Yep, that's right. Another gripe fest. Well not really a gripe fest, but a down in the dumps, feeling sorry for myself fest. Doesn't that sound like a festival you want to go to? I can see the lineup now, Radiohead, pre-deceased Elliot Smith and Nick Drake, throw in a little Smiths and Joy Division and we can all cry ourselves to sleep in our rain soaked tents.
Ok, it's not that bad. I've got a paying gig in a little over a week, and I'm having a tough time nailing down the songs I want to play. I'm trying to write at least one, and possibly two, new tunes for the gig that are more in the style I want to continue with for a while. But it is hard to get them to sound significantly different. Think of Picasso during his Blue period. How did he get out of it? I mean, here he'd painted thousands of pictures with the same 5 colours, and then all of a sudden he says "ok, I'm done with that, bring on the red!".
I'm having trouble letting go of that blue paint. My vocal melodies and lyrics all tend to mimic each other. I'm in a rut, and I need a push to get out of it.
Any of you have a couple of hands you want to lend?
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