The Painting is over

After much procrastination I've about finished my home studio so I can begin recording. I'm trying to pick out the perfect song to start with. I'm thinking of one that I wrote about New York City a few years back. It's pretty simple, just some acoustic guitar and some mild electric leads. I'll have to sequence the drums using Logic Pro but that shouldn't be too bad. Recording can be tedious at times, only because I'm so impatient and I want a finished product NOW! I've seen some really good films this week including: The Revenant, Tender Mercies and Let me In. I'm trying to pay closer attention and really analyze the film as I'm watching instead of just...watching. I'm looking forward to beginning my screenplays for school this semester. I've got quite a few ideas but like recording the project usually takes on a mind of it's own when I sit down and begin to work on it. It's interesting the correlation between recording and screenwriting. In recording you have this idea and a basic structure of the song but when you recorded it you add little fills and other instruments. Screenwriting tends to be a lot like that because you start to see things that weren't there in the beginning. You begging to write things down and the scenes become more clearer and you get a lot of new ideas when you're typing away.

300 Writing Prompts #1

This past year for Christmas my girlfriend gave me a book with the title "300 Writing Prompts" on the front cover. There is no author to be found. The moment I unwrapped it I was very pleased because this is a well though out gift. The book consists of ideas to break out of writers block and get creativity flowing. I had originally thought of journaling in the book but I thought what better way to add to my blog then to put these thoughts and ideas out into cyber space.

#1 What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day?

I suppose the key word here is lazy. It seems that I'm constantly busy whether it's work, working on the house, doing charity work, school or other creative projects that I have going on. A lot of it just seems like work. When I'm not working it seems that I always have projects at home to work on. I'm currently typing this blog while I'm covered in paint. I'm painting the spare bedroom and I'm in between coats. The room is going to be my home recording studio. I have so many songs to record it's ridiculous and sometimes it feels like work. My muse couldn't be pleased with me right now. So aside from work, school and home repairs I have so many creative projects to get to. It can be quite overwhelming at times. But as far as how I like to spend a lazy day? I suppose it would be watching movies or playing video games. I would love to have one day where I did nothing but set the day aside to just play video games. I just feel kinda guilty if I do that because there are so many projects to be done. I do plan on having a few lazy days this summer by the pool (when it's fixed).

It's been awhile...

I guess it's been a few years since I was last on the blog. I'm not going to catch you up with what has been going on in my life because that seems to cliché and scripted. What I will say is I've been pondering my life in the last few weeks and weighing out what really matters. Life is short.