i’m going to try to make some music like elliot smith.
what strikes me about elliot’s music (esp figure 8 my fav) is how Perfect it. It ain’t “slacker” rock like my beloved built to spill or modest mouse w the “1st take best take philosophies” In Elliot’s music everything is perfectly placed , perfectly in sync. It isn’t sloppy. it’s the opposite of sloppy. and i’ve been chasing sloppy cuz i think it’s real and human. but i also want to make a beautiful, Musicial masterpiece. Not like a masterpiece of emotion of expression but like a masterpiece of chord progressions and beautiful melodies. i’m trying to say these are two different things. you get pure cathartic release like nirvana and yes they have great melodies but the real magic in it is something else. the character of kurt’s voice. but elliot just Constructed these gorgeous songs/mini symphonies. they were masterful you know? they evolved and morphed over their courses like classical music. so yes that is what i really try to do next with watson. and i’ve already started writing a few tunes in his style. just his style of chord progression. 8 bar loop with augmented lol it’s more than that of course. not exactly technically sure what i’m copying of his. i need to study more cuz elliot is def someone who you can tell STUDIED the craft just in his song structures and arrangements and chord changes. anyway this is what to expect from watson in the next few months.
o speaking of New music, tonight we also have a song coming out called “elliot” about elliot. funny it was written maybe a year ago, this obsession has been evolving. i tried to do it in his style but it isn’t complicated enough to rly be truly elliot esque. hopefully you like it tho. i’m in the parking lot of albertsons just got a celcius soda gotta get some food before work.
peace/love/respect watson