March 18, 2009
Welcome to my new blog site! I have thought about doing this for a while and it has gotten pushed to the side a few times. Now it’s official! I have joined the ranks of other bloggers out there in the world. As always, I’m a day late and a dollar short. Well, we’re all a dollar short these days, but that’s a whole other story for a later blog entry.
I have spent the better part of the fall and winter writing new songs for my upcoming 3rd record. Honestly – I work very slowly and I have a hard time multi-tasking. I have to take time off from playing live shows and focus solely on writing and generating new material. This means that my work is not exactly prolific, but I do continue to tune up the old Gibson flattops and pick up a pen every week.
I am excited about the new songs. I think there are about 10 of them that are now finished and ready to be recorded. My method has typically been to write the songs, hone them via rehearsals and live performances, and then I will commit them to record. I have completed *most* of the initial process thus far. I have written songs that I feel good about and I have rehearsed them with the great musicians with whom I play. We will take them to the stage for the first time (save for a few of them which have surfaced on stage within the last year or so) on March 28th, 2009 at Douglas Corner here in Nashville.
It’ll be a little bit different, in some respects, from previous efforts. The real intent though is to get these new songs in front of an audience for the first time AND to pry myself off of my butt and get back out “among ‘em”.
I do hope that you, dear reader, can make it out to see the show. I hope that you like the new songs as we prepare for a third recording. I have no idea when you should expect it to be released, but I do know that I inch toward that goal every day and I hope to get you something sooner than later. Maybe I will even eventually get something posted on this blog OR via myspace for your listening pleasure.
Obviously (or maybe not) this site will not always be about my musical trials and tribulations. I hope to show off some of my non-musical writing and whatever else might come to mind in the days, weeks, months, and years to come.
Till next time,
rs
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Welcome to my new blog site! I have thought about doing this for a while and it has gotten pushed to the side a few times. Now it’s official! I have joined the ranks of other bloggers out there in the world. As always, I’m a day late and a dollar short. Well, we’re all a dollar short these days, but that’s a whole other story for a later blog entry.
I have spent the better part of the fall and winter writing new songs for my upcoming 3rd record. Honestly – I work very slowly and I have a hard time multi-tasking. I have to take time off from playing live shows and focus solely on writing and generating new material. This means that my work is not exactly prolific, but I do continue to tune up the old Gibson flattops and pick up a pen every week.
I am excited about the new songs. I think there are about 10 of them that are now finished and ready to be recorded. My method has typically been to write the songs, hone them via rehearsals and live performances, and then I will commit them to record. I have completed *most* of the initial process thus far. I have written songs that I feel good about and I have rehearsed them with the great musicians with whom I play. We will take them to the stage for the first time (save for a few of them which have surfaced on stage within the last year or so) on March 28th, 2009 at Douglas Corner here in Nashville.
It’ll be a little bit different, in some respects, from previous efforts. The real intent though is to get these new songs in front of an audience for the first time AND to pry myself off of my butt and get back out “among ‘em”.
I do hope that you, dear reader, can make it out to see the show. I hope that you like the new songs as we prepare for a third recording. I have no idea when you should expect it to be released, but I do know that I inch toward that goal every day and I hope to get you something sooner than later. Maybe I will even eventually get something posted on this blog OR via myspace for your listening pleasure.
Obviously (or maybe not) this site will not always be about my musical trials and tribulations. I hope to show off some of my non-musical writing and whatever else might come to mind in the days, weeks, months, and years to come.
Till next time,
rs
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Townes Van Zandt: Live at Union Chapel – London, England (Tomato Records)
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