Pressing On

We're about half way through the semester now.  Its only 1 1/2 weeks to our road trip to New York City.  Our professors keep telling us life is about to kick into high gear here.  Things are supposed to get more intense than ever before.  I'm admittedly excited to be ridiculously stressed and strung out for the next 6 weeks.  The reasons for this continue to evade me, really, but I guess that's alright.  At the moment I just wish I could get over this stupid head cold thats been invading my life for about a week now.  I'm sure most of the other students here would enjoy relief from that as well.  A good 70% of us are sick with some sort of illness at the moment. 

I think my songwriting is improving, slowly but surely.  I usually can't tell if its just dumb luck or some sort of skill developing when I end up writing a verse or a a chorus or even a whole song that actually has some sort of quality to it.  I ended up writing a Radiohead-ish song for this last Monday, which was weird for me.  It's not too shabby of a song though.  Not sure if it fits my intended genre really, but thats not the most important thing in the world for me right now.

Tom has opened my eyes in the last couple of weeks to a whole area of music that I've been neglecting in my listening.  I can't believe how I was able to ignore The Who and The Doors and Led Zeppelin for my teenage years.  I feel like I have a right to be angry at my parents for neglecting and abusing me as a child by not playing these records at the home.  I'm pretty sure they are what I am going to raise my kids on.  So, if you read this, and you don't listen to those bands, go buy 'Tommy' by The Who.  

"It will set you free."