The Album Project, Episode Two

Some people say that you can't rush art.

This isn't true, because I wrote a song in two hours yesterday.

But I've been pretty convinced for some time that it was true, which may have something to do with the fact that I've written very little in the last 2+ years. And also probably contributing to the fact that I've made very few attempts to write anything in the last 1+ year. If you can't rush art, that means art takes time, and honestly, I'm a fairly impatient person. Thus = laziness.

But! It's all irrelevant now, because you can rush art, as it turns out, which is exactly what I'm having to do with this album project in order to make it happen in the next 3 months.

So official song #2 took form yesterday evening. After scribbling some notes and two lines of lyrics at work in the evening, I ventured to the practice rooms to follow where the lyrics were leading me. About two hours later, I had a full 3.5 minute piece that I was not entirely ashamed of. Exclusive review party took place tonight post RUF, and the critics voted unanimously to keep the song on the album (this essentially means it didn't completely suck--in fact, they all emphatically loved it).

The song is quirky. But so am I. It's different. But it's me. It's written from my perspective on life right now, in this moment, and that is what I want this album to be. I want it to be honest and playful and friendly and quirky and me.

So that's what it will be.