stars and leaves
haven't written in awhile. two thoughts fill up my brain these days: music & someone in san francisco.

wrote and recorded three songs in the past two weeks. they're pretty straightforward, rock/folk based songs right now, with simple chord progressions and lyrics. i hope to add some interesting production and whatnot (eg electronics/keyboards and guitar effects) to them in the next days. all of them were really written within the span of about a week... i spent the weekend fine-tuning the recordings, and now i'm waiting for a new microphone and preamp to arrive (tomorrow) so that i might re-record the vocals, which sound pretty flat. i'm always nervous about recording my voice, but i'm especially nervous when recording my own music... i've been double-tracking the main melody on all of the tracks because i'm not satisfied with the recorded sound of my voice right now. hopefully with a (much) better mic and a bit more confidence in my own melodies, things will improve soon.

i haven't really been able to write a song in a week. it feels like i spent so much creative energy in such a short span of time.. i've been trying to take a break from my songs the past couple of days. hopefully i'll be able to write a song or two before i head off to san francisco. it would be nice to arrive with an original EP of five tunes in hand. i still feel so nervous playing my music for people, but that's lessening as time goes on...

oh so tired. i've got training at 8:30am through thursday, and i'll probably be staying till like 6 or 6:30 every day anyway. ick. but i'm seeing low on thursday. and i hope to spend this weekend recording. hopefully a little inspiration will strike before then. i've got ideas.. maybe i just need to write more things down.

bye.