hola! i was really happy to discover that the amorino animation had been selected by an american newspaper's website as their music video pick of the day. the paper serves washington dc in the usa and is called "Express" ... it's a part of the washington post company. i was happy but surprised as it's often so hard to get heard. it's obvious of course that there's sooo much information floating around out there on the internet connected to music, be it videos, words, sounds, images and it can be a bit overwhelming. it got me to thinking whether artists / musicians are now encouraged to blog too much? it seems to me that we're all being informed that interaction is the key to keeping close to your audience, but is something being lost in the process? is it becoming too much like a process? i'm not sure, but the more i think about it, the more i'm inclined to think that it's nice to have some mystery in the relationship between artist and audience/fan. if writing is just a forced exercise then i actually think that can be quite damaging and a little revealing. i look forward to reading certain artists' words because i know they're selective, they're good at editing and when they write, even short bursts, i know i'll usually get something from it. however, i do think it is interesting to have an insight and i hope that in my writing i'm expressing myself honestly and giving anyone that cares to read an insight and not an excuse to climb into the washing machine. being able to communicate directly without the approval / manipulation of journalists / media / third party is liberating too of course.
so, these are my thoughts today. to blog or not to blog, that is the question. today the answer was yes. it just felt right and i wanted to. i wrote fiction and words before i wrote music or even picked up the guitar and i enjoy it when i'm in the right mood. but of course sometimes i'm introverted and it's my guitar i reach for, rather than the keyboard. i wrote a song the other evening actually. it's passed the test and i've been singing it to myself on and off for days. the one before that seems to have failed that test. that's how it goes.
oh, please look out for the new messageboard (we'll give it a try, see how it goes - the last one was relatively active but was killed by spam) and also a more dynamic news page.
now, if you'll excuse me i have to go and smear cumin onto a lamb chop.
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