Greetings!! Things have been bananas as always. I have been subbing in several local school districts here and there, all while working at a bike shop, and playing music, and playing with other groups, and boy are my arms tired! Well, you get it. I just received my educator's license, so I am off and running! I have also been playing with a local group of guys who put together a pretty slamming rock band, and I'm on the drums once again. It feels good, I miss playing drums, and I am still getting my chops back, but these guys challenge me, and it's all good stuff.
Also, I finally got to move into a house, which means recording won't be a huge project of set up and tear down when the neighbors aren't home, in the garage, in the cold, uphill, both ways. What else? Oh, I got a job in the Blair-Taylor school district next year. I am incredibly lucky and very excited! The superintendent and his wife made a special trip down to see me and Tom Pfaff perform at the Root Note a couple weeks back. I was honored, and I feel like I'm going to be in great company. Yes, most of my time will be spent at school, but I will still be writing here and there.
I have begun writing what I am calling "Tiny Songs". I feel like a huge trap I continue to fall in is the attempt to tell my life story with every single song idea I come up with. Well, that is just exhausting and unproductive, so now I have produced several low-key songs about various areas of my life that I think will be pretty enjoyable. I'll make a huge fuss once I get them on here. I've also been considering movies, since I seem to get a ton of ideas when I'm watching something good or moving. The wife doesn't care too much for the lovey dovey films though, so I must creatively schedule my viewings of "A Walk to Remember", accompanied with a nice steak. Just kidding! (or am I?) I have a legal pad to carry with me at all times, so we'll see if I can't capture anything cool these days. This song writing is such a fickle thing.
So, that's what I have so far, just going a million miles an hour, as always. I'm a lucky guy who gets to do a lot of things that I like, and get paid for it, so life is good. I am out of here on vacation starting next week, which will be a bit of getting used to. Man, I haven't been on a big trip out of this town in two years, so yeah, I'm jumping out of my seat for this. Thanks for reading, I shall keep you posted when things get posted. Have a lovely weekend. Go eat some fish, you Wisconsinites, you! Let's all hope LeBron gets a tall glass of water and some stretches in. Or not. Ciao
><>Colin<><
Also, I finally got to move into a house, which means recording won't be a huge project of set up and tear down when the neighbors aren't home, in the garage, in the cold, uphill, both ways. What else? Oh, I got a job in the Blair-Taylor school district next year. I am incredibly lucky and very excited! The superintendent and his wife made a special trip down to see me and Tom Pfaff perform at the Root Note a couple weeks back. I was honored, and I feel like I'm going to be in great company. Yes, most of my time will be spent at school, but I will still be writing here and there.
I have begun writing what I am calling "Tiny Songs". I feel like a huge trap I continue to fall in is the attempt to tell my life story with every single song idea I come up with. Well, that is just exhausting and unproductive, so now I have produced several low-key songs about various areas of my life that I think will be pretty enjoyable. I'll make a huge fuss once I get them on here. I've also been considering movies, since I seem to get a ton of ideas when I'm watching something good or moving. The wife doesn't care too much for the lovey dovey films though, so I must creatively schedule my viewings of "A Walk to Remember", accompanied with a nice steak. Just kidding! (or am I?) I have a legal pad to carry with me at all times, so we'll see if I can't capture anything cool these days. This song writing is such a fickle thing.
So, that's what I have so far, just going a million miles an hour, as always. I'm a lucky guy who gets to do a lot of things that I like, and get paid for it, so life is good. I am out of here on vacation starting next week, which will be a bit of getting used to. Man, I haven't been on a big trip out of this town in two years, so yeah, I'm jumping out of my seat for this. Thanks for reading, I shall keep you posted when things get posted. Have a lovely weekend. Go eat some fish, you Wisconsinites, you! Let's all hope LeBron gets a tall glass of water and some stretches in. Or not. Ciao
><>Colin<><