Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Teaching Dawg New Tricks
Cat is impressed. I've got a 6.00pm to teach Dawg some html. Cat thinks I should teach Dawg something else entirely (and unprintable), but is satisfied that I will bring her home snacks.
I, on the other hand, am stuck and bereft of ideas for 'Twelve Monkeys'. Damn stupid song title...
I, on the other hand, am stuck and bereft of ideas for 'Twelve Monkeys'. Damn stupid song title...
'Twelve Monkeys'
Songfight 4 - Title:'Twelve Monkeys'
This time I'm in collaboration with a writer called Kapitno. He writes Electonica, and is creating the Backing, whilst I lyricise (like dancercise but not), vocalise and quite possibly harmonise. then magic will happen and...
Cat is not impressed.
This time I'm in collaboration with a writer called Kapitno. He writes Electonica, and is creating the Backing, whilst I lyricise (like dancercise but not), vocalise and quite possibly harmonise. then magic will happen and...
Cat is not impressed.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Bloody Banks... and Computers
Nice woman at bank was confused when her computer refused me a loan. "You've got an excellent account sir, I can't understand it!"
Neither can I.
Computers are THE power now. Fuck the 'Terminator' concept that they will become sentient sometime soon. They don't have to be sentient to rule, we just have to invest enough data and voila... No loan for you Sir.
Gates might well be thought of as a nerd, but he's a damn clever one. Either that or he had some damn fine ju ju on his side.
Neither can I.
Computers are THE power now. Fuck the 'Terminator' concept that they will become sentient sometime soon. They don't have to be sentient to rule, we just have to invest enough data and voila... No loan for you Sir.
Gates might well be thought of as a nerd, but he's a damn clever one. Either that or he had some damn fine ju ju on his side.
3rd Songfight entry
Submitted to my third fight yesterday. A song with the title 'Talk about your feelings'.
I am obsessed at present with the 'Divine Comedy', a band that is simply brilliant. Cat thinks they play 'old people's music', but what does she know. Bloody Cat. Anyway, to cut a potentially waffling and long diatribe shorter, I wrote 'Talk about your feelings' in the style of one of my favourite Divine Comedy tracks... The sections all work individually, but I'm not so sure if they do holistically (man). Only time will tell.
Songfight critics are very odd ,and,very helpful. There is a huge disparity in points of view, with some liking some bits, others other bits. Like life on a microcosmically grand scale. No totlal negatives yet though, which must be good.
Note to self: You can't please all of the people all of the time... So don't fucking try.
I was chuffed to have submitted to three fights in a row, however I've found that the record is 32 consecutive fights! Phenomenal stuff, considering that generally publishing deals stipulate twelve songs a year!
I played a couple of songs at a pub in Hove (Sussex) on Sunday night. One of those open night things David turned me onto, run by a chap called Clive. Good fun, but a long way to go for two numbers. It was a bit like live kareoke. I was amazed at the lack of original material (especially after hanging out at Songfight for a while). Why cover other peoples songs if you don't have something different to add to them? There were some good musicians, but only two others that played their own material. Very odd.
Afterwards I had several people say how much they liked my material, and one woman Veritably gushed. I'm never sure how to take praise. Criticism I handle well, but praise stumps me. I keep thinking 'what do they want? There must be an ulterior motive here'. I consulted with Cat, but she, just gave me the tail.
She's becoming a bit introverted of late.
I am obsessed at present with the 'Divine Comedy', a band that is simply brilliant. Cat thinks they play 'old people's music', but what does she know. Bloody Cat. Anyway, to cut a potentially waffling and long diatribe shorter, I wrote 'Talk about your feelings' in the style of one of my favourite Divine Comedy tracks... The sections all work individually, but I'm not so sure if they do holistically (man). Only time will tell.
Songfight critics are very odd ,and,very helpful. There is a huge disparity in points of view, with some liking some bits, others other bits. Like life on a microcosmically grand scale. No totlal negatives yet though, which must be good.
Note to self: You can't please all of the people all of the time... So don't fucking try.
I was chuffed to have submitted to three fights in a row, however I've found that the record is 32 consecutive fights! Phenomenal stuff, considering that generally publishing deals stipulate twelve songs a year!
I played a couple of songs at a pub in Hove (Sussex) on Sunday night. One of those open night things David turned me onto, run by a chap called Clive. Good fun, but a long way to go for two numbers. It was a bit like live kareoke. I was amazed at the lack of original material (especially after hanging out at Songfight for a while). Why cover other peoples songs if you don't have something different to add to them? There were some good musicians, but only two others that played their own material. Very odd.
Afterwards I had several people say how much they liked my material, and one woman Veritably gushed. I'm never sure how to take praise. Criticism I handle well, but praise stumps me. I keep thinking 'what do they want? There must be an ulterior motive here'. I consulted with Cat, but she, just gave me the tail.
She's becoming a bit introverted of late.
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