Hello all!

So yeah, new ideas... or idea..

I was talking with a mate and one thought in particular just blew me away in a sense. My friend commented on the likeness between music and looking into the eyes of a lover. The impact it can have, the emotional shift, the trust in it lasting, the joy of it.... A great idea..

As the cynic I am, I naturally had to comment that music will last forever while "love"doesn't always.. but in the moment... I mean, this moment might as well be infinity, as its the furthest we are and all we can ever impact on. So in that sense, when staring in the eyes, it is lasting forever, so the feeling is true.

But yeah... just imagining that feeling of staring into a lover's eyes makes by heart swoon. Sure, whatever, I'm a big softie, it's not my fault ;-p .

I guess though, this will be the emotion I'm working on and going for when I write that song. I don't know what I'm actually going to use for inspiration other than the feeling, but it's worth a try... I just hope I do it justice; it won't be John Lennon, but it won't be a mind-numbingly ordinary single line repeated over and over to exactly the same music to make it easier for intoxicated people to dance to and remember the lyrics.

Another song I want to make a start one will have a subject along the lines of "I trust everyone, just not the devil inside them." Before you ask, the Italian Job, and yeah; things have happened that just sort of made me think of it again, but at a deeper level I guess..

I guess the idea is, everyone has a devil inside them; nobody is perfect. And in a way, everyone is trustworthy, everyone has a good part in them too that is honest, and it's the side they decide to show that matters. This isn't to say one can be all good, the yin-yang principle applies (all good has some bad and vice versa), but yeah, you always need to be cautious of the devil in people. You always need to be conscious that it's there, even if you can't see it, it's there. Of course, some think they like people as they're usually good, but I just don't think it's appreciated enough in this world that in accepting a person, you accept everything, the full yin-yang thing, not just one side.

It just got me thinking when... well, I just had a really uneasy feeling, and I could not place it at all... It just.. something wasn't right. more than that, something was really wrong.. I just didn't know it immediately, but one of those internal triggers just went off, and yeah... I guess I've figured out what it was....

(For any new readers, yeah, I'm crazy, I think too deeply, but hey, that's me.)

So that was my realization I guess. Not that nobody's perfect or of anything else like that; but it was of the devil in someone. It was just one of those things that just struck me, "Hang on... but if that's true, then this also must be.... wow.. snap.."

This isn't to say that I was entirely comforted by figuring it out, and it is still a hunch... But I think it's just a realization of the devil inside people. Of what it is; not just their bad aspects, but their attitude; what it really means to be who they are. I mean.... Someone's perfect; great attitude, comfortable everywhere, able to do so much... What did they go through to get where they are? Sure, their way of life is great now, but what did they do to get there?

I'm sure some people will think "The past is behind, only the future matters" but I beg to differ. What if someone has stolen money and possessions, lots of each. You may consider it unlike to get away with it all, or perhaps an extreme example, but bear with me. You go to this person's house, it's huge, lovely place, a lot of money's gone into it; they're rich due to all their fraudulent activities and such; they have great possessions and seem like an awesome person. But this is all crap. Now you may say that we're better than to judge on what one owns, but are we? If I see someone driving a beautiful BMW or Merc down the road, clearly worth a lot of money, I insinuate not only that they are rich, but that they got that money through good hard genuine work, and I think it's fair to say we all do. You meet the perfect person with this perfect house and perfect possessions, I think it's safe to say you picture them working very hard and genuinely deserving the life they're living.... but it's not always the case.. People get mingle with other people, and I dunno, get into relationships, just considering where things are going to go with luck; but seldom paying attention to where things have been. I don't mean to imply that all rich people are thieves, I 'm just saying not to judge things on face value, ever if you can help it; try to find out the full story so far, rather than just writing from the scene you enter... I think I'm going into a story withing a story and I apologize for that... And that paragraph looks way too long so I do apologize to anyone who actually has some comprehension of where to put breaks... I just do it when it feels right.

Here for example.

But moving on; I... look at my music inspirations... Dear me.. Trusting someone with your life, loving them with just as much... looking into their eyes and feeling your heart swoon for them... And there being a devil inside them.. I suppose the hope is that when you find someone that's really right, who you can really accept in their entirety in somewhat of a loving sense; that your heart acts in this manner and it does last.... but then I have always been naive; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't..

But that's not what this is about, this is about music; and anything is possible in music so long as it's true in the heart of the musician playing/writing it. No, Bird didn't say that.... Well, he might have, but I wasn't copying him, I genuinely thought and meant it there.... Mmmm.. food for thought.. This is why I'm writing this blog see; I mean, I'm fairly confident very, very few have read any of this so far; I'm even doubtful if any will (if you are though thank you, and good-for-you). I like it as it makes me think, it lets me write down what I think on paper/the computer; then I can actually draw conclusions a little easier without the intrusion of other thoughts. As you might imagine, it is much easier doing this, than sitting down and thinking it all in my head without being distracted or losing track of where I'm going.

Mmmm... I'm glad I've written this. I feel I've definitely taken something from writing it and I hope any readers feel the same; or that they have at least gained a perspective.

Oh well, I think I've said all I can; thank you to any readers.



Take care.