well WES is moving into my house on tuesday. wes from watson moon (bass for live shows.) he says he has a whole smorgasbord of musicial equipment to bring. we plan to turn the big empty back room into a studio. a bonafide studio!! very exciting. i'm hoping it will change the way i record. because i've been recording the same way, in my tiny office for 5 years!! which is a long time. and i feel the location really affects the process don't you agree.
i'm also excited to explore recording more AS A FULL BAND. maybe it will encourage me to write more songs that work well in that style. i wanna write my I SAW HER STANDING THERE. wouldn't that be swell. or maybe like a GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES. y'know just rock and roll.
its always good to have Projects to look forward to. build things, create things. don't rot away in front of the computer. computer is strictly for consulting about technical stuff. in my dreams!!! i am obsessed with the computer. and just the most mindless brainrotting videos. but anyway, just very excited about this Wes chapter so I would love to keep you all on this blog updated as we build.
And the house vibe will change a lot too. The girl who is moving out (we shouldn't name her out of respect) brought a very intense “closed door” energy to the place. Many times at 7PM she'd knock on my office door and say WATSON CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO THE BACK ROOM YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC ALL DAY." and i would feel ashamed. and i know they were laughing at my vocals as i recorded.
so it will be a long process to throw off that energy. some people make you feel like you can't show your face in your own house. i'm ashamed to have fallen into that. it feels like weakness. but she would whisper to people, turn people against me. And when she couldn't turn them against me she'd turn them against the next guy. So it felt like all my music the last 4 years has been recorded in secret. I wonder what is going to happen now that she's gone. Will I be able to shed that feeling???
-watson