Jason Silver

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Music Farming and Husbandry

After the service today at church, I sneaked over to the piano and played a few tunes. It was really a great release of all the musical tension that's been building in me.

We're in the middle of a big renovation on our recently purchase house-- we're building a master bedroom with en suite, upstairs laundry, and -- get this -- a music studio! I Cannot Wait For It To Be Finished.

At the moment, most of my instruments are all leaning up against the walls in the dining room. Three electric guitars, Fender Amp, an acoustic guitar, a bass, a Korg Trinity Keyboard, and an electric piano. The drum set, the bass amp, and a couple of other keyboards are down in the cellar.

I am so excited about hefting all these instruments up the stairs to the new studio and getting back into a regular song-writing routine. I know I've got to start writing before then if I'm going to get my CD done when I want it, but part of me doesn't want to start writing until everything is just "right."

But that's not going to work. I don't have the time.

Tonight, I sat down at the acoustic piano and messed around with some improvisations. I was amazed at how the ideas were there, just waiting to come out. That's what I'd been hoping for. I've been buying up as many CDs at second-hand stores as I can, and listening to new stuff non-stop. (I've done a few downloads too-- shh!) I probably listen to music about 10 hours a day. All day at work it's playing in my headphones; that's 8 hours. Then in the car, both ways is another hour. I get home and listen to an hour or two...

My theory is that if I let the creative earth lay fallow as long as I can stand it, and if I regularly pour on the fertilizer, nurture the ground, and plant seeds of new-ideas, then when it comes time to harvest there will be fruit aplenty.

~Jason