Most people who know me know that I have a burning desire to play in a rock band. A friend of mine is in a band, and last semester he invited me to jam with them (well, it was just him on bass and his guitarist/singer friend). Frankly, it wasn't that fun because they don't play cover songs, only their own material, and I didn't know any of their songs. Also, the guitarist played an electric acoustic, and everything sounded weird and jangly to my ears. I must also confess that i told people how much I didn't like them.
My, how things can change.
After acquiring a drummer and dropping the acoustic for a raunchy electric sound, I dig this band, especially "Cute Eyes" and "The Bottom Line". I want to play guitar for them. I've never been offered a place, but I have been asked to do some leads for one song. Hopefully this pans out.
Here's the rub. My friend sends me demos of their songs, and I actually think they're really good now. Not only does this make me feel like a hypocrite, but it makes me second guess my own songwriting abilities, since I haven't really been able to write vocal melodies or lyrics, and everything I've written seems repetitive and boring now. But somehow this seems like a good thing, like it'll force me to be less complacent and to work harder at composing and creating and being original. I'm really impressed by these guys, and strangely inspired.
Now I just need to learn to sing.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment