Music Time Again

I know this blog was dedicated to my novels. But you might have noticed there hasn't been a lot to post about regarding those novels for a while. It's like, right now, those novels are in Limbo. Only my two Killer Books are in print, but I have a lot of satisfaction in the other books, too.

Especially now, since I've rewritten them in the days since the respective publishers went under. All three books are in a far superior form in regards to writing and the prose. I mean The Vase, Second Chance, and John Dunn are so refined and polished now, I can't wait to see them in print again in their current states.

But like I said. All three books are in Limbo. Which means waiting on agents, waiting on publishers, and all at a snail's pace, you see. And I move faster than a snail I'm glad to say.

So instead of writing more, I'm back to my music. I had composed 13 plus albums averaging about ten songs per album, and I was very proud of that music I had written. My only set back or hold up was that I can't sing worth .... You get the idea.

Even though I tried singing on volumes 12 and 13, I was not satisfied with my voice or my singing. At all. I have no range and I am missing the notes often. It's better if you don't listen to it.

But I had always wanted to get back to it. I was particularly proud of volumes 3 and 4, so I went back and recorded those with me singing....yuck.

Then the man who had been making the CDs for me told me to try a different machine....meaning a machine other than the old-fashioned cassette tape recorder. It was time I crossed into the 21st Century and recorded everything digital. So I did and wow, what a difference!

I'm using digital devices now and all my songs are being recorded onto an SD card rather than old cassette tapes. Everything sounds better and even my voice sounds better. I almost sound like a real singer. Mind you I said almost. I am still no singer. But hey, whatever. I'm not sending these to Sony Records or Warner Records, or Atlantic Records, or MCA for that matter.

I know I'm never getting anything done professionally. This is all for fun. But you know what? I like my songs a lot better than MOST songs that are out today. I'm not saying I can compete with real singers out there. I can't. How many times do I have to say it. I'm not a singer. But again, I like my songs a lot better than a lot of songs that HAVE been professionally recorded. So there.

So what all this means is that I am going to redo Volumes 2, 12 and 13, with this new digital device, and go from Volume 2, then Volume 3, 4, 5 and all the way through Volume 13. Then I might just keep on going. What about volume 1 you might ask? Well, Volume 1 was simply a compilation of all the songs I had written in my early years. Early, like in high school, I mean. Yeah, I like the songs, sure, but those songs are not the rockin' riffs I've put together since then.

The funny thing is, and I suppose it's quite coincidental, but I've re-established contact with a couple of my old high school band mates. Both are still playing music and were glad to hear I was too. Who knows. Maybe one day we'll get the old band back together. Or not. I suppose we'd need to be on a mission from God for that to happen.

But hey.... In the meantime, I'm still rockin' out. And lovin' it.