Last night's recording attempt when really smoothly, my goal of 15 minutes turned into about 1.5 hours. I didn't get to much accomplished, but I feel like I am flexing muscles I haven't used in quite some time; slow and steady at first then I'll be up to normal speed.Any new discipline (even a spur of the moment 30 day commitment) requires an amount of sacrifice, and that fact hit me hard yesterday. I do my paperwork for my job every two weeks on monday night...bad day to start a blogrimage. So, I ended up getting to bed quite late and getting up very early, but I do feel fantastic.
This is most likely due to the incredible weather today, weather so good...I had to get a Blizzard!With this opportunity to commit for 30 of recording I want to document some of my research and inspirations. Yesterday and today I have been thinking about the city that I recently moved very close to: Detroit. The more time I spend in the city and learn of its history, the more I am inspired. The text on the picture above states: "books are doors to wide new ways." That is the entrance of the McGregor Public Library closed since I don't know when. Yesterday I started researching more on the city when I discovered a new soccer league called the Detroit City Futbol league. As I looked up the various neighborhoods represented in the league I was floored by the mix of beauty and devastation. And I couldn't help, but ask,
"what's going on?" So I put on that phenomenal Motown album. There are so many cool stories about the production of this album, so this week I am going to allow myself to be inspired by Motown. Maybe i'll play the bass lying on my back, nail some drums to the floor, find a garage in Detroit to record in, re-create the skills of Eddie "Bongo" Brown, and most definitely never change my drum heads. I will share some of the stories of Motown Myths and Legends throughout the week and I'll attempt to add some more soul to this very white boy's music!Bonus: I am also inspired by mash-ups, here's a favorite with Marvin's classic:
Party Mountian - DJ Moule
4 comments:
It's crazy what's going on in Detroit, but I think it is opening the door to a lot of emotion and--hopefully--inspiration.
Hey, would you post your updates on the blogrimage profile so we know to read your new blog!
Love this though. Looking forward to the songs.
If you can, make an R and B song and include the name "Sarah Addy" in the chorus and I can get it played in some Japanese club!
Good stuff bro! It's great to see God stirring up a passion in you for Detroit!! Rock it out
Bibeau, man, good to see you're alive and well. My prayers are with you.
If you're lookin for a garage to play in - our Detroit home has been vacant for a year now... It's a great little place - but the property values have so declined that it's worth a grand total of$4,000 - the bank doesn't even want to foreclose... crazy. Detroit is a seriously ripe mission field.
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