Oh right! I’m a songwriter…

Just finished (?) a five hour rehearsal/writing session. It’s been so long since I’ve had one of those. In fact, I realized that I’ve been kinda slackin’ on the 2hr-a-day commitment. I realized tonight that I need to keep carving out space to do that, even if it means not having as much of a social life or doing interesting projects. If I can’t make time to write music, then I really shouldn’t be thinking too hard about making a living doing this. Ain’t gonna happen just thinkin’ about it, and I know I’m pregnant with more songs. I can hear ’em punchin’ around…

I practiced scales for an hour (wax on, wax off – it was meditative and warmed me up bigtime. If I’d only had a clue as a kid.) and then kicked off four hours of mostly writing with a bit of rehearsing the songs from last year. I got a few solid starts out of it. I’ve finished two songs since the election, which is fine considering the lack of discipline I’ve had in the last 8 weeks. A friend tonight told me she felt like she was living the retired life, and I kinda was too. Especially as it concerns actively working on music.

I’ve also been wrestling with getting email list software installed on my server so I can send emails to the thousands of people who’ve asked to hear more from me. It has turned out to be the most slogging, frustrating, slowest integration of technology I’ve ever done. I’ve been trying to install activecampaign’s 1-2-all software and it’s been a nightmare. Nothing has been easy so far, and i’ve been developing an intimate relationship with their tech support.

I’ve been kinda caught up in getting marketing systems in place, and at the time, it felt like it “counted”. I need the infrastructure to build upon. But I also remembered tonight the utter joy and satisfaction from creating music.