Sunday 16 February 2020

Update on the Studio


So I thought I'd put up a bit of an update about the studio. Well I haven't done much with it since December 2019, and it's now February 2020. I had put up the initial wooden frame inside, but then ran out of steam as I couldn't work out how to put the insulation in and keep it there.

Luckily for me, and old friend is handy with building houses and other stuff, did a couple of days work for me and finished the frame, repaired the window and put in the air conditioning for me. Now, this didn't solve my insulation problem but we discussed where it was going.

Initially, I was going for a padded-cell kind of look. The walls were going to look like cushions, where the insulation bulged out, covered in wadding and material, and some studs. But after he'd spoken with more knowledgeable people in studio design, we decided to put up some thin plywood wall to hold the whole thing together, and then cover them in the wadding and material I original had wanted to cover the walls in.

So this weekend, I pulled my finger out and get the plywood ordered, arranged for the electrician to come and do their piece, and got in there stringing up the insulation in the walls. I got about two thirds of it done on the Saturday and am about to go out and finish it today.

So wish me luck - hopefully won't be long until I'm in there actually making music!

Tuesday 4 February 2020

Wednesday 29 January 2020

Lyrics - Contemplate

These are my latest lyrics written a couple of weeks ago while on vacation. Inspired by incredible people like Nelson Mandela and Jose Mujica - even after their violent starts in political life are now considered heroes on the right side of history. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Before their imprisonment, they would have been enemies of the state, hunted down for their acts of violence and dissent against the authorities. Always remember today's enemies of the state could be tomorrow's national heroes.


I can hear the voices
Telling me I'm not alone
Need to find the strength inside
And defend this place my home

I see all this violence
On the news and on TV
There's a reason we find ourselves here
On the wrong side of history

It should be so easy
To put a bullet through his head
But I can't lift myself off the floor
Not even this close to dead

These corrupted leaders
Will quickly change their game
If they get a taste of justice
Fear of death and tortured pain

My usual dark content while I lie on my deckchair by the pool getting a tan. Crazy right? But that's how I roll. It's about an imaginary freedom fighter who's contemplating taking drastic action, which I guess is how most guerrilla leaders start off. This character is the third in my protagonists from my concept EP series.