I’m still alive (to quote Pearl Jam…..)
3 August 2010
I’ve not posted anything on here for ages. I haven’t had time, or the desire. I have no motivation to write at the moment, but I’m not worried; seasons come and seasons go, and I feel like now is a ‘music’ season. I played an acoustic gig at my old church the other night, and played a few songs that I’ve had knocking around for a while. It put me in the mood to do more. I’m not discarding the idea of doing any more writing; in fact, I think I’m going to put my book The Weight of a Voice on these very pages in installments, starting very soon. So if you know any teens (or anyone….) who might want to read a book for free, then please point them in the direction of this blog……
So anyway, my current vision is basically to make some new music and then give it away to as many people as possible. Should making any money, or ‘succeeding’, be my motivation for making worshipful music? I want people to hear it – at least that way they can decide it’s meaningful/terrible; charging money for it immediately limits the audience. Also, I’m reminded of the parable of the talents, when Jesus talks about the master rewarding the servants who invest the money they’ve been entrusted with – I should be investing the gifts/songs that God has given me. I don’t own them, and I don’t want to hide my light under a bushel, or whatever the verse says…..
It’ll be mostly acoustic stuff I guess. If you want to get a feel for what it might sound like, and you haven’t heard me sing/play before, go here. Tomorrow I’m hopefully going to be helping my friend Andy (a very talented singer/songwriter) to set up his studio equipment in church, with a view to exploiting the resources asap….. In a minute, I’m going to return to finishing the lyrics to a new song, called When I close the door on love. Here’s a snippet:
How can I receive / The life that renews / When I close the door on love? / How will I become / The image of grace / When I close the door on love?
I want the idea of You / The status but not the pain / I crave our time spent alone / As long as we stay the same
But when the sun goes down on me / Or the flood is breaking me / Where will I find myself? / Alone on the sand / Shaking and insecure / When You promise so much more
I’ll try to be more faithful in blogging over the next few months, and hopefully there’ll be some music to share with you soon. But I’ll definitely start with installments of the book…..