operation futile suicide is go
so i’m posting this…i don’t even know why i’m posting this, it’s sort of the songwriting equivalent of drunk dialing. this is the demo i produced for my final project in my songwriting course. the title of this post is from an episode of the Penny Arcade podcast, a quote that was running through my mind pretty much the entire time i was recording and mixing this monstrosity.
if there’s one thing i’ve taken away from the experience it’s that i can’t convincingly pull off a one-man band. i think i have valid ideas – this much has remained intact – and i wouldn’t pursue music if i didn’t think so. but i don’t know if anything i create is really capable of standing up on its own. maybe more valuable as part of a whole. earlier today i told somebody, “i’ve decided that what i really want to do is to join Grizzly Bear.” i can only imagine how stupid that must have sounded. they say: you want to be in a band? be in one. you want to collaborate with people? find them. well okay i guess i will just do that then.
so the problem remains: i’m not good enough to be alone, and i’m not good enough to present myself in a way that would interest other people in working with me. but i endeavor still.
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