more music...

Well, our first big show is just around the corner. I've been so busy/focused on the music, I haven't had time for much else. I was pretty uptight about the show and the music, but we have been practicing, writing and rewriting like crazy. And last night things really began to click. With my influences being mainly the Pixies, Radiohead and Neutral Milk... and the boys influences being mainly Pantera and the like, I find it interesting to listen to our new creations at this point. I can hear the influence. Definitely in the lyrics b/c 5 of the songs are all the same theme or concept (no album here...yet) and the other two songs not so much. The concept is centered around the Great Gatsby. I really enjoy that they are not complete. I like the fact that when we play them, most are still works in progress. And although I can hear the influence of my favorite bands, we sound nothing like them. At least, I don't think we do. At this point, I (along with the band-mates) are the only people who have heard the new music. I'm interested to hear what others hear/think. It's also kind of cool that I am not 'in love' with any of the songs yet. Maybe I am just a point where I'm okay with that fact, but in the past, I would have been very frustrated that I wasn't in love with them. I see more and more that making music is a relationship. It takes work and a lot of attention. And if you keep working on it, you may eventually fall in love with it. You love some. You are in love with some. Some you never want to hear again. Some you cry over. Some get you through hard times. Some get stuck in your head. Some you take baths with. Some you just use for sexxx. And so on.