BonosSaint said:
So artists, writers ... (successful, struggling, hopeful, or I got the idea written in my notebook, but I can't seem to do anything with it)
Tell us about your art, your current or most recent project, or the project you are dying to work on. What's your creative process,
the problems you encounter, your style, a favorite character you've created, etc.?
Does writing music count?
I have hit a creative swell over the last 2 years, I have written and recorded a lot of songs.
I have been doing this for about 7 or 8 years.
I record and catalog the stuff, so that I can see the progress, and for the idea of making a collective piece.
Over a year ago, I did two instrumental pieces, each 90 minutes. That's friggin 3 hours of music. I think I did it in about 4 months.
I am not saying it's all great, or even good, but some of it is.
I try to be objective. Some of it is redundant, but I am only recording for myself, so who cares?
I mean the whole idea to record and keep it is to see the progression. I remain very passionate about it. I write music as therapy, among other things, including being a hobby.
Plus I have always just loved music, since I was a small child.
Bought a guitar and recorded for about 2 or 3 years before I ever started trying. When I started I thought it was cool to just play with sounds, now I write songs with chords and all that stuff.
And for the record, I am working on, near completing what I think is my best work ever. I completed it, in part and for the first time ever have gone back to try and improve some stuff.
I am usually in the business of writing a song, recording it, and moving on to the next phase. This time, just trying to iron out some ideas.
All in all, I have 200+ songs? If I wanted to go back and refine the best stuff, i wouldn't even know where to begin. But it sure is FUN to add to it!
I did a U2 recording too, got about 25 U2 songs done, some of them very cool, some kinda crap.