Having to have a song a week is really starting to take it's toll. I have so far met my deadline every week and it's become easier each week to get them ready, but being stuck to such a rigid schedule has become very grueling. Nobody said it was easy. I hope that if anything else, I will at least prove to myself that I can make goals and stick to them. I have so many more goals and plans I'm setting in motion, plays I'm writing, movie scripts, and my own theatre company and all of these goals require a lot of perseverance and drive. Those are things that I possess. If I don't have anything else, I at least have those two things. I can deal with the grueling schedule of song writing and script writing, and waiting tables. It's hard, but I can deal with it, because all I've ever wanted to do is this, and it makes me so happy just thinking about it. So if you're out there, I hope you like these songs and I hope one day you'll watch one of my plays, or see one of my movies.
I digress... this week's song is about a co-worker of mine named Afia. I actually work with two women named Afia, and I had no idea it was one of the most common female names in the world until I met these women. I wrote this song for one of the Afias, and the other one got jealous so I promised her I would write an "Afia part 2."
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
The song is about a girl who is leaving her boyfriend for a woman.... nuff said.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Week #14: HOW GOOD IT IS TO SEE YOU
This week I went to Chicago to visit friends, explore, eat deep dish pizza, relax, and investigate SECOND CITY which I'm seriously considering studying at. While I was there I stayed with of my oldest fiends in the world and decided that I would write a song with each of them. Evelyn and I didn't finish our song, though I must say when it's done... it's going to BLOW YOUR MIND..... but Roxy and I finished ours. It's about a friendship that is unsalvageable. We were sitting at the famous Portillo's hot dog restaurant and Roxy just blurted out the first line of the song with a pretty good melody... and that sent sparks of imagination through me. We spent a couple days working on it and recorded it at 5am before I came back to NYC. It was a blast. Thanks to Roxy, my hometown gurl for collaborating!!!! And thank you AND Evelyn for letting me come visit. Hopefully I will see you both again soon.... and hopefully Evelyn and I will show you are song..... it's a doozey.... so here is the song Roxy and I wrote...
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
Roxy and I were talking about how good it was to see each other after two years of not seeing each other. I said "we should write a song together." She said "Let's write it about old friends who are catching up." Then she sang the first line of the song out of nowhere. I said "YES! but maybe they haven't seen each other because they're not talking anymore." The song took off from there, and we had a blast writing it! Hope you like it!
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
Roxy and I were talking about how good it was to see each other after two years of not seeing each other. I said "we should write a song together." She said "Let's write it about old friends who are catching up." Then she sang the first line of the song out of nowhere. I said "YES! but maybe they haven't seen each other because they're not talking anymore." The song took off from there, and we had a blast writing it! Hope you like it!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Week #13: BLOODY SCREW
Vodka + Orange Juice + Tomato Juice = Bloody Screw
This week's song is about someone who keeps going back to the same painful scenario time after time, to a lover that breaks their heart. I wanted to write a song about one of my favorite cocktails because most bartenders don't know what I'm talking about when I ask for one, and look at me like I'm weird, so I thought... I should write a song about it and make it more popular. lol.
Originally this week, I had planned on working on a song I thought of last week called "CORPORATE NATION," but I couldn't ever capture the spirit I wanted for the song, so I put it on hold for another week and decided to work on another idea I had a while back.
Keeping up with a song a week, has been CRAZY, because I'm constantly trying to write pages and pages for my plays, and plan this theatre company that I'm starting, among many other things.... but if it weren't for these deadlines I wouldn't be writing at all, so I will continue to work work work.
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
Years ago while I was working at Red Lobster on the border of the Rio Grande, people would order drinks with Clamato all the time. We often ran out of Clamato and someone would get sent to K-mart to go buy some more. People drank it in their Bloody Mary's which is called a Bloody Caesar, they drank it in their beer, which is called a Micholada, they drank it straight up, or they drank it with vodka, they just loved it. Because it was so popular I decided to try it, and I loved it too. I especially loved it mixed with Orange Juice because it created this wonderful sweet and tangy flavor. To my dismay it is hard to find places that have Clamato here in New York. But maybe with this song.... more places will start carrying it.
This week's song is about someone who keeps going back to the same painful scenario time after time, to a lover that breaks their heart. I wanted to write a song about one of my favorite cocktails because most bartenders don't know what I'm talking about when I ask for one, and look at me like I'm weird, so I thought... I should write a song about it and make it more popular. lol.
Originally this week, I had planned on working on a song I thought of last week called "CORPORATE NATION," but I couldn't ever capture the spirit I wanted for the song, so I put it on hold for another week and decided to work on another idea I had a while back.
Keeping up with a song a week, has been CRAZY, because I'm constantly trying to write pages and pages for my plays, and plan this theatre company that I'm starting, among many other things.... but if it weren't for these deadlines I wouldn't be writing at all, so I will continue to work work work.
Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
Years ago while I was working at Red Lobster on the border of the Rio Grande, people would order drinks with Clamato all the time. We often ran out of Clamato and someone would get sent to K-mart to go buy some more. People drank it in their Bloody Mary's which is called a Bloody Caesar, they drank it in their beer, which is called a Micholada, they drank it straight up, or they drank it with vodka, they just loved it. Because it was so popular I decided to try it, and I loved it too. I especially loved it mixed with Orange Juice because it created this wonderful sweet and tangy flavor. To my dismay it is hard to find places that have Clamato here in New York. But maybe with this song.... more places will start carrying it.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Week #12: PAPA GANDY
This week I watched the Occupy Wall St footage online but never had a chance to go down there, which I'm literally about to do once I'm done typing. I didn't understand it at first I admit, but I knew that I was angry too, at how evil corporate America had become. When I worked for American Funds / Capital Group I learned quite a bit about investing, and Wall St, and globalization, and corporations, and I learned quite a bit about how Corporations can't really be controlled by governments, how they're in a sense, BIGGER than countries. THIS is what occupy wall st is about. Corporations shouldn't be allowed to control governments by handing over wads of cash to politicians and government organizations (like the NYPD, which JP morgan just donated millions to, to help #occupywallst go away).
Corporations control EVERYTHING - most of the governments on Earth. I'm not against corporations, OR capitalism, I'm only think that Corporations shouldn't be allowed to control the world. I support Occupy Wall St 100%.
This week's song is one of a few I'm writing about the cause, it's called PAPA GANDY. It was inspired by this interview:
I thought it would be a good time to write a song about the media which is controlled by Corporations. Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
I wanted to write a song about the media and a give a name to this well oiled machine of money making... I thought of past instances where these evil empires and bureaucracies were given names and for some reason I thought of "PAPA GANDY," like some evil God father or grandfather who controls the whole family because he controls the money. I used to have a neighbor growing up named Mr. Gandy.... and I thought of that. We are in a situation where news has become profit, and can't be trusted, but luckily we have new tools like twitter, and facebook, and youtube that can allow us to give each other the REAL news without the attachment to big money.....
Corporations control EVERYTHING - most of the governments on Earth. I'm not against corporations, OR capitalism, I'm only think that Corporations shouldn't be allowed to control the world. I support Occupy Wall St 100%.
This week's song is one of a few I'm writing about the cause, it's called PAPA GANDY. It was inspired by this interview:
I thought it would be a good time to write a song about the media which is controlled by Corporations. Check it out:
INSPIRATION:
I wanted to write a song about the media and a give a name to this well oiled machine of money making... I thought of past instances where these evil empires and bureaucracies were given names and for some reason I thought of "PAPA GANDY," like some evil God father or grandfather who controls the whole family because he controls the money. I used to have a neighbor growing up named Mr. Gandy.... and I thought of that. We are in a situation where news has become profit, and can't be trusted, but luckily we have new tools like twitter, and facebook, and youtube that can allow us to give each other the REAL news without the attachment to big money.....
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