reBlog from Scotsbob: Accidentally Like A Martyr

I found this fascinating quote today:

I've heard many songwriters prattle on about the weeks of torment & anguish that they subjected themselves to in order to 'capture' a song. Firstly, a song isn't there to be captured. It's either there or it isn't. Deliberately subjecting oneself to torment and anguish for the sake of a 3 or 4 minute song is either lunacy or a lie.Scotsbob, Accidentally Like A Martyr, Oct 2009

You should read the whole article.

Music Is Your Choice.

Flying in the face of the widespread notion amongst a large majority of musicians I am not doing the world a favour by making my music available to listen to. I am making it available to listen to as, firstly, I enjoy creating it immensely. Secondly I would like to think that someone out there somewhere might get a kick out of it and it may brighten their day, take their mind off unpleasantries or give someone some food for thought or discussion. Thirdly, there is nothing more that I can do with it.


Having put my music here, there and everywhere for the above reasons, at the end of the day the choice is yours as to whether you decide to listen to it or not. It doesn’t take hours of listening to figure out whether you dig someones’ music or not.

 The next choice that is yours is if you decide that you like a particular artists work enough to follow their progress then it is easy enough to follow them. If you decide that you like my genre of music then the form immediately below places you on my mailing list thus enabling me to immediately notify you of a current release. The widget below that informs prospective followers how many free downloads are currently available and their titles. In the case of my free downloads this is regularly rotated and automatically reflected in the widget. 

Hopefully you are not swayed by glossy posters expensive advertising campaigns and the likes. Keith Richards oft-quoted view on music is, "Pass it on." I like to take his perspective on music one step further, particularly with regard to my own personal musical road and add, "Nothing is weird."I choose to record the genre of music that I do, that’s all. It’s you who make the choice as to whether you dig it or not.