a little randomness

things in my head today...

for one, no more anonymous comments...

for another, i've been thinking about playing harder music recently. after talking with tatum in the car when we went on my CD-buyin excursion tuesday, i've been thinking about what it was like in high school playing in a band with the guitarist from Pillar. back then, i didn't play guitar - i just sang. there's something liberating about being a frontman... just being responsible for the vocals... and i miss it. unfortunately, tatum couldn't be convinced to start a rock band on the side... he'll still play with me when i do solo shows though, so that's nice.
but... every once in a while... i wonder what it would be like to just be the vocalist, focusing on engaging the crowd with a wall of distortion to fall back on and nothing in between the crowd and the vocals... when i'm playing guitar, it can sometimes be a barrier of a sort between me and the audience... at least in my head.
(some of you who "know" me might not think i'm capable of fronting a hard band... but, i know what i'm capable of and i know the passion i have, so i still think it could be done)

in other news... i'm trying this myspace foolishness. it lets me host 4 songs instead of just 3 (like my purevolume site). it also allows for networking and commenting after shows, unlike purevolume... but i'm just so lazy! i'll get it set up around the time i get my CDs in, i think.

has blogging been therapeutic? hmm... possibly. probably in the way that it serves as an almost-conversation... i thrive off conversation, and since certain people have dramatically changed their responses to conversation with me this summer, blogging the past few weeks probably has been an effective substitute.
whether or not it has helped me grow as a writer is totally up to the reader... i don't trust my own evaluation of something like that.