WHAT a start...

Hmm.

I have just officially started my holidays. I having been working yesterday and today. Funnily enough, I just feel so uptight and frustrated.

It's no wonder: I intended to start the holiday by retrofitting my classical guitar with a tailpiece, fix my old guitar by some wild form of modification, start writing some new songs and jam with Charlotte and Alvin.

Strike One. Charlotte and Alvin are BOTH bogged down by their own commitments: (Alvin babysitting his juniors while they endure a 9am to 6pm course for the WHOLE of next week; Char is also due with her final project and has to do the neccessary work to make it happen). And that means that I can't get any proper jamming work done. Damn.

Strike Two. My bus pass has just expired, so my trips to both SAS and Nanyang Poly are restricted due to high busfares etc. Meaning that work on the classical and old guitar are postponed as well. Another Damn, will you please.

Strike Three. My ability to write songs has just found a concrete block and tyre-shredder on its way to achieving greatness. Great songs come into my head, but I just can't let them get out and into the proper format: music.

Sigh.

I am just rotting down here waiting for the two of them to (eventually) get done with their stuff, and then just get down to serious stuff.

I am more concerned with Alvin, especially when he's tied down with his church duty, since he is in two churches. Another cause foo concern is how Charlotte will be playing bass with us when I don't even have a bass to lend her. I suppose her piano skills can come in handy when she uses my keyboard to use bass sounds.

Sigh.

It's not even the proper start of the holidays and I'm starting to freak out already. Why can't I concentrate on something and use my time wisely? Whay can't I just see this time as an advantage to really get down to write songs?

The Answer: I need everyone to get the songs worked out. It's just as simple as that.

Overdubbing to get the idea is something, but to get everyone to be in the moment is just as important.

Cheers,

Crawldaddy