It's All About Momentum!

Day 13. Yesterday was a real challenge. Between teaching, eating, getting my workout in and running some errands, it suddenly was 11pm; in panic I stared at the screen, pulled up the track, looked at the time and all I heard was a little voice saying..."you're not gonna make it today. There goes your 31songs in 31days".

I threw some first instinct vocal ideas on it, kept listening to the music, looking at the time and slightly freaking out again. Thankfully, it was a collaboration, I just needed vocals and lyrics. Hahaha, JUST...the voice kept saying "You're running out of time, don't have a clue what you're singing about" and for a second I wanted to accept the fact that I didn't make it, telling myself I could write two tomorrow. I did NOT listen to that voice.

I took a deep breath and started to tap into my subconscious mind, allowing myself to JUST BE and DO what FEELS right instead of thinking if it's good or bad or what time it is.(as long as I stick with the 2 hour time frame)

Melodies are easy for me. I can do 10 songs a day if I had to. (I really can)  But WORDS is a different story. The trap you fall into when writing lyrics by yourself is that you tend to keep re-using some of your favorite words. Listen to some albums and you'll notice that many artists do this. Not all but many.

I decided to NOT worry about it and just write. Over-thinking, over-analyzing leads to writers block.

Once you let it go, think about the scene, the theme or title, the words start flowing. Are they final? Most likely not, writing is all about re-writing. What's important is MOMENTUM!

I must say I was truly amazed with myself. I was tired, frustrated and slightly panicking. I claimed writers block for such a long time while finishing my album ARC OF A DREAM. Looking back, I call it bullshit. Subconsciously I was stalling completion in fear of disapproval, failure or maybe just pure fear of completion?

As songwriters who take their career serious, we have to learn to write, start to finish, than re-write, start to finish and let it go! And repeat! Things are always way simpler than they seem. Life is good. Feeling accomplished! Cheers!

PS: Soundbites are coming next! Stay tuned!
xoxo
JVB

Who did the dump?

So this morning I walked into the kitchen and to my surprise I saw something other than a hairball right next to the empty cat food bowl. One of my three cats took a dump right next to the bowl. Now why would they do that? And who did it? Of course having three cats, who can I blame? While I have no idea what that was all about I couldn't help but relate this to people.

How often does someone dump their crap on you? Let 'em smell it. Call 'em on their shit. Trust me; you'll do 'em and yourself a favor.
xoxo

Summer Solstice

Where does time go? Really? It's summer. It's hot in LA. My pool feels good.;) I guess it's time to post another chapter of "The Adventures of ..." lol.

The music, blogging and writing and Zrii is keeping me busy; in a good way. Not stressed or overwhelmed, just busy. Every day another piece of the puzzle falls into my lap. Just the way I like it.

Life is great!
xoxoxo
JVBlissful