Still haven't got the studio gear to work. I'm getting there...maybe tomorrow. It's super-frustration. I'm regaining an appreciation for acoustic instruments. I can pick up my acoustic guitar and it's ready to go. Once I get the music studio set up, it will be great. I don't know why I think these things will go easy. I guess I get a little more impressed with my computer skills than I should. For tonight, I guess I'll just look up some of my installation problems.
While I'm looking stuff up, I'll keep listening to Sufjan Steven's Christmas box set. Really a fresh take on Christmas songs and music. This isn't a collection of the same stuff you've heard in mall every Christmas. I can't even really describe it...it's hard to describe Sufjan's music at all really.I was already impressed by Steven's "Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State". He is definitely one-of-a-kind and has his own sound...something I really need to remember and appreciate in my own efforts. I always worried so much about not playing "correctly". I was always worried I wasn't "doing it right". This obsession with "doing it right" certainly choked off a lot of creativity. What is doing it right in music (or any art for that matter)? As I get further along in my music studies, I have come to realize that all that matters is getting the sound from your mind to everyone else's ears. In a deeper sense, you are converting the thoughts in your mind into vibrations in the air. In that case, why would you want to repeat everything everybody else has said, the exact same way they said it?
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