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Hey there!Thought I'd actually post a photo of myself in the now :)I was born a Gemini.Slightly on the cusp of the Bull.Dylan and I share the day.I like to get drunk on the 24th and pretend he's my guest: an undead ghost.But Yusuf Islam was always my favourite......still is. His music speaks in tongues.Towers of Babel in candy-coated shells.I started guitar at seven.I hated it.My Mom made me practice.Thanks Mum.I took lessons then I quit. I started an imaginary band, and bought a four track when I was fifteen. They were like, I dunno, maybe 600-700 dollars back then. I worked at my step-father's animal hospital.That's like.....20,000 litter box cleanings. Needless to say, I don't throw-up easily anymore.But I found something I could really hold on to in that over priced analogue: I could MAKE a song. I could LISTEN to it over and over and over......I could HEAR things that I didn't even RECORD!.......I found the perfect OBSESSION........I would be a Rock Star! No wait......I'll be an Actor instead!I went to Ryerson Theatre School.I lost my mind.....My first year professor got arrested for air rage and assaulted an F.B.I agent.Those people are weird!I lent my hands to a rock and roll band: The Robber Who Robbed The Town.I fell in love with four people who kept changing: The band broke up this year. I still had my four track (a different one: I kept selling them when my stash was low then buying a new one when I could afford it).And I still wrote songs......Angry little things they were......I did a lot of musical theatre and danced my soul away.Plastic smiles during glass performances.Someone threw a stone.So I walked away from all the nonsense and make-believe and bought a computer with music recording software.....Neat-o!I made a demo.I made some friends.I gave someone thousands of dollars to record an album.He built a basement with my money (and bought some nice new toys).The record sucked. But at least he liked it. I did a lot of drugs.I almost died.So here I am in London. Still glueing a few pieces back together and nursing a hangover I like to call my twenties.I write songs with my old guitar teacher.His name is Ben.We laugh a lot, and talk in New Yorkish accents.....just for fun.....cause we're silly.We wonder why everyone is so gosh darn angry all the time......and competitive too.We wrote a song about it.We write a lot of songs......I hope you'll hear one of them someday.
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