Well, another Christmas has come and gone... back to the daily grind. This was my first Christmas as a father. It felt different but better in a lot of ways. I've been feeling more and more selfless lately, which is good, but I've been missing my music time as well. We'll be hitting the music hard in '06.
I started this Blog account to give our fans a daily dose of what's on my mind. I'll use this opportunity to get everyone up to par on where I'm at.
Currently, I am employed fulltime at a software company doing tech support. I actually enjoy it quite a bit and it's keeping me from finishing my Ed. degree. Both my job and my Ed. degree are still 2nd choices to being a fulltime musician, but there are a few hurdles keeping me from diving into music fulltime. The main thing is money. I keep flipflopping on whether I even want a record deal or not... we've made some money, but not enough to warrant quitting our dayjobs. But we feel like we've made some headway lately. We'll see how things go this year.
I'm happily married and am the proud father of a brand new daughter.
I was born to a young mother and have lived in a few different cities, but essentially grew up in Edmonton (and currently live in St Albert).
A lot of my lyrics stem from my childhood/teen years, but I've also written about my general observations on life and all those little things I notice. I tend to look at everything a little sideways when I'm in a songwriting headspace.
I feel like I've only scratched the surface of what I'm capable of as a songwriter, and as I get older I'm feeling more able to be honest in my lyrics. My birth-father told me it can be tough to be completely honest in songs, but he told me to do it anyway. On MSO's last EP, I was finally able to be so honest in a song that it frightened me and made me wonder what people would think. That scared feeling inspired me to do more of it, and I'm both afraid and looking forward to seeing what songs come out of me next. I feel like my next record is going to be a lyrical kaleidoscope ranging all the emotions that make me tick. On one hand, I've felt huge pain in my life, and on the other, I've felt so much love. If I can communicate these things in a way that makes other people relate, then that's where I'll know I've been successful.
Essentially, if you are an MSO fan, you'll be getting honest lyrics with cool music. That's the plan anyway. I like to think and re-think about my approach to music. Hopefully the honesty will never dissipate! I tend to wear different hats all the time so if there's one thing I promise to fullfill to our fans, it's that when I'm writing a song, it'll be from a place of honesty. Everything else like marketing, touring, CD artwork, etc, will be up in the air and I make no promises about anything in that regard.
I'm happy to be blogging finally and I look forward to having a dialogue with you about everything within our scope of interest.
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