No Liz, No More

 

I had stopped watching this show because it had turned into garbage. But one of the reasons it had turned into garbage was because of the character of Lizzie, or Elizabeth Keene. Originally the character was fine, but after the third season, the character of Lizzie Keene turned into a stupid, wishy-washy flake. Going back and forth on her convictions was one thing, but hating someone who had saved her life time and again, and had saved the lives of her friends and coworkers, is hardly someone she would hate. I would think she would be eternally grateful to that person.

But no. She would rather be duped into believing that a stranger was her mother. Never mind that the stranger had murdered two of her fellow FBI agents. Never mind that the stranger put her daughter into harm's way. And never mind that the stranger was not her mother in the first place.   

So I have not watched any of the episodes after the second episode of this season, and what I have heard is that the character of Lizzie Keene became so bad they had to kill her off and get her off the show. Hhmmmnnn... Okay. I guess that's what you have to do.

So will I start watching again? Now that the character of Lizzie is gone, might that mean the show will be good again? Not so fast. Don't forget... The show had become my favorite show while Lizzie was a main character. It was the writers who ruined that. Meghan Boone had to perform the role as the writers wrote it. So that means the show is not necessarily good again, even without Lizzie.

Maybe I'll have to watch it again just to see. But the father/daughter dynamic between Red and Lizzie worked for me. I would rather have had that come to fruition and then they take it from there. But if that is not the case, then it's better they offed her. I guess.

Volume 14 - Rockin' the Establishment

Hooray. I have just released my latest album, or "Playlist" as they are called on SoundCloud. Or to use the vernacular of today's youth, I "dropped" my latest album today. It's interesting how slang changes from one generation to the next. When you post new music on SoundCloud, the last song (or the last playlist) you post is the first one listed.

So from now on, each volume that I post will be first on the list. Thus, Volume 14 is first on the list now, followed by Volume 1 and so on. Since I wrote the songs in the order in which they are listed on the albums, the songs on Volume 1 were the first songs I ever wrote, followed by Volume 2, etc. 

And so this past summer, while other people were going to Hawaii, or going camping, or whatever, I wrote music, and during the course of the last two months, I wrote enough songs for another album. Then I wrote the lyrics and recorded it. And now the album is on SoundCloud as a "Playlist." I already posted the song list on my prior post, but here it is again.

1 - Born in a Maze

2 - You Were Losin'

3 - Bad Boy

4 - Longshot

5 - Why Can't We

6 - Woman of Straw

7 - Penalty

8 - It's Money

9 - Lockdown

10 - Who's Laughing Now

I am very pleased with these songs. If I weren't, I wouldn't write them. Or I would trash them and write other songs. As for my singing, well, at least I carry the tune. If I didn't, I would trash that, too. But the singing is in tune, in key, and for the most part listenable, if that's a word. It must be because I didn't get that squiggly red underline when I wrote it. 

If you have a mind to, click on the album image to the right and have a listen. That goes for any of the fourteen alums I've "dropped" by now. I hope you like the songs. Please don't criticize the singing. I know I am not a singer. But that doesn't mean my singing ruins the music. If it did, I wouldn't have posted the songs. That's all.

Volume 14 completed

Volume 14 of my original music is now completed. That means the songs have been written, arranged, and recorded, including the lyrics and the singing that goes with it. Yes, I did the singing. No, I am not a singer. But at least I sing in key and I hit the right notes.

I am no Neil Diamond. No Elton John. No Cat Stevens, or whoever else is out there who writes and sings his own music. But I do write and sing my own music. No one else will. So I do. And you know what? I like it. That doesn't mean I think I'm as good as the aforementioned guys. No. But I don't have a label seeking to sign me. Nor do I ever have any intention to audition for Simon Cowell.

But it's something I do, and I'm glad I can do it. I even have the new album design completed, as you can see below:

And as you can see I decided on the title Rockin' the Establishment. I reached that decision based on the concept of the album. Like when I titled volumes 12 and 13 after the concepts of those albums. Volume 14's concept being an outsider working his way into the elite, to the chagrin of the "establishment." 

So as soon as the CD arrives from the guy in San Diego (the guy who puts my music onto CDs and also converts the music into mp3s,) I will post it on SoundCloud. I think that could be as soon as late next week. Stay tuned.