so what's been happening? it seems as if most of the lyrics to this album are going to end up having been written while sitting on a fork truck at a home improvement store, and i'm totally fine with that. i do my best work when i'm not doing the work i should be doing. and besides, i'm typically outdoors while doing so, so it's very motivating and inspiring. i've got a lot of ideas, one song that really came to fruition today is inspired by the people who work at said store who are older and really great people. i am blessed to have a great job and don't particularly need said fork-lift-driving-job but some of the other people who work there....well, that's all they got. and they work long hours and miss out on a lot of family time. it's inspiring yet depressing to see great people have to go through so much. the song is pretty bare-bones, almost dropkick murphys meets easton corbin. a lot different than the garage-punk surf-rock kinda stuff i've been recording.
i've got 4 songs pretty well demo'd and they'll be being sent to the first band member i've recruited so he can start ironing out drum parts. he seems to be as into the idea of just having a blast making music as i am, so here's hoping it works out. the songs in the bank are the intro which i've already put out, the second track which is a groovy garage-rock'y bass driven song. then there's a heavier song about quitting your job in favor of the good life, and a slower song i'm going to call "funny names"....i'm a big fan of the sound on that track.
still to come, and actively completed, there's a song called "dave lies," inspired by a chronic liar i used to know, and a song that i had an idea for but really came to life after a really bizarre situation i found myself in last night.
all in all, i'm still pretty stoked. this is going to take time, but it'll be worth it. not to mention, the amount of just amazing music that's been put out already this year has been so damn inspiring....
-jc
