Me Me Monday #74

74. I've written somewhere in the nieghborhood of 100 songs' worth of lyrics

Yep. Well over a hundred now. Funny thing is, the more I write, the better I think I am getting. I suppose it is only natural - practicing at something makes you better at it, even with things of a creative nature. Or maybe my taste in music is just getting worse....

Seriously, though, I have written at least a few songs which I feel would be commercially viable in today's market. Of course, this does not mean I think they're good songs, just that they are marketable.

How do I "know" that I am getting better at writing songs? Well, it takes a lot less inspirado now than it used to. Which is good, because, as we should all know, you can't manufacture inspirado.

And I don't have to be in a particularly foul mood just to write anything sad... I don't have to be shit-eating-grin-having happy to write a happy song.... and, in fact, I doubt I would write a happy song. They usually sound WAAAY too sappy to satisfy me.

I think it's easier to write and angry or sad or depressed song than it is to write a good happy song that doesn't sound like you've been sucking down Sweet & Low's and Equal's and Splenda's while having a sugar cane anal thermometer punched up your rectum and a corn syrup IV.... It is hard to write a happy song that isn't too... well... happy. Now, pissed off music? That's easy. You can never really sound TOO pissed off in rock, now can you?

But a good happy tune? Pffthfhthfht. That's tough.

For me, anyways, it is. Maybe I think myself too "macho" to do it well... Maybe I am too morose deep within... maybe overly happy people just annoy me so I can't write about it. I don't know. Could be ANY of those things, really.

You know what I mean about the overly happy people. I mean, yeah, their lives are always so picture perfect... kinda makes you regret all the tiny little crappy things you've done by way of comparison sometimes, doesn't it? Bah.

Or maybe I'm just a grump.

Or it could be Monday.

Yeah, that's my excuse for today - it's f*()*$#@king Monday.

Warning - I will be out of town after Tuesday and might not be able to blog more until next week - but I will catch you ALL up, especially about my upcoming show at JP's this coming Thursday.

Any and all in South Carolina, near Parris Island, Hilton Head, Beaufort(?) - come out to JP's THursday night to check out some of the weird and wonderful of Wop of Government Cheese... I'll do my best to make you have a good time.

Help me help you help me by coming on out!!

Peace!