I agree with your friend, if this is what you're doing I could stand to hear some more.Telliot wrote: Anyway, I really do appreciate your kind words and input. I never really allow myself/give anyone the opportunity the chance for anyone to hear my music, so I find this incredibly humbling and nerve racking. I normally keep these things close to my chest, holed up in a computer in my little studio.
My above-mentioned friend has been yelling at me for years to get off my ass and do something about it.
As soon as I read that, I thought, ohgod....I'm not sure my other songs are as good as this one...! And so begins the cycle of self-doubt that I've suffered from my entire creative life.JazzBlaster wrote: I agree with your friend, if this is what you're doing I could stand to hear some more.
Sorry... did I sell you the rights to my life story?Telliot wrote:Thanks guys! I'm very appreciative of your kind words, they mean a lot!
As soon as I read that, I thought, ohgod....I'm not sure my other songs are as good as this one...! And so begins the cycle of self-doubt that I've suffered from my entire creative life.JazzBlaster wrote: I agree with your friend, if this is what you're doing I could stand to hear some more.
I really think it's something that has kept me from ever seriously pursuing a life in music, and now I'm 41, married, with 3 kids and a mortgage. Not in any way bad, but different than I imagined 20 years ago. Anyone else suffer from this disease?
I can honestly pinpoint its origin, which would be my parents' general lack of support in this venture growing up. It seems so lame to blame my issues on them, but their harsh criticisms, insistence that it was a dead end, and telling me I wasn't good enough to be a professional really stunted my growth, I think. Even now, as a grown man, I can hear their disapproval in the back of my head when I sing a particular lyric, or decide to use a major three chord, when I should have used a minor, etc... That shit is really powerful, something I won't be passing on to my kids.
Sorry for the personal backstory dump...
I knew we were kindred spirits!parry wrote:Sorry... did I sell you the rights to my life story?Telliot wrote:Thanks guys! I'm very appreciative of your kind words, they mean a lot!
As soon as I read that, I thought, ohgod....I'm not sure my other songs are as good as this one...! And so begins the cycle of self-doubt that I've suffered from my entire creative life.JazzBlaster wrote: I agree with your friend, if this is what you're doing I could stand to hear some more.
I really think it's something that has kept me from ever seriously pursuing a life in music, and now I'm 41, married, with 3 kids and a mortgage. Not in any way bad, but different than I imagined 20 years ago. Anyone else suffer from this disease?
I can honestly pinpoint its origin, which would be my parents' general lack of support in this venture growing up. It seems so lame to blame my issues on them, but their harsh criticisms, insistence that it was a dead end, and telling me I wasn't good enough to be a professional really stunted my growth, I think. Even now, as a grown man, I can hear their disapproval in the back of my head when I sing a particular lyric, or decide to use a major three chord, when I should have used a minor, etc... That shit is really powerful, something I won't be passing on to my kids.
Sorry for the personal backstory dump...
I'm confused...
Telliot wrote: Much to the chagrin of my nervous stomach, upon the urging of my awesome OSG friends, I've posted a handful of songs to my SoundCloud page. They aren't in any real order, although "I'm Fine" is the latest, followed by a mishmash of songs (some of which were recorded a good 10 years ago). I've played some of these for a few of you before, and you'll probably notice some stylistic variation between them....
Elliot Smith immediately came to mind when I heard you start singing.my bloody television wrote:Nice man, I really liked that. Your voice reminds me a lot of Elliott Smith. I especially love that last chord you hit on the guitar
Wow. I am impressed. There are no stinkers in that lot. They'd make a very decent albumTelliot wrote:....I've posted a handful of songs to my SoundCloud page.
