Around two months ago, three friends and I started a band. We've been practicing about twice a week, working on our own stuff as well as some fun covers. For me personally, it has been exciting, terrifying, exhilarating, frustrating and generally a learning experience.
I will be the first to admit that my musical talent is lacking (thus the "frustration") but I have to admit that the prospect of playing music for people is very exciting prospect. As funny as it sounds, the most difficult part of this "starting a band" process has been naming ourselves and, after many failed attempts, we came to a consensus on a name tonight. So, the band of Travis Grotbo, Ali Lunnon, Brendan Casey and myself shall henceforth (kind of fun to announce this like a knight...) be called....
Stumbling Free
The inspiration for this name came from a quote by Trappist monk, poet, social activist and author Thomas Merton, in which he said, "We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened." This really rang true with us when we thought about times in our life when we were on one of those "mountaintop experiences" we still fail to live our lives the way we want to and even the way we are called to live them. A lot of the music that I've written reflects this, that even when life is full of amazing things, I have failed and, on the other side, even when I fail, or stumble, good is just around the corner. So, Stumbling Free.
Now, to finish this post, I'm going to do something that definitely takes me out of my comfort zone. I decided to post a (VERY VERY rough) demo of a song that I wrote called "Kerouac's Love Song." It's a song based on Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" (my all-time favorite) and how I have seen it apply in my life. I am jumping out of my comfort zone because I really feel that my song writing is less-than-strong, but, whatever we are afraid of will inevitably make us better when we face it head on, so, I hope you enjoy, or at the very least tolerate, the song below.
Follow the link to my tumblr page.
http://ejconn.tumblr.com/post/532569103/new-song-kerouacs-love-song-really-rough
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love it!!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd Brendan! Yeah!
ReplyDeleteTrue! Fixed!
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