The Boat Shop Music Studio is open for the season!

this is the high tech level of things here at the Studio,  a paper plate recording sign!

THE shop/studio has been open for a month or so now.

6 or 7 "demos" of new songs have been recorded

The drum kit isn't set up yet, as the Shop side of the studio is being used for storage while the Vanagon (the subject of "Rest Stop") is being worked on.

   I think that there may be 3 different categories of song:
     1). Songs that are vehicles for musicians, or styles of playing
     2). Songs that are stories, the musicianship is secondary
     3). Songs that are equally story and musicianship, or style

Of course this is only my opinion.  I think a lot of popular music is about the musicianship, or the particular genre's style of playing, with the lyrics serving as a method of making the music accessible thru "hooks", an interesting phrase, or repetition.  I'd say my music falls into the number 2, occasionally managing a number 3.  My musicianship is not developed enough for me to make songs that fall into the number 1 category.

THE album project "Heart at Sea" is a bit stalled out at the moment.  There are about 8 songs that are suitable for a smallish album, but I just haven't had the enthusiasm for the topic currently, and have been distracted with other new songs.  "Heart at Sea" is to be a collection of songs about the sea, sailing and sailors lives.  A funny thing is that two of the songs are actually sung from the perspective of a lover, a woman, back on land.  Writing from the perspective of a woman might seem to need a bit more effort, but in truth the songs came about relatively easily, and I never consciously acknowledged that it was a woman singing the songs, til they were done.   I have a feeling that the album might get put off until the Fall.

I made a new bit of signage to have up at my "gigs".  It's simple, like the music, like me.

new signage for my gigs.  I am very happy about "LOVE Music"