Appropriate.

Not sure I’m totally sold on this WordPress theme yet. Maybe it’ll grow on me.

So… what are we doing here, exactly? Well, after decades (yes, multiple) of ignoring a passion for something that once Was a passion, I’m going back to it. This would be, of course, Music. As it turned out, this involved no small amount of self-permission. Pursuit of music – at least the performance of music – has always been at odds with life, making a living, relationships and such. Through the years I think that’s translated, evolved or morphed, if you will, into the foundations of a negative neuro-association. The result? Playing is ‘frivolous’. New gear is ‘a waste’. Practice ‘eats up time’ that could be better spent on more serious pursuits. And on and on.

Enough of that.

I hereby give myself permission to pursue something I’ve always loved and used to be pretty good at.

Done.

Why the blog? Mostly it’s just a convenient place (through it’s rather universal accessibility) to keep records, thoughts, lyric ideas, research, etc. Although there are times when actively playing, practicing, recording, songwriting, et al., become almost as much like work as work. Sometimes I just want to write about the process itself. Journals are cumbersome and my handwriting sucks anymore. Typing is easier. And I’m comfortable with blog software – especially WordPress which, I have to say, I’m really super impressed with, having just installed Ver. 2.2 and played around with it a little. It seems to get easier to install and use with each revision. More on that aspect in general, as it relates to getting things ‘for free,’ in future posts.

For now, we establish the beachhead and head beyond the shingle.