badgas
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I got a phone call from an old band member yesterday. Caleb Johnson.
He use to write all of our original material. After all these years he's finally been approached by a label, Alligator.
He was on a return trip from a tour in Japan and landed at Seatac Airport at Seattle. He called me from there.
I went up and brought him down here to the shack for a day.
We did a lot of talking of the good old days, and some about songwriting.
One of the interesting comments he made was when I asked him about setting his mind to write a song.
He told me he has a ritual he goes through. To my suprise he told me every songwriter he knows has some kind of ritual.
Caleb showed me as he told me about his pen. It's a fountain pen from back in the 1920s sometime. It was his grandfathers. He swears he cannot write lyrics or music without it. He also has to have a cup of tea and a pair of slippers on his feet. Beside peace and quite, that's his only requirements. Well, the only he fessed up to.
I also found out I have a ritual, but didn't realize it till he kept digging at me.
When I work on an existing project, I prime my mind, set my mood and mode. Looking back on my most recent songwritings, I found I actually begin setting the tone of my mind hours before I begin writing. Also, I have to have a guitar in hand whether I use it or not.
My ritual, if that's what ya wanna call it, made him laugh. He said most songwriters do the same thing, except some have can only write in a special notebook, only at the piano, in a certin room in the house, time of day, etc.
I never gave this much though till he brought it up.
I'm wondering if any of you guys/gals have a special hat that helps you be creative, or some other thing to bring out your muse.
He use to write all of our original material. After all these years he's finally been approached by a label, Alligator.
He was on a return trip from a tour in Japan and landed at Seatac Airport at Seattle. He called me from there.
I went up and brought him down here to the shack for a day.
We did a lot of talking of the good old days, and some about songwriting.
One of the interesting comments he made was when I asked him about setting his mind to write a song.
He told me he has a ritual he goes through. To my suprise he told me every songwriter he knows has some kind of ritual.
Caleb showed me as he told me about his pen. It's a fountain pen from back in the 1920s sometime. It was his grandfathers. He swears he cannot write lyrics or music without it. He also has to have a cup of tea and a pair of slippers on his feet. Beside peace and quite, that's his only requirements. Well, the only he fessed up to.
I also found out I have a ritual, but didn't realize it till he kept digging at me.
When I work on an existing project, I prime my mind, set my mood and mode. Looking back on my most recent songwritings, I found I actually begin setting the tone of my mind hours before I begin writing. Also, I have to have a guitar in hand whether I use it or not.
My ritual, if that's what ya wanna call it, made him laugh. He said most songwriters do the same thing, except some have can only write in a special notebook, only at the piano, in a certin room in the house, time of day, etc.
I never gave this much though till he brought it up.
I'm wondering if any of you guys/gals have a special hat that helps you be creative, or some other thing to bring out your muse.