Still hangin’

Hey kids, I realize I make a post a week and you are prolly wondering what is up. I’m still working on some new demos and will debut at least one or two this Sunday at Club Dada Open Mic – solo. It is too funny – I write almost all of my stuff on computer nowadays, never really learning an acoustic representation of the song. Rather I create several parts which fuse into the sum of the tune. So I basically have to relearn the song as a solo artist, making up a rendition that sort of represents my original vision (how pretentious).

Creating new songs is never too much of a problem for me. My ecstasy = playing around with melody, countermelody, rhythm and structure. The real trick is creating lyrics which befit each song. So far only 1 of the 5 new tunes have lyrics befitting its song. Kill me. I used to be able to instantly realize the appropriate theme, metaphor and tone requisite of each song. Today it is a living hell trying to determine exactly what I should say/sing. The vocal melodies are there… but what to say? What do you sing about when your life is pretty much average and engrained? How do those superstars who have everything they’ve ever wanted do it? Do I become more political? Do I sing of love or love lost? Urgh. This whole process is painfully embarrassing. But I have become honest enough to share everything with you.

The idea is this: record a 5-6 song e.p. in January. I can assure you each song will be filled with more emotion and passion than anything we’ve done before. I do this for fun and you as an audience deserve my complete honesty (yes – jeff has been drinking). Seriously though, if the last cd was the entirety of my mind, the next will comprise all of my soul. Laff if you must, but these next songs are gonna be great. The Jones Thing will strike when you least expect.

Drunkenly yours,

Jeef