Marching on…
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010So the songwriting machine has cranked back up, and already we’ve (as a group) generated two strong song ideas! It’s a nice feeling, coming off the experience of making The Wilderness.
Actually, I could see the light at the end of the tunnel when we were working on it last Spring. “Dot Dot Dash”, the last song written for the album, came together very quickly. That was a rejuvenating moment, as we were a pretty prolific bunch in ‘07. I was coming away from recording that album feeling kinda deflated, since 2008 and 2009 were rife with setbacks, and then this little ditty comes along and sort of hits the reset button.
During that time (well, part of it…late 2008 and early 2009), I’d written some material for the purpose of playing solo shows. That was a lot of fun, as most of it was written on acoustic guitar…and the ‘guy with a guitar’ mode of operation had quite a learning curve for me! Of course, when I sat down to actually write arrangements, they magically turned into Shortwave Dahlia-sounding songs. Not such a bad thing, but definitely something to reconcile. (and yes, never say never…some of those songs might make it into our catalogue at some point)
So that six months I needed in late ‘09 to take stock of things led me to the conclusion that I truly was married to this project, or that it was a part of me that was alive whether I was trying to acknowledge it or not. It’s as much a part of me as I am of it. I’m learning, too, that if you nurture something like this the results are beautiful.
More soon…
Jack
