I have been thinking about blogging, since I started this one, and thinking what else is there left to say about music? Or about out band? A good friend Everett True (a rock critic and music fan) said on his blog, now that there is the internet everyone is a critic and asked the same question (apologies for any misinterpretation on my part, Everett). What else is there left to say that hasn't been said a million times about a band? A rippin solo, super rocking, changing the world, blah, blah, blah.
When I want to hear about music it is through a person saying you got to listen to it. I don't want to read every little detail about how the music got that way, I just want to close my eyes and listen. I want to use my ears. I don't want to think at all. I want to feel. I want to get lost. Maybe you are thinking now, why did you write a book then? I guess my answer is, the book was about a story of a couple people that just happen to play music. I felt that I wanted to honour Chick, my good friend who has been through so much, and who surprises me everyday. It felt like a story worth telling to me. His life felt like a story of amazing survival against all odds-and is teaching me how to be a fighter in this world.
The record, dear reader, is going great. It is surprising us the directions it is taking us. Chick has been playing some of the most interesting guitar he has ever done. Joe has done some amazing percussion and solid drumming. The songs sound like Scarce but are growing and morphing into the ten years we have been living life. But other than that, I realize you must listen for yourselves. It is ultimately up to the listener to decide. It is up to the listener to spread the word. It all comes down to word of mouth. It all comes down to you.
So dear readers I promise to give you updates on what Scarce is up to, but don't want to belittle you with talking up this and that. I think I began to feel silly about this blogging, perhaps. Or run out of things to say at the moment. Perhaps it is the process of making a record that can be exhausting, and leave you just wanting to listen and be quiet-and perhaps just be. I think that is where Scarce is-just being.
We will be back in the studio this weekend to wrap up tracking, and then move on to mixing and mastering. We are hoping to have the record completed by mid summer and then up for sale by the fall. Thanks to everyone for your continued support and enthusiasm and word of mouth that has kept us going this second time around. Our friend Sally Irvine is working hard on a Scarce documentary that will be out in the fall as well. Looking forward to sharing with you all in person when the leaves start to fall.
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Don't you dare stop writing here, LOL. This is wonderful, Joyce, I just found it the other day, wish I'd found it sooner but I've been so swamped and out of the loop again.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic and the best thing about blogs is that two or three years from now, someone that hears "Freakshadow" or "All Sideways" or "Imagining It" (or anything!) somewhere and gets interested in finding out more about Scarce will find this, among other things (like your book, like the MySpace profile, like the Last.fm page, my pages, others' pages) and be like "Whoa!" This will be wonderful for that person, as well as all of us who know and love Scarce anyway.
So don't ever feel silly about blogging, this is fabulous. Keep it up, but at the very least, don't take it down. Through the power of the Internet and sites like this, Scarce will live on forever (or at least for a very, very long time!) long after all of us are gone. :)