I am increasingly afflicted by my own laziness. Really, I am not all that lazy...I just don't seem to have the patience for some of the stuff I used to. I think it must happen when you get a certain number of years under your belt. It's happening to me and I can only imagine that it happens to others.
I have mentioned in these posts that there are some songs that would have comprised a third Richard Stooksbury record. Well, if you missed it...there are about 10 songs, if I remember correctly, that I fleshed out with some of my old bandmates before things slowed to a slug's pace.
I listened to them again recently and I think they are "OK". They actually make me think of the good times we had while making those songs and the ones that came before it. Some are basically done and others are essentially demos, but I have finally decided - Who Cares? - put 'em out anyway and see where their little wings take them.
I recently went to a birthday party for an old friend and fan of my music. His friends make up some of my fanbase and they have been good about going to shows, buying CDs, and keeping the faith. I was hit up all night with questions about when I was playing again and why did I ever abandon the model that I had used for 2 plus records (Read: Acoustic). I hate to offend them. They love those songs...those songs belong to them now (metaphorically, of course) and I am working on other ideas that are more involved and less "organic". BUT, i assured them, the new stuff is good too. I guess that's what all musicians have to do - convince the crowd that the new stuff is as good as the old stuff.
I am working on a way to get the 3rd record - without any corrections, overdubs, or massive changes - out to those who are interested. It will be an "outside of the box" method. I have said this for a number of years and I still believe it to be useful. That 3rd record will be released in a grass roots way that will make it easily accessible to those who want it. This one is no longer about money or fancy covers or any of that....it is simply about supplying some people who continue to keep the torch with the music they are looking for.
Keep your eyes and ears open, dear friends, it won't be all that long now. I just need to piece together the details and do a quick mastering job to have it ready to go. My laziness might get in the way - I do have a job, other musical aspirations, and a whole lot of other stuff I am doing - BUT it is definitely moving up the to-do list thanks the the Birthday Boy asking about it.
More to come soon,
rs
Monday, January 30, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Happy New Year! (and it has been about a year!!!)
Well, Well, Well...Look who showed back up! ME!
It has been almost a year since I have written anything on this here page and it is a shame; but when you have nothing much to say - the rest is, well, pretty darn near useless.
It's been a little while but that doesn't mean that things have been just sitting still. I play guitar - A LOT - and I have been writing songs on and off....ok, more off than on; but what the hell?
I pick and sing a little with my childhood friend that lives around the corner. He was always great at interpreting other folks' material and he still does it about as good as a person can. So, we get together and hang down in the studio and play blues or rock or 80s pop stuff or Alice Cooper songs or whatever our brains can come up with it. It is fun and is a lot like it was when we both were coming up and trading records and drooling over guitars.
These days we still buy records and I have probably surpassed him in gearhead-dom; but we have fun and that is what counts.
I might post some things soon. I still have the idea for a grass roots effort type of deal for a 3rd record. I haven't forgotten about it since about a year after "South" came out and I was really looking for a new way of doing this crap and getting out to listeners. While CDBaby and i-Tunes seemed really hip back in 2005 when I did the self-titled thing - now it seems like I need a new means of getting it to the masses and once I came up with my little embryo of an idea - I have never let go. We'll see how that goes.
I might be writing again soon and it might take another year....whichever the case may be - I wish you all the best of everything in 2012. I hope you survive whatever you face and that you make it through the maelstrom of election press that the media will throw upon you. In the midst of all of that - enjoy some music, appreciate some art, and enjoy your time spent with those you love. I will do the same and hopefully have another great year!
All the best,
rs
It has been almost a year since I have written anything on this here page and it is a shame; but when you have nothing much to say - the rest is, well, pretty darn near useless.
It's been a little while but that doesn't mean that things have been just sitting still. I play guitar - A LOT - and I have been writing songs on and off....ok, more off than on; but what the hell?
I pick and sing a little with my childhood friend that lives around the corner. He was always great at interpreting other folks' material and he still does it about as good as a person can. So, we get together and hang down in the studio and play blues or rock or 80s pop stuff or Alice Cooper songs or whatever our brains can come up with it. It is fun and is a lot like it was when we both were coming up and trading records and drooling over guitars.
These days we still buy records and I have probably surpassed him in gearhead-dom; but we have fun and that is what counts.
I might post some things soon. I still have the idea for a grass roots effort type of deal for a 3rd record. I haven't forgotten about it since about a year after "South" came out and I was really looking for a new way of doing this crap and getting out to listeners. While CDBaby and i-Tunes seemed really hip back in 2005 when I did the self-titled thing - now it seems like I need a new means of getting it to the masses and once I came up with my little embryo of an idea - I have never let go. We'll see how that goes.
I might be writing again soon and it might take another year....whichever the case may be - I wish you all the best of everything in 2012. I hope you survive whatever you face and that you make it through the maelstrom of election press that the media will throw upon you. In the midst of all of that - enjoy some music, appreciate some art, and enjoy your time spent with those you love. I will do the same and hopefully have another great year!
All the best,
rs
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