A New Beginning

Now that we are somewhat acquainted, I think it's time for me to show you a little more of myself. From here on out I will accompany each post with a song of my own creation. I originally wanted to start with the first song I ever made, but then I realized that I don't want to waste your time.

It is my hope that our growing relationship will be mutually beneficial. I want to provide you with a deeper look into my mind and the sounds within. I want you to feel what I feel and hear what I hear. I want to tell you things that can't be expressed with words. However, far more important than what you will learn about me throughout our time together, is what you will learn about yourself.

I've always had these sounds practically blaring within my skull - fighting and clawing their way out through any musical outlet I afforded them. But just as any artist, be it a painter, sculptor, or even a watchmaker (that shit can get pretty crazy), I have had to work very hard at refining my technique. An idea is only worth so much if you can't express it accurately.

For a long time I took a playground approach to my music. "Anything goes! Just try it out and see what happens!" This worked for a while, but as soon as I wanted to dabble with and create more complex sounds, I realized that I needed to work on my technical skills. Therefore, I cleaned out my toolbox and started fresh. The track attached to this post is my latest creation. It has been somewhat of an obsession for me over the last couple of weeks. I've played it over and over again while listening ever so intently. I wanted it to be a perfect portrayal of what I felt when I started it.

What does it make you feel?


A New Beginning by dhemicu3

The T Junction

We have all been faced with conflicting choices at one point or another. More so than we realize, these choices (however seemingly insignificant at the time) can have great impact on who we are as people. Obviously we aren't talking about your typical 1% versus 2% milk dilemma; but rather decisions that I like to call "t-junctions". Go to university or start working? Stay at home or move out? Learn another language? Move to another country or stay in your native one?

For a lot of people, these decisions are no-brainers. However, the reality is that they often make them based on expectations that have been set for them from early in life. Most of us are born with a predetermined path to happiness that is constructed with materials provided by one's culture, religion, family, gender, race, social class, or any other combination of definitive factors. Come to the t-junction and go left. At the next one make sure you turn right.

That's too easy. Why should anyone just accept a path that has been set for them? What if I want to take a different path? Perhaps one not offered at the t-junction.

This is the t-junction that I feel like I'm standing at right now; and deep inside me is the growing desire to grab a cutlass and start hacking my way through the middle until I reach the destination of my choosing. I strongly believe that it's time for me to invest in one of those. This blog will be my first cutlass. Let's see how sharp I can make it.