Breaking the glass case.
Had a great trip to Cincinnati. There is a very interesting arts community up there and it’s such a cool city. Seven hills.
The short story is that my some of my wild ideas for performing these new songs live will indeed be possible but it will take me some time and fiddling about with gear and software to get it all happening.
The whole world of electronic music is so interesting and the artists I’ve met so far are all very intellectual and philosophical about using technology musically. I’ve yet to have a conversation with an electronically oriented musician who doesn’t want to drastically bend and stretch the definition of what music is.
I am very much in love with melody, form and content when it comes to song-writing but it’s always interesting to hear other people’s perspectives.
I’ve been getting a few emails from some folks who read this blog about not abandoning my “acoustic roots”. I appreciate your concern. And believe it or not, I feel like what I am trying to grow into (and out of) will benefit both my music and my audience. Perhaps the changes won’t be so drastic. It’s too early for me to know. I just know it needs to change.
The front half of Recovery is very much about “breaking the glass case” (there was a reason for that title) while the back half of the record settles into more familiar territory but still wrapped up in a mostly classical mindset.
I think this was the right record to make and now I am knee deep in figuring out how to tour it in such a way that the songs can stretch their legs.
Afterall…we live in the age of the iPhone. Why wouldn’t I do this?
Three chords and the truth.
…well maybe more than just three chords.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Hey, I thought that it was being more than “always the same four chords”. Well, I know I’m a failure.
Glad to know that you had a great time in the ‘nati. I would move back to that area in a heartbeat, Jeremy. I love it. LOVE it.