These first couple months of music-ness have already been an adventure. Between moving to a new state, a new apartment, a new job, being around new people, and figuring out life, it hasn't been exactly what I was planning on. The original plan was to devote as much time to this music as possible this fall, but it hasn't worked out so well. Despite this being the case, I'm not too bummed out about it; some great, as well as not so great things are happening in the process, leaving me with a little more instruction regarding life.
In the past when I've composed, I've used a looping method. I recorded ideas on the guitar and played them back while simultaneously recording over them again and again. "Heaven Rain" is a perfect example of this. The majority of my compositions have been recorded in one way or another. It helps me understand the bigger picture of where the music wants to go. It's also great because I can more freely add other elements, like the drums... :) When I do sit down to write out ideas, they are just that, but they become more concrete in my hands more than anything. The "finished" manuscripts sport notes with vague rhythms, chord symbols, and no time signatures. This has posed a problem recently, as my focus has been exactly this- writing down my music in Finale.
This week's task has been "Lullabied." It will be nice to have it written out and eventually recorded. The music I had here was a map of mainly ideas, and I couldn't provide much of an outline for my friends who accompanied me. Either way, with all of its mistakes, this was still an awesome evening. I love playing music with others, especially when there is that "uncertainty" as to what someone will communicate through their instrument.
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| "Lullabied," original manuscript. |
