Who I Am
If one
advances confidently in the direction of his
dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he
has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours.
-- Henry David Thoreau
This is a quote that I have kept in my mind for some time. At different times in my journey it has meant different things to me. I have had various notions of what success is, what my dreams were, and so on. Maybe you are the same way.
One thing has not changed though. I am a songwriter. I love songs. As Joseph Campbell would say songs are my bliss. I think it took me getting an ipod to remember this. Sometimes you know something about yourself but it takes an outside influence to remind you that you know it. My reminder was the ipod.
Suddenly I was listening to more music that I ever had, and I listen to a lot of music. I started buying Beach Boys records with my allowance when I was 5 and the seed for the tree of my life was planted. Most of my life lessons are in song. Like you I have specific memories tied to music. I think that is why Elton Johns "Tiny Dancer" works so well in "Almost Famous". I am sure your life has a soundtrack that is vivid to you.
I read a book a few weeks ago, one of those I bought but just got around to reading. It was called "Love is a Mix Tape". It really drives home this point. Just how much music can mean in a persons life. It made me want to be a better songwriter.
So that is who I am, a songwriter. If you love songs please hang out here, I am working on making this site a place you can find a part of the soundtrack to your life. If it's a song I write or one you discover in the Pass it On section ( A work in progress) I hope music will continue to bring as much to your life as it does to mine.
