New Year, New Intention
I’m going to try something this year. It’s called: Post every week on something related to the creative process of writing, producing, distributing songs NO MATTER WHAT.
That sounds easy, right? But, here’s the thing, it can be bumblingly hard. Life happens. Obstacles occur. Blank-slate minds come along. Busy-ness intrudes, and hospitalization might even be involved.
Sounds ominous.
But I think it’s time I commit to something that resembles a schedule and stick to it.
Why, What Happened? Why now? I’ve been so flakey in the past. What changed?
I was recently (and finally) diagnosed with a little thing I’ve had since childhood: ADHD. You might wonder why it was never caught before? Well, for one, I’m old. For another, when the medical community caught on to this neuro-divergent condition, it was mostly boys considered — you know, the kids literally jumping off the walls. Girls were typically well-behaved; they may have been spacey, but they were not the behavioral problems posed by boys who needed Methylphenidate (a.k.a., Ritalin).
But it’s the 21st Century now. A lot of study has occurred. New models have emerged. And I fit the mold perfectly.
But, also, over the years it means I tend to pick things up, put them down and otherwise abandon them until I’ve circled back. I cycle through a whole host of interests that I get hyper-focused on until I’m not.
So, if I can even keep this up for three months, it will be a bit of a victory.
How’ll this look?
It’ll look like articles — i.e., this one.
It’ll could also look like Vlogs, music, snippets, random thoughts and anything else related to the act of living and creating music.
Thing is: All of life influences a musician or a writer. In fact, anyone with a creative side is influenced by everything in their environment all the time.
I can’t write about YOUR creative process. I have no idea how that goes. But I can at least share out some ideas on what it’s like to be yet another ADHD’er with a penchant for writing music.
What Have I been Working on Lately?
I’ve been building out a new song called Japan. It’s actually 1 of about 9 songs I’m planning to release this year alone. It’s an auditory mood piece evoking a feeling of isolation in a foreign country. Sounds like a happy little tune, right? (sarcasm) But my hope is that it comes across as more of an impressionist painting of pagodas, cherry blossoms mingled with a tinge of sadness.
Something a little like this (only not really):
(This is a lovely A.I. generated image that’s not quite what I have in mind but close enough to avoid copyright infringement…)
Now, let’s see if I get that article written for next week.
Until next Sunday…
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