Tips About Dealing With Writers Block!!!

you know(i am being eecummings) look him up a genius. Anyway, what do you do when you have writers block!! It happens to everyone even the most prolific writer's. Well here it is from my point of view. You either put the guitar or instrument down or you write seven million songs ? Well the 7 million song thing is cool because there is safety in numbers but does it really work?

I don't think so...........

You see at least when i am writing songs it is not forced, I have in the past met people that can do that, very rare

you see music is out in the universe waiting to be captured, and you are the conduit, the vehicle, in which it becomes a reality. Now you can push it to your topic or you can push it to your sound but that song could have been written a thousand ways and I am being kind. It is a gift, something no one else can experience except you!! It is your baby, it is your thing. How cool is that.............

You see I truly believe it is a living thing that moves humankind in a direction for a purpose. So keep on playing, keep on writing!! people who say it has all been done before are ignorant!! It hasn't there is so much more to do! 

So what does this have to do with writer's block!! A lot

Use open tunings!

Jam with people you don't normally jam with

put the instrument down and really think about it etc........... there is plenty of great music out there that hasn't been written!!! Joe

Is Digital Really Better Than Analog????

Hi everyone,

I think I am on to something, that really is at the epicenter of music for me, SOUND QUALITY!!
Now most people would agree that digital music brought music to the masses in such a way that could probably never been realized without the format! I do. But and this is a big but, do you really want to sacrifice all the sound quality? Well at least most of it, what does the statistics say, you lose about 93% of the warmth and feeling of the actual performance by publishing your songs digitally!! Really 93%? Are you serious?
All I know, and I don't know much is this. Someone a long time ago told me one thing about recording music, and it has stuck with me till this day. He said, "All you need is a great microphone, perfectly placed, don't even worry about the board, in fact, disconnect the board, and run the source right into the tape machine"!! Wow, that sounds like Pro-Tools doesn't it?
Well no it doesn't. But I challenge you! Buy Chuck Berry's Great 28 on vinyl, and then on CD. Play them back to back and see which one you like better! I did this myself about 2 months ago and was amazed at all the warmth and feeling the vinyl had to offer! Maybe I am nuts but my band recorded an album about two years ago, which we are still trying to finish. It will come out eventually. But we recorded that on 1" tape, not even 2" tape and we transferred it over to Pro Tools and it pretty much sucked the life out of the performances! I have to tell you what an eye-opener!!
I keep going back to that guy in the control room in 1981 telling me how to record. I was a young shithead, who didn't like people telling him what to do. I tell you if I listened to him, things would have been a lot different!! Anyway, I can play you a rough mix of the 1" tape now and replay you a done mix on Pro Tools and I guarantee you, 98% would pick the tape rough mix!! Anyway, don't even get me started on being able to change the pitch and all of that crap!! The bottom line is can you play live? Can you deliver the goods? The problem is because of the digital age the tools have changed, the bar has been moved! I used to like when a record would speed up and slow down! I hate 116 beats per minute!! Is that rock n roll? NO, please say NO!! Rock n Roll is feeling, it is a primitive feeling, it is an organic thing! I hope you think so too.... Rock On!!! Joe

Pure Sound For The MP3 Generation!!

Hey Hey MY MY,

I hope everyone enjoyed this video. You maybe have heard that Neil Young can be difficult, detached, self absorbed and kind of flighty(if that's a word). I think that could be said for most super talented artistic individuals, wouldn't you say?
The important message here is he has come up with a fantastic idea to address the sound degeneration you experience when listening to MP3 files and other computer generated sound, that more than a generation has grown extremely accustomed to. Pure sound is something that has disappeared along with the turntable I am afraid. I mean MP3's and the like are fantastic for the convenience and accessibility but they also have been proven to degenerate the original recording by up to 95%. That means the generation that loves their MP3 libraries is hearing about 5% of what the artist actually recorded!! That is Pure Crap if you ask me.
Anyway, Neil has come up with a project called PureTone that he has been working on for quite some time now and it is simply to solve the problem of sound quality for MP3s and other digital audio formats. He is on the cusp of introducing Master Sound Quality through a digital format!! It is a brilliant idea and I can only hope he is successful. There really is a whole generation maybe even 2 that think songs sound like what you hear on your IPod!! I can remember s a teenager coming home with a new album, whether it was Neil, Springsteen, Pink Floyd whatever, and impatiently ripping the plastic wrap and throwing that vinyl album on my stereo system and BAM!!, what sound was there it was almost 3-D, it had warmth and depth and power, because you got to hear the actual music as it was so painstakingly mixed for maximum effect! Well that's what Neil is striving for and it is very admirable!
The MP3 Generation has no idea what they are missing, but they will, when they understand the pure sound quality that is jumping out of their speakers or headphones. I believe the future is Pure sound or should I say Pure Tone and I can only hope that it gets here sooner rather than later! I am sick and tired of hearing tinny, thin sounding versions of songs that I grew up to and even the newer bands I find fantastic like Mumford & Sons, Avett Bros., My Morning Jacket, Beach House, The Shins and on and on... They deserve to get their music heard the way the recorded it. So bring on Pure Sound with Puretone and turn on the MP3 generation!! Real Music Will Set You Free. I hope it is SOON.
Rock On everybody!! and remember "Rock N Roll Will Never Die"!   Joe