With the exception of “Bayani” (which was written and recorded over a period of 24 hours), the last track I ever made was completed sometime in April 2007.
Ever since then, I’ve been suffering from the dreaded writer’s block, and just couldn’t write ANYTHING that’s even worth recording (a few lines here and there, but I didn’t have it in me to write a full verse). So it goes without saying that I’m a little bit rusty when it comes to writing lyrics, and much less being behind the mic.
Luckily for me, I got bitten by the musical bug again last month. I suddenly felt the itch to write… something, anything. It was difficult at first, as I was warming up and finding my rhythm. I would get a few lines down, and then the lyrics would find itself going off on a completely different topic… Either that, or I just would have no idea how to continue after the first 6-8 bars! >:O
But I kept writing. And miraculously, one night, I found myself getting past The Dip. What started out with 2 lines became 8, and within half an hour those 8 lines became 16. I looked it over, and hey, it wasn’t bad — at the very least, it passed my standards of quality. It didn’t take long until that verse became a full song, and after a few days of refining I’ve finally finished writing my first track after several years (once again, with the exception of “Bayani“).
What’s going to happen after I record this sum’bitch and get it polished the way I want it to? Well, from this point forward what I’m planning is to do is to release my music in short EPs that consist of 3-4 songs. I definitely feel like I’m close to pumping out quality music in a much shorter period of time, not to mention the several unreleased tracks that I have locked in the vault… At this rate, I’m confident I can release a new EP every month or two. For free, of course, which is what Digital Revolution is all about… But we’ll cover that in a different post.
At any rate, it’s damn great to be back doing music again… You’ll hear much more from me, I promise. Till then, peace.
