Perseverance

00:58 Just stopped working on the same new song (not so new anymore...). It is very rare for me to pursue an idea as far as I am pursuing this one. Usually, either I can pluck the song out of the air fairly easily and quickly, or I consider myself not ready for it and park it for a while. But this time I made a point of bettering myself through the writing of this record, and I believe this song is perfect for the album, so I went the opposite way. I couldn't get this piece of music together if my life depended on it, but through a lot of hours and disciplined effort, I am starting to learn a lot about myself as a guitarist, my preconcieved notions of what a melody should and should not do, and all the barriers that seem to fall into place when inspiration only strikes halfway. I know there's a good song in there, and I have pieces of it, but the rest is seemingly beyond my reach right now. So while most songs usually come to me pretty quickly and are later crafted into complete musical pieces, this time I am trying to do the opposite: pealing all the layers off a perfectly good song that I miopically am trying to turn into something that is not. The first little victory was to realize my mistake. And now lots of hard work and very frustrating moments await me... but the possible reward is worthless: honest, transparent, inspired creations. Isn't that the reason we're musicians in the first place? And getting skirt, of course...