Moondog Wily
In Tune Wit Da Moon!
Although I have been a musician my whole life (well, since I was 6), I was never "fully in" for a variety of reasons. I consider music to be my religion, yet I was not going to the services or participating the way I should have been. It is only in the last 10 years (and even more intently in the last 3 years) that I have tried to be more present in this world of music.
In this current state, I am finding two things that just light my fire every time, and am wondering what other peoples brightest moments are and how they reach them!
My musical OMG's are:
1. When I am developing a new song, and I get to a point where I am not figuring out transitions, bridges, endings, voicings, etc. and have the lyrics memorized, I am then able to start developing the delivery of that song and word inflections. That to me is one of the coolest and most rewarding moments for me in the development of a song. As I stop thinking about all the minor details, I am able to let go of having to concentrate on those elements and start letting the delivery and phrasings of how stuff is delivered and I just love it. It is for me, the greatest part of the song development process as the basics are now in muscle/brain memory and I am able to let loose on performing it rather than developing it.
2. Finding a song that I have loved and sang along to for decades and to now be able to play it and add my own vibe and feel to it. It is very much related to #1 here, but is very different in the sense that it is not mine. I will admit that much of my approach is a "lazy" method, as I will often skip any parts that I find too complex or too much work and simply deliver what I can, the best that I can. I am also choosing the easiest material known to man for the most part ;~)) But what a rush to play and sing these songs that have been in my head and my heart for so long ;~)) I now have a collection of over 700 songs I have in my list of ones I would like to play/perform and the list is still growing. I have ~100 of them to a point where I am comfortable with my performance of them, another ~100 or so that I am still working on getting to that level, and then ~500 on the list of ones to tackle. Anyway, such a rush to take those songs and bring them to life with my own voice and playing. As of 2020, I probably had 5 or 6 songs of others that I could play, along with a couple of my own. I know some people think that songs should sound exactly like the original artist who made them, but for me, creating my own version of others work is much more rewarding than trying to sound like the original (what fun is there in that?)!
So what about you? What are your epiphany moments in the music world? What makes you want to do more? Any stories of "greatest moment ever" musically?
In this current state, I am finding two things that just light my fire every time, and am wondering what other peoples brightest moments are and how they reach them!
My musical OMG's are:
1. When I am developing a new song, and I get to a point where I am not figuring out transitions, bridges, endings, voicings, etc. and have the lyrics memorized, I am then able to start developing the delivery of that song and word inflections. That to me is one of the coolest and most rewarding moments for me in the development of a song. As I stop thinking about all the minor details, I am able to let go of having to concentrate on those elements and start letting the delivery and phrasings of how stuff is delivered and I just love it. It is for me, the greatest part of the song development process as the basics are now in muscle/brain memory and I am able to let loose on performing it rather than developing it.
2. Finding a song that I have loved and sang along to for decades and to now be able to play it and add my own vibe and feel to it. It is very much related to #1 here, but is very different in the sense that it is not mine. I will admit that much of my approach is a "lazy" method, as I will often skip any parts that I find too complex or too much work and simply deliver what I can, the best that I can. I am also choosing the easiest material known to man for the most part ;~)) But what a rush to play and sing these songs that have been in my head and my heart for so long ;~)) I now have a collection of over 700 songs I have in my list of ones I would like to play/perform and the list is still growing. I have ~100 of them to a point where I am comfortable with my performance of them, another ~100 or so that I am still working on getting to that level, and then ~500 on the list of ones to tackle. Anyway, such a rush to take those songs and bring them to life with my own voice and playing. As of 2020, I probably had 5 or 6 songs of others that I could play, along with a couple of my own. I know some people think that songs should sound exactly like the original artist who made them, but for me, creating my own version of others work is much more rewarding than trying to sound like the original (what fun is there in that?)!
So what about you? What are your epiphany moments in the music world? What makes you want to do more? Any stories of "greatest moment ever" musically?
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