GET IT OUT!

by **MFS** » Sun Mar 23, 14:52 2003

Stuck.

Like glue. Or perhaps cement.

And I can't get the damned thing out.

I write songs. A lot of them. Modern jazz, rock, and chamber music. I have little snippets of themes and progressions. I have lyrics written out with chord changes. I even have a few experimental pieces reocrded on my 4-track so I could learn to use it. But it is the act of creating the song that starts the whole thing.

And right now, it is stuck. My brain has become the La Brea Tar Pits of composition. It is not just me, though. There are a slew of external factors that screw my ability to create. It is mildly frustrating. So I'm stuck with writing for the meantime. But, damnit, today I WILL write a song, because I'm sooooo freakin' close to having one that is HURTS!

It is right there... I can feel it. I just have to find the way to pull it out.

Mowing the lawn didn't help, because I ended up running through storylines instead. At least that is good - I can work more on my novel later. But the song needs to get the hell out of my skull and onto some strings or keys... the melody needs to get its sorry ass out of this nebulous state of non-being and get COHERENT!

blarg.

If it were writer's block, that'd be one thing... but this is far different.

Excuse me, I must go beat the hell out of my bass.

And don't interrupt me, or I'll go all Pete Townshend on your ass.

by **The Shrew** » Sun Mar 23, 14:57 2003

MFS, I enjoy you. I know this was a very deserved rant, but I enjoyed it.

Good luck with your song, let us know how it turns out.

by **opodgodie** » Sun Mar 23, 15:29 2003

It'll be ok MFS *pat pat*. Breathe in, Breathe out.

by **Lenora Of The Mice** » Sun Mar 23, 18:32 2003

*clubs MFS like a baby seal*

is it out?

by **kristine_kochanski** » Sun Mar 23, 18:37 2003

*gives MFS a hug and a cuppa tea* (u can tell im english - cause every1 always offers tea in this country when ur down

) and o yeh, when u do finally get this song out of ur head - let us have a listen plzzzz and also whats ur novel about out of interest? :lightning:

by **MFS** » Sun Mar 23, 20:55 2003

still stuck... will work on lyrics at some point.

by **FernGully** » Sun Mar 23, 20:58 2003

if shrew were naked would you be able to think better?

by **MFS** » Sun Mar 23, 21:01 2003

FernGully wrote:if shrew were naked would you be able to think better?

well... technically... you are supposed to by my new muse...

by **FernGully** » Sun Mar 23, 21:03 2003

MFS wrote:
FernGully wrote:if shrew were naked would you be able to think better?

well... technically... you are supposed to by my new muse...

I mowed the lawn what more do you want from me!

by **Ryomakuriyami** » Sun Mar 23, 21:07 2003

A.K.A. Z was experiencing something like this. Quite a co-inkidink.

by **MFS** » Sun Mar 23, 21:18 2003

ryomakuriyami wrote:A.K.A. Z was experiencing something like this. Quite a co-inkidink.

actually, no... I even said above that I am not suffering "writer's block"... this is different. Very different. I've had writer's block... this ain't it.

by **tanooki** » Mon Mar 24, 7:19 2003

go enjoy some p0rn and all will be fine

ok but seriously, dont know, off the top of my head maybe spending time with your kids might help??

by **MFS** » Mon Mar 24, 9:25 2003

tanooki wrote:go enjoy some p0rn and all will be fine

ok but seriously, dont know, off the top of my head maybe spending time with your kids might help??

I ran amock in the backyard with Ryan all day... except during nap time and when I mowed the lawn... of course, when I mowed the lawn, he was on the deck, shooting me with a squirt-gun.

My boys do not typically inspire songs. They inspire me to draw, build things, paint, things like that.

by **sansspina** » Mon Mar 24, 9:41 2003

Okay, I have diagnosed a cramp in your psyche. The treatment for this is a shot of high-octane alcohol (I'm NOT kidding) chased w/something full of caffeine. Good luck...

by **MFS** » Mon Mar 24, 9:56 2003

sansspina wrote:Okay, I have diagnosed a cramp in your psyche. The treatment for this is a shot of high-octane alcohol (I'm NOT kidding) chased w/something full of caffeine. Good luck...

I don't drink.

Besides - got some lyrics out last night. didn't like the music for them, so I'll come up with a new melody for the words. I like the words.

by **sansspina** » Mon Mar 24, 9:58 2003

Okay...go get em...good luck

by **crabby_artemis** » Mon Mar 24, 17:14 2003

hey MFS I thought you said you hated music?

by **MFS** » Mon Mar 24, 20:57 2003

crabby_artemis wrote:hey MFS I thought you said you hated music?

your newness is still showing.

for the love of God, my avatar is a freaking GUITAR!

by **sansspina** » Mon Mar 24, 21:14 2003

MFS wrote:
crabby_artemis wrote:hey MFS I thought you said you hated music?

your newness is still showing.

for the love of God, my avatar is a freaking GUITAR!

Wow! No kidding? And here I thouight that it was just a new serial killer called, "El Kabong", lol...

by **MFS** » Mon Mar 24, 21:27 2003

sansspina wrote:
MFS wrote:
crabby_artemis wrote:hey MFS I thought you said you hated music?

your newness is still showing.

for the love of God, my avatar is a freaking GUITAR!

Wow! No kidding? And here I thouight that it was just a new serial killer called, "El Kabong", lol...

Who is Baba Louie?

by **sansspina** » Mon Mar 24, 21:36 2003

His accomplice, an upright talking burro...OMG! I'm soooo old, lol.

by **MFS** » Mon Mar 24, 22:37 2003

sansspina wrote:His accomplice, an upright talking burro...OMG! I'm soooo old, lol.

umm.... I meant, if I'm El Kabong... who will be my Baba Louie...

by **sansspina** » Tue Mar 25, 12:20 2003

MFS wrote:
sansspina wrote:His accomplice, an upright talking burro...OMG! I'm soooo old, lol.

umm.... I meant, if I'm El Kabong... who will be my Baba Louie...

Hmmm...I suppose that you could run a "help wanted" sort of thing:

Wanted: Talking ass...must have extremely bad Mexican accent, work long hours in cartoons, and never get to say anything original. Must like following around a talking horse w/an alter-ego who whangs evil-doers over the head w/an out of tune guitar.

And don't look at me, lol...I can see myself as Balaam's ass, but I refuse to fake a Mexican accent...how abt one of Fern's gomes?

by **opodgodie** » Tue Mar 25, 17:26 2003

sansspina wrote:
MFS wrote:
sansspina wrote:His accomplice, an upright talking burro...OMG! I'm soooo old, lol.

umm.... I meant, if I'm El Kabong... who will be my Baba Louie...

Hmmm...I suppose that you could run a "help wanted" sort of thing:

Wanted: Talking ass...must have extremely bad Mexican accent, work long hours in cartoons, and never get to say anything original. Must like following around a talking horse w/an alter-ego who whangs evil-doers over the head w/an out of tune guitar.

And don't look at me, lol...I can see myself as Balaam's ass, but I refuse to fake a Mexican accent...how abt one of Fern's gomes?

There's probably a lot of Mexican talking asses out there.

by **sansspina** » Tue Mar 25, 17:30 2003

Bad Opodgodie! Do I detect a little back-handed discrimination?

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