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Music, Love & Loss.

Published on June 26, 2008 in Journal Entry. 7 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

This is the blog that never ends…

 

I am writing you tonight from Phoenix, Arizona. It is around 11pm and I am sitting on the back deck of a family friend’s house.  There is a strong breeze blowing across the trees and for the most part it’s rather quiet, aside from the wind and a stray car. My companion this late June evening is a giant dog named Wallace. He continues to run in the yard chasing the wind for about 30 seconds then returns to my side to lather my leg with spit and make sure that I know he is still there. I have been blessed tonight with one of my favourite things about the valley, the smell of desert rain. There is nothing like it. It is a sweet mixture; 1 part dirty earthiness 2 parts freshness. They say we will be getting a downpour at some point this evening. Which tickles me a bit. After 6 full days here experiencing 110 degree plus temperatures every day. I finally may get to experience desert rain again just hours before I leave. It’s a bit like my life really. Years of dry hot desert air before a beautiful thunderstorm and an onslaught of rain. I’ve yet to experience a refreshing rainstorm in my life. But I know it’s somewhere out there (beneath the pale moonlight). Knowing that reaping what I sow will eventually arrive is what keeps me going; keeps me giving all of my pursuits one hundred percent (or 110% if you are overly –enthusiastic). That and staying around for my family is what keeps me breathing. Continue reading ‘Music, Love & Loss.’

Painting-Writing / Painting-Packing

Published on June 17, 2008 in Journal Entry. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

I couldn’t of asked for a more beautiful day weather wise. It has been splendid out and continues to be so. I just got back to my place from a morning/afternoon writing session for the album. I believe I finally have the final two pieces written for ‘Conversations on Internal Bleeding’. One is tentatively titled Firefly[Reason] and strips down the thoughts of a present friendship combined with the haunting need I have to make everything right for those I care deeply about.

Two weeks ago I picked up a keyboard/piano and decided that I was sick of talking about wanting to learn the piano and began teaching myself. Three days into my self-teaching I wrote my first piece. Myself and J-Cain (co-producer on this final effort to finish the album) believe it is strong enough for the album and while it sounds great ‘acoustically’ we will produce it with a heavy band feel which will tie nicely with the rest of the project. I can’t even begin to tell you how much anticipation I have for releasing this album into the wild-blue sky for you all to hear. Continue reading ‘Painting-Writing / Painting-Packing’

Indy, Floodwaters and Ninja Mosquitoes

Published on May 31, 2008 in Entertainment and Journal Entry. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

I just returned home to my beachfront property here in Nashville after seeing a movie down in Hickory Hollow with a buddy of mine. Allow me to rewind and discuss my day. 

This morning I awoke around 8am and shook the sleep from mine eyes. I pulled myself out of bed and walked to the bathroom. Upon reaching the bathroom door my foot slipped in a puddle and I caught myself with the door frame before taking a swim. I had to think hard about this because I had just woken up and this mind of mine creates a plethora of spectacular dreams; so I thought this could be one of them. Nay, it was not. Let us go back even further. Last night upon arriving home from my week away I walked in the door to a horrible stench. I have a powerful drug-sniffing-dog type nose, so if something smells bad to you it more than likely drives me to the verge of insanity. I dropped my bags and went searching for the culprit. Continue reading ‘Indy, Floodwaters and Ninja Mosquitoes’

If at first you don’t click save…

Published on May 15, 2008 in Journal Entry. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

…you should be slapped.

I just lost my entire blog post. So here I go again. From the top…

I am currently watching ‘P.S. I Love You’ with my Mom. She came out for a few days visit. Last night we watched mobsters and guns in ‘American Gangster.’ So it’s only fair, tonight, a chick flick.

When I first started writing this blog post the movie had a happier lighter tone to it. And now… well, it’s just downright sad. She just exploded in an array of emotion bleeding all over the screen because he died and nothing else matters in life, nothing. She’s just alone. I relate. Completely. So of course my mindset is not even close to the same as when I wrote this post the first time. I guess there’s a reason unbeknownst to me. Movies, it’s amazing how they provoke emotion and weigh the heart. But that is the beauty of it. 

Anyway, that was a bit too transparent for the immediate public. Back to the post. 

Last night when she arrived we went to Rumba for a bite to eat. (Rumba is a quant little vibey joint down the street from my place, if you ever visit pin a stop to your trip). After great conversation and food we headed back home and watched the film stated above. Continue reading ‘If at first you don’t click save…’

Lunch/Merridee’s

Published on May 8, 2008 in Journal Entry. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

I’m sitting here at Merridee’s Bakery in d-town Franklin finishing up my lunch. Turkey and cheese on whole wheat. Mmm… turkey. The playlist here is interesting… It’s some sort of satellite mix station. Sounds more like the ipod on shuffle. So far we have, “we didn’t start the fiiiiyaaa…” and onto Cher’s anthem “do you beliEeeve in life after loooove..” followed by “I’ve been waiting for a girl like you…” And then one of the Lifehouse smash hits “And it’s you and me…” Hopefully, you now have a mess in your head trying to figure out which song your mind wants to play for you. Oh the mind, it’s a wonderful thing.

After writing a new song on Sunday night I felt compelled to shoot a video for it creatively releasing all that went into the lyrics and melody. I shot it on Monday afternoon, after finishing some other work that needed attending to, and spent Tuesday and Wednesday editing. I am very satisfied with the outcome. I believe it portrays the depth of thought behind the lyrics. Having said all of that… I can’t release it yet. For one, I’m waiting for the copyright info to be received. And two, I’m going to properly track the song this weekend at a ‘real studio’. So that the quality of the audio does the video justice. If all goes according to plan I will do the official “release” at some point next week. Along with a myspace redesign and the song itself placed on myspace for you to listen to. 

Man, I’m so in the mood for a piece of chocolate cake. I’m going to go see what they have…Okay, no chocolate cake slices so I went with a mint chocolate brownie and a half pint of skim milk.

Just ran into a friend in the biz here. I love that aspect of the small town. What I don’t love about small towns is that everyone is always in your business. But I haven’t run into much of that so far. I keep to myself mostly anyway. 

James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” just started playing, what an amazing song. As you can tell I’m writing very randomly and just spitting out things that pop in my head. I sat down here with the intention of finishing my blog on the music industry, but there are way too many distractions to completely focus on that right now. 

I’ve got to get home and organize some sketches for a commissioned painting I’m doing with a finish date of July 1. I also have two other projects I’m juggling this weekend as well as working away at finishing up my lyrics for the album. Full plate here. We were supposed to shoot a live concert this weekend but that fell through, which is fine. I have so much going on. May is looking busier and busier. I am going to take a week out at the end of the month to go on a mini-vacation. Should be great. 

May and June are so stuffed with great releases. I can’t wait… The new Indiana Jones film on the 22nd of May, Get Smart a show I used to watch as a youngster… Wall-E the newest from Disney/Pixar on June 27th… and in music the newest from Coldplay on June 17th. It’s about time! (You can get the new single at iTunes now) I need some new Coldplay. X & Y holds painful memories stored in time.

Write more soon. Thanks for stopping by. 

Moving on the wheels of life,

cB

 

Get Lost.

Published on May 5, 2008 in Journal Entry. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

04 May 2008

This morning my old school John Wayne alarm clock woke me with a startle, no matter how many times I hear that thing go off I still can’t get used to it. It affects my dreams drastically and I awake thinking there is a fire. But no, it’s just my John Wayne alarm clock. Silly me. I arrived at church a quarter to 10. I must say that I have not experienced a worship service like that in some time. It was much needed and very refreshing for my soul. To put it bluntly there weren’t any people getting in the way or distracting me from connecting completely with God. (I know that I have a lot of viewers on my blog that are not Christians or do not view God as do. That is perfectly fine. I’m not here to cram anything down anyone’s throat. I’m just sharing what life is like from my point of view so please view it as such and do not take offense. If at anytime you feel the need to ask questions regarding my faith please do so. I am an open book on the subject and will remain so until death.) I’d go deeper, but I feel that is fine for now. It was, to repeat, so refreshing. I felt that I had purpose again, outside of the box we live in here. Most days I feel that my Christianity is so far different than any one else’s that I see. Which is fine. To each his own. 

After service myself and a manager friend here in Nashville went to lunch. We were both being indecisive morons and drove around for decades trying to decide. He mentioned bar-b-q, which I shot down because I didn’t think it would sit well in my stomach. Then I mentioned Macaroni Grill, which he shot down because he had a bad experience at the one in Franklin… Continue reading ‘Get Lost.’

Short and Sweet.

Published on May 3, 2008 in Journal Entry. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

My apologies in advance for such a length-less blog. But I am exhausted. I have been running around since 7am doing a shoot on my own at Vanderbilt University. It was fun for a while; I enjoy the challenge of capturing unique shots for B-roll footage and setting up interview locations that bring a different feel to the viewer. But being on my feet all day long is a bit taxing. That’s what she said. (Seriously, I can’t stop saying that, I need to stop watching The Office for a bit.) I got in around 9:45pm had a very humorous chat with my buddy Carrel out in A-town. He said the funniest thing I’ve ever heard him say. But too bad I’m not going to tell you. ;) I was thinking about putting in a movie and having a glass of Cab before bed. But my movie choices are ‘Rescue Dawn’ and ‘E.T.’ Both which I want to view in their entirety and will probably fall asleep at the beginning. So I think I will either read a book, waking up still holding it, or pop in Seinfeld - always good to fall asleep to.

I’m going to check out a church I’ve never been to tomorrow. And then have a little meeting afterwords about music or ties to the mafia in 1938, not sure which it’s about. I didn’t call the meeting. Well that’s enough out of my ridiculously delirious mouth tonight. 
Night all,

cB 

That’s What She Said.

Published on May 1, 2008 in Entertainment and Journal Entry. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Oh man…I’m sitting here watching one of my favourite shows that I had set to tivo because I was at the studio today prepping for a shoot that I have on Saturday (That was a strange and long sentence, but I’m not changing it because it was very informative). Wow, this show is so funny. Speaking of tivo. I think a tiny comedian lives inside of mine. And thought it would be funny to erase EVERYTHING that I had on it. All of it was gone. This is a life lesson boys and girls. Everything we have could be gone in an instant, so know where you are headed. Anyway… it was totally frustrating because I had to go through and reset all the shows that I normally record. And of course I lost a bunch of ‘LOST’ episodes that I have yet to see. Also gone were the episodes of ‘Cities of the Underground’ (AWESOME SHOW!!!) and… ‘Deal or No Deal’… ‘The Office’… a couple nerdy ‘Discovery Health’ shows about the human body, brain, etc. And a bunch of ‘The Twilight Zone’s’ (Which I like to stare at late at night and say, “What the heck?”) So what else is new… Continue reading ‘That’s What She Said.’

Yet Another… Video Blog

Published on April 22, 2008 in Entertainment and Journal Entry. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
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A decent day.

Published on April 8, 2008 in Journal Entry and Thoughts. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Today was interesting… I am STILL trying to chase down the HD footage that I need to make a commercial. No one seems to know how to get ahold of it. And yet the deadline hasn’t moved and I have nothing to work with! Oh well, something will work out, it always does. I’m sitting here watching Andy Griffith, i think it’s a rerun, it’s the one where the principal freaks out because the kids were dancing immorally in the school play. Kids, pssh. Funny stuff. Well, for two days now I’ve been trying to upload footage from an old concert of mine so that you could see it… Continue reading ‘A decent day.’

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