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March 15, 2018 By Darren Leave a Comment

I want to do all the things confessions of a creative soul

I want to do all the thingsI’m sitting here wondering what to do. I want to write something. I want to make a little music. I want to do a little art. I want to understand quantum entanglement. I want to make breakfast. I want. I want. I want to do all the things

the creative minimalist

I call myself the creative minimalist. At times the minimalist aspect is part aspirational and part ironic. It certainly doesn’t modify the creative part of the name. The two parts are and remain quite distinct. The creative polymath might be more accurate. However, I am not the expert being a polymath often implies.

I want to do too many things. If I visualised my perfect day it would be a mixture of playing the guitar, recording sound and writing words. However, that is a broad brush stroke. What songs or music do I want to play? What sounds and stories do I want to craft? I have hundreds of songs and almost as many ideas for stories.

Want and need are two different things. I want to do all the things yet I need to feed and clothe myself. I want to do all the things but I need to live and support myself. Aligning wants and needs is my Holy Grail. Like the elusive chalice, alignment might be a myth too far.

I want to do all the things

I start some of the things, and sometimes manage to focus on just one thing… for a while. Because my mind wants to do all the things, it loses interest in the thing currently before me. It wanders. It meanders. It negotiates excuses and makes reasoned arguments for moving on to some ‘thing’ else.

The solution is to connect all the things I want to do with my life goals, my ambitions, my dreams, my reason for existing – all the big picture stuff. My wants have to be related to my goals. My goals should encompass my needs. There needs to be a motivation to keep me working on the things I want to do. That will come from the connection.

I want to do all the things. I can’t. I have to decide. I have to choose one at a time. Make sure it is aligned with what I want to achieve and do it.

I am back to the same position.

Sitting here, wondering what to do.

 


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January 11, 2018 By Darren Leave a Comment

I did a song I’m looking at stupid things that make me smile

I’m looking at stupid things that make me smile and make me think of you

I’m looking at stupid things
That make me smile and make me think of you
They let me think of you

I’m walking in the pouring rain
With a smile so broad let me explain
It doesn’t matter if I’m soaked through, I’m thinking of you

You see I’m thinking of you

When I see letters set to post
White waves crashing off the coast
Fresh paint on the canvas bright
Sunrise and the sunset light
Lovers walking hand in hand
At the bar, the covers band
Fleeces, scarves and woolly mitts
All these things, and little bits

Caster sugar on a nose
Floppy hats and emerald clothes
Brightly coloured little cars
winter sparklers, wishing stars
romantic glances on the screen
Waking up after a dream
I’m thinking of you

When the alarm wakes me too soon
If the darkness outside is still penetrating my room
I’ll find the sunshine, just thinking of you

I’m laughing at stupid things
That make me smile, they make me think of you
They make me think of you

Korus

When the evening dark closes in
When the loneliness holds and embraces me
That’s when I’m most likely, thinking of you

That’s when, most likely, I’ll be thinking of you

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December 14, 2017 By Darren 2 Comments

Free Christmas Holiday Download

free to download and use in anything you want Christmas holiday soundtrack

A little gift. A free to download and use Christmas Holiday Soundtrack. You can use this in any videos or creative projects you are working on. It is royalty-free with no restrictions. My gift to you. It’s ideal for those little, last-minute Christmassy videos your making for YouTube.

Free Christmas Holiday Soundtrack

Happy Christmas to you all
(Download available for 30 days from the date of this post)

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November 2, 2017 By Darren Leave a Comment

Journaling to a song


It’s easy to write a song. Ideas arrive from every which way. I might be reading, jamming, hear an interesting sound, fall in love, fall out of love… all of these could be the inspiration. All of these could be my muse when she1 decides to turn up.

I’ll find a melody, a line, I’ll jot them in the journal – currently a Moleskine but it varies. I’ll then potter. On the guitar, on the keyboard, in any variety of apps, I’ll sculpt the sound.

I’ll arrange and jam, jam and arrange. I’ll record and rerecord. I’ll stop, start, start and stop again. Eventually, I might have a song, an arrangement that I like.

I don’t worry about critics. The biggest critic is sitting here typing these words. I scare myself with the negative thoughts concerning my creation. But create it I have. It’s time to share. It’s time to let the world hear what I have created…

… but will anyone want to listen

1 Yes, my muse is female, probably the deepest relationship I have with anyone from that gender… and quite often a metaphor for my personal relationships too.

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September 18, 2017 By Darren Leave a Comment

Weaving words, sculpting sound – music Monday


These are my songs. 
This is my soul.

 

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