My band consists of myself (bass, obviously) and two good friends, guitar and drums respectively. My guitarist and I share the duty of songwriting and vocals. He is very gifted, but extraordinarily hard on himself. He has a slew of issues physically and emotionally that prevent him from being happy. Like it is to me, music is his pulse; sharing our craft is what matters; but when he's down (which is often) he either says everything he does is **** or goes so far as to say this music thing is worthless. Because of this, we don't play shows and we don't record. Instead we just get together once a week and write songs.
I write intuitively- it comes naturally. This is not to say I don't edit and work it out with my ears; but, without trying to sound like an idiot, it just comes to me. I don't like to tamper too much with my product. I don't waste time worrying about sounding like this band or that band, I am comfortable making the music I make. For example: if your inspiration and drive comes from R&B and your product comes out pop-punk, don't fight it- that's who you are.
My guitarist on the other hand doesn't believe in his playing or writing. It's such a struggle for him, he hates everything he plays. When he gets something that sounds good, he beats the song to death trying to make it sound just "right". He's never satisfied.
In short-
I am not afraid of failure and there is nothing more frightful to him. The goal is to finish the songs we've begun, practice them, record them, and play some shows. I believe we all share that vision, but he just loses all of his drive because he's so ****ing sad.
Anyone been in these old shoes of mine?
I write intuitively- it comes naturally. This is not to say I don't edit and work it out with my ears; but, without trying to sound like an idiot, it just comes to me. I don't like to tamper too much with my product. I don't waste time worrying about sounding like this band or that band, I am comfortable making the music I make. For example: if your inspiration and drive comes from R&B and your product comes out pop-punk, don't fight it- that's who you are.
My guitarist on the other hand doesn't believe in his playing or writing. It's such a struggle for him, he hates everything he plays. When he gets something that sounds good, he beats the song to death trying to make it sound just "right". He's never satisfied.
In short-
I am not afraid of failure and there is nothing more frightful to him. The goal is to finish the songs we've begun, practice them, record them, and play some shows. I believe we all share that vision, but he just loses all of his drive because he's so ****ing sad.
Anyone been in these old shoes of mine?
