I am Still Alive

So... I must apologise for the lack of postage for the last 8 months. I forgot about my blog every time I was on the computer, and I have had a lot of other things going on. My mind has been incredibly occupied lately.

So what has happened since January? Well, a lot, and not a lot. Christian and I have not done a whole lot of recording, but we have upgraded our one and only song. Progress is very very slow... much too slow for me to be happy with. We are both busy with other things I guess. In April, I performed a show at a small bar with a group of friends. The music was not especially my forte, but it was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up. The show was really exciting, and I got a lot of compliments from the crowd. Unfortunately, I watched the show on YouTube afterward, and I was highly disappointed. I thought it was dreadful. I will not tell you how to find it, because I think it was that bad. But I had a lot of fun doing it, and I knew when I went into it that it wasn't my type of music.

Supposedly, on Friday, Christian and I are going to try to get some more things done.

There is more going through my mind that I wish to write about incognito, but I need to wait until I get my thoughts sorted out. I say "incognito" because most people I know are unaware of this blog, so I can write about things without the danger that certain people will find out about them. Part of me wants a certain person to know what I have to say, but most of me is afraid to tell her for fear that it will be unappreciated.

Anyway, I don't know if anybody even visits this blog anymore, but I hope you do, and I am sorry for my inconsiderate attitude.

New Year, New... News....

A couple days ago, I met with Christian for the first time since October. We didn't meet to record anything, but rather to go over ideas and listen to the song we already recorded. I was rather impressed with how the vocals turned out, although I'm not entirely sure if I am in love with the musical arrangements and how it is mixed. It seems messy in places, and I have been told it doesn't have a very clean sound. I am reluctant to tell Christian of these developments, as I know he labored day and night over it. But, darnitall I demand perfection! (sarcasm... kind of)

As for the other song I was going to work on, I have come up with a decent melody for it, and with the melody the lyrics are materializing. I don't know if I said before, but Christian had already recorded the music to this song, and he had given me a copy to listen to while I tried to figure out a melody and lyrics. For a while I was unable to experience an epiphany on the subject. This was because I had trouble in the lab (my car) with my stereo (it was non-existent). But about a month and a half ago, I was able to install a CD player and the experiments began. I was able to concoct a most delightful formula that I believe will inspire... troglodyte's... all over the world.

I am also helping out Christian's old band with their recorded material by sending it in to my DJ friend who works at a local radio station.

P.S. I hope to eventually put a preview of our song up on here in the near future... eventually... in the near future, one of those.

Progress at Last

A few days ago, me and Christian recorded the forth and tentative final recording of our first song. Although he seems quite satisfied with it, I am not. The reason he is satisfied with it is because I hit all the notes properly. The reason I am unsatisfied with it is because I know I can sing it better but for some reason I am unable to. I know my voice is better than that recording (but Christian doesn't), so, logically I would want the recording to be the best possible. The strange thing is that on my way home after recording on Monday, I sang it much better in my car, just to prove to myself that I could sing it better.

Also, while we were not recording for these past few months, and unbeknownst to me, Christian had recorded multiple tracks with the differing instrumental parts. We now have a near complete song. All it is missing (aside from my more awesome voice) is the intro and the guitar solo.

We also have another song to work on as well. I just need to find the right words and melody for it.

[_] 1 (Square One)

So last night I went to meet a guy who was interested in recruiting a vocalist for his band. I wouldn't quite say it was a disaster, but it didn't go as well as I would have liked. He sang three of the songs so I could get a feel for the music style. Although he was very adamant about it not being Blues Rock, it sounded like Blues Rock to me. The singing parts were very monotone sounding, and he also made it clear that there were no fancy intro's or guitar solo's in any of the songs. Unfortunately, intro's and solo's are two things that I really like to have in a song. I think a good intro sets the mood. He also said that I wasn't singing loud enough, which was interesting because I always thought I sang too loud, but it was hard to sing that style the way I'm comfortable with. I don't think I sang it bad, I just didn't have the right voice for that particular style.

So after semi faking interest in their project, I realized that if I sincerely don't have much interest in their band I would only be doing them more harm than good by pretending to have interest. So that's what I told the guy. I told him I was sorry to have wasted his time but that I couldn't pretend to have interest when in reality I had none.

So it's back to where I was before. But I am still going to meet Christian tomorrow to work on our song, so that's a good thing.

Here is the part where I look into the future and say that someday it will all work out, but not entirely believe it. It's so easy to say that things will work out in the future, but believing it is something entirely different.

A Good Lead... Maybe

Despite having made contact with Christian regarding another recording session, I decided to pursue other alternatives as well as the studio time. The other day, I put an ad up on craigslist stating that I was a singer looking to join or start a band. Not five minutes after posting my ad, I got a call from a guy who was looking to diversify his band with a new lead vocalist. The music style is not as hard rock as I was originally looking for, but it is still a style I can sing.

I nailed him down for a time to meet up, so that it wouldn't end up like the last lead and come to nothing. He also informed me that they had already had a couple other "singers" try out for the part but they were no good. That kind of makes me a little nervous, but I just have to remain confident that the other singers really were terrible and I will do much better. I am meeting him and possibly his band later tonight. Wish me luck, and I will let all my fans...
...know how it went.

Where to Go Next

So as for the lead I had from the other "motivated" guy near me who was trying to start a band, it appears as if he has lost interest. Correspondence has ceased and it has been about 2 months since I first made contact with him. It appears all hope for this lead is now almost completely gone. That is sad....

I have however, managed to connect with Christian, my former collaborator, and we are planning on working on our song again next week. This has rekindled my faith in humanity, and I will now burst out in song! OK, so I can't quite burst out into song yet, my voice is still on its way back after going on vacation for about a week because of a cold. I joked with people that I had caught the Swine Flu, but in reality, if it was indeed the swine flu, I recommend it above the seasonal flu.

Anyway, enough about the Swine Flu, this is not a medical journal.

So to all my devoted fans (joke) I bid adieu and farewell, until we next meet... I can joke like this because I don't think I have many regular readers (only Mi), so nobody will think less of me for taking the level of seriousness down a bit.

So until next time, keep up the fanaticism!

Slow Progress

So my previous post left me feeling rather like giving up on the whole project and forgetting all about it. In all reality I knew then that I wouldn't give up because, after all, singing in a band is one of my aspirations and I can never stop trying. So I have been corresponding with this other potential musician who claims to be very motivated about starting a band. Unfortunately we only are able to send one email a week because of his schedule right now, so things are going slow as always.

We also apparently have a full band, as a good drummer has finally been located (to my knowledge). I can't remember what I posted last time or if I said anything about the two guys I know who play instruments and are interested, but so far we have 2 ½ vocalists, 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, and 1 drummer. Perhaps later we shall find someone for keys as well but for now we'll stick with what we have.

And as usual, I like to end my posts on a hopeful tone. So here goes: Hopefully we will begin corresponding more often and hopefully we can get this show on the road soon.

Oh, and I can't call myself The Scientist anymore because that name has been taken for like, 3 1/2 decades already Some guy took it from me before I was even born!!