Walter Tore
New member
I have been following threads on various internet forums about where live music is today and where it may be going. Fortunately there are records, dvds, film footage, and interviews. I say this because for all we know live music as we have grown up with may soon be exstinct and at some point a young generation may want to tap into this. I am talking the grass roots levels not the big stars. They have always been well documented thankfully. I am talking about the majority of guys that dedicated their lives to blues and roots music scenes of america that never made much of a national splash but still spent much of their lives performing.
So as I have been reading these posts I got inspired to play. In case some don't know it, I make everything up as I go along. All my words and music are spontaneously created. I tap into the universe and songs appear and I channel them through me. Well, some just rolled through me about what it was like to be a working musician on the grass roots blues/american roots scene for a couple decades. I haven't heard of anyone who regularly is doing songs about this stuff. So I am kicking it off and hope others find inspiration to do the same. We all have stories to share and what better way to do than via a song! It is the closest thing to living history we can leave. I am not talking a cover or rearrangement of a cover, but your own experiences- an autobiographical book via recording these songs.
Hopefully more will come through me. I can't dictate where I go with my music so I have no idea where I will go with this, but I hope some people will close their eyes, relax, let their imaginations drift, and go back in time with me. If enough of us do this, we may help kick start the live music scene. I am running a 101 fever (my normal temp is 97 so I am a bit high) but it sure is flowing.
I was just emailed with some ideas on this subject. It was pointed out to me a project like this would need a website and curator. These positions are not my thing. So if anyone feels like becoming a such a person, let me know! this could turn into a world wide data base with the right team cooridinating it. Please feel free to share this idea with other forume, musicians, friends. I know the team is out there, they just need to be found. Walter
this song kicked it into gear. Our generation have been major players in creating this mess so maybe we can do something to help future generations dream about what they can create........ If we all recorded some songs about our memories of performing back when music was going strong in the clubs it could really be quite a picture of the times because each of us would have something different to share. So instead of trying to write another love song angle, consider doing one about your memories of gigging/the vibe around the music scene/the joys and blues of it/etc.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939088
here are my first entries
memories in song-doing a gig beginning to end
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939395
memories in song- ghost towns that used to rock
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939316
memories in song- houston's parish parties
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939232
So as I have been reading these posts I got inspired to play. In case some don't know it, I make everything up as I go along. All my words and music are spontaneously created. I tap into the universe and songs appear and I channel them through me. Well, some just rolled through me about what it was like to be a working musician on the grass roots blues/american roots scene for a couple decades. I haven't heard of anyone who regularly is doing songs about this stuff. So I am kicking it off and hope others find inspiration to do the same. We all have stories to share and what better way to do than via a song! It is the closest thing to living history we can leave. I am not talking a cover or rearrangement of a cover, but your own experiences- an autobiographical book via recording these songs.
Hopefully more will come through me. I can't dictate where I go with my music so I have no idea where I will go with this, but I hope some people will close their eyes, relax, let their imaginations drift, and go back in time with me. If enough of us do this, we may help kick start the live music scene. I am running a 101 fever (my normal temp is 97 so I am a bit high) but it sure is flowing.
I was just emailed with some ideas on this subject. It was pointed out to me a project like this would need a website and curator. These positions are not my thing. So if anyone feels like becoming a such a person, let me know! this could turn into a world wide data base with the right team cooridinating it. Please feel free to share this idea with other forume, musicians, friends. I know the team is out there, they just need to be found. Walter
this song kicked it into gear. Our generation have been major players in creating this mess so maybe we can do something to help future generations dream about what they can create........ If we all recorded some songs about our memories of performing back when music was going strong in the clubs it could really be quite a picture of the times because each of us would have something different to share. So instead of trying to write another love song angle, consider doing one about your memories of gigging/the vibe around the music scene/the joys and blues of it/etc.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939088
here are my first entries
memories in song-doing a gig beginning to end
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939395
memories in song- ghost towns that used to rock
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939316
memories in song- houston's parish parties
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9939232