so lately i’ve been in a bit of a groove and i figure that the best way to map out some of my plans would be to spill my thoughts out in this thing.

for the past while i didn’t put much thought into music on my own; i spent most of my time writing stuff with bands, or doing other things, but i realised that it had been a good long time since i had sat down and written a song with an acoustic guitar. in december i started writing again after not creating anything worthwhile since i was in the eleventh grade. with that, i began re-working songs that i had written before to bring them up to par with the stuff i was writing (i got a little bit better at guitar, and had a better sense of song structuring). at first, the process was slow, but just in the past month i’ve written about three full songs that i’m really pleased with; the next step is to compose more for these songs because while they sound nice just with a guitar and singing, a lot more could be added.

after some coaxing from logan, i’ve decided to start putting a focus on writing music on my own and possibly getting something recorded; i’m going to be turning to friends to add parts to it, but from what i’ve tried so far, the sound has been nice. it’s a change of pace from the music that i’ve done before, but i really enjoy it… plus it’s nice not just covering other people’s songs on acoustic guitar for once; i’ve actually got a “set” of about seven songs or so right now.

plans for the summer are to write between four and seven new “skeletal” songs, then start adding other parts to them (probably with some help). i’d like to start recording by the end of the summer, because i do have the equipment available (or at least some of the equipment), and i’d like to maybe have something done and ready to show by the winter.

i don’t know, it’s hard to talk about this kind of stuff without sounding pompous in some way; to be completely honest, this is just something that i’m doing for fun, and it’s a pretty do-it-yourself venture, but that’s how i’d like it to be. maybe i’ll perform, maybe i won’t, although as cliched as it sounds, it’s kind of in my blood.

it’s good to have hobbies.