a lot of things have conspired to get in the way of me posting new music tonight. the acquisition of logic studio led to a ton of screwing around with various loops and cool plug-ins. i even did some time with the cool apple training book for logic. so there was a lot of looping and messing with my keyboard but not a lot of productivity. sometimes, that’s how it goes.
i have, however, made serious inroads on the guitar. the top and back are now completely braced and i should be able to attach them to the sides this weekend. there is so much to be learned from building this kit. when i start my first “from scratch” guitar i will have a much better idea of what i’m doing and will be able to avoid a ton of mistakes.
on another note, i was struck by something a friend said the other day about it being impossible to be robinson crusoe any more. with the pile of “social networking” sites and the internet being what it is, simply disappearing isn’t much of an option any more. i contrast that with friends i know who are, like me, semi-islands. we huddle off by ourselves in spare bedrooms, learning to play other instruments because we don’t live lives that allow for collaboration on our terms. there is some brilliant work being done out there on those islands and cast onto the waves like a message in a bottle. romantic, huh? i kinda like it.
i know from google analytics that people are looking at what i do. i get feed back. i try to give as much as i can when i find others in similar situations. i use the facebooks and myspaces of the web to broadcast to as wide an audience as i can find. in a sense, for artists living today these are the most connected and isolated of times. especially for those of us with day jobs.
that’s been rattling around in my head for some time and i don’t know that it makes any more sense now that it’s on the screen.
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