of him. The bassist from RHCP, played awesomely on quite a few records, has a signature bass, all that jazz. Anywho, I've figured that without submitting things for review, I'll never know what other people think of my playing and so I'm going to start posting things of my own composition as well as things that I've picked up elsewhere for your review. Bot for bass and regular guitar, please expect all sorts of tips and lessons on rhythm, fingerstyle, classical, lead, blues, and other types of music. This will be on a new domain, which I will attempt to route to here under a new music tab, we'll see if I can work that out. When it launches, please comment! Tell me what you find useful, what you find useless, what you'd like to learn about, all that jazz. And, please, if you find it useful and know someone that would benefit from this information, please direct them to the site! If I get enough followers, I may even get to purchase a domain for exclusive use. That would be so cool. Well, that's all! Keep a lookout for the new page.

Musically Challenged

Hey guys! It's starting to look like I'll be consistently posting on the weekends, and not so much Mon.-Thurs.. That's fine by me though. So, lately I've been trying more and more to write some music, and I have a lot of pieces floating around that I just can't really put down into one solid composition, which happens with my writing as well. I guess what I really need is to limit myself, because there are just so many cool places to go lyric-, music-, and story-wise that it's hard to not try and do them all at once. Maybe this problem only affects me, but I don't think it does. Aside from all that, it's also hard trying to get all the stuff together by yourself. With no-one to jam with, I can't just dole out music parts and have them play or sing the same section over and over again whilst I tweak other things. I need a band. Oh well, that's all for now. I'mma head off to bed, might post something else today. See you then!

Eyes

Edit: My friend Lexa  is leaving on a trip tomorrow, and I'd like to wish her a safe trip and a fun time.

Not much going on here. Been busy writing a new song, but carved out some time to sketch these two sets of eyes. I don't think they'll work for my character though. Not cartoony enough. What do you think?

This set is bumpy because I drew it on a bumpy table. My bad.

Blues

So I finished the lyrics to that song, but I don't have chords yet. I've been practicing my blues scales for it though. I'm waiting to put chords to it until I solder up my pedal, which I ordered the other day. I did design the pedal though. It's gonna be a deep blue with white lettering done in some gothic font, with some clear coat over the top. It's gonna sound (and look) sweet. Other than that, I haven't done anything for this Arts Friday, sorry. Keep an eye out, I'll make it up to you.

Swirling Consciousness

Hey guys! I just got home from getting my wisdom teeth removed. I feel a little dizzy, but that's about it. I've been thinking a lot about feelings lately (mainly love), and wondering about its intricacies, and ended up starting to write a song about it. It's not done yet, and I haven't yet even decided on a key, but I do know that's it's gonna be a blues song. Not sure if I'll do standard 12-bar blues though. Anyways, here's what I've got so far:
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Sitting alone in your quiet hour
Wond'ring what it takes to make love flower

Maybe you wonder if it's just for the pleasure
Or it's something deeper,something science can't measure

I'm trying to tell you it's a worthy decision
But don't try too much; It'll be your religion


Sitting alone in your quiet hour
Wond'ring what it takes to make love flower

Maybe the rebound is your saving grace
It's really just you trying not to lose face
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That's all I've got so far guys. I'll get around to finishing it and making my riffs in a few days. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you take the words to heart, because every word in it is true.


Roses are #FF0000

Writing!

Hey guys! I wrote some more of my book today, and did some more work on my theme. Tomorrow I plan on forcing myself to write more, and to write some music too. Maybe even practice my violin. I'm still having trouble deciding what tense and person I want my book to be in, but I think I've settled on first person present, because I want you to go on a journey with him, not go on those that he's already gone on. It leaves me open to shift to other characters and, if I so decide, even kill him off and switch characters, because there is no guarantee that he'll live (which there is when first person past tense). That makes things fun, and I hope it keeps people engaged and wanting to read more.

First foray into MIDI files

Hey. I've composed stuff before, but this is my first MIDI file (converted to MP3). It's really short, and only worth maybe half of a verse, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. anyways, here's the file:



And, to be friendly to anyone on a mobile platform, here is the file link (also MP3. If you want the midi, change the MP3 to mid in your browser): File