My family has been gone for the past 12 days. I also relish the time alone, though I miss them so much. There’s less laundry and I can stay up late or get up early and listen to my birds and eat anything I want, mostly healthy things that they don’t like.
But, mostly what I become obsessed with is my music or art when no one else is around to remind me when it’s time to eat, time to sleep, or time to do anything at all! A couple of days after they left I was wondering what on earth I was going to do with my time. And then it hit me…light a freight train. One of those inspirations that can’t be denied, that won’t leave me alone. After a few beginning students were wishing they could play proficiently enough to play some of my other published pieces, I decided to write 10 e a s y classical guitar pieces. I thought~~How long could that take? They’re going to be “easy”, right?~~ Well, I’m putting the finishing touches on the 10th piece tonight and it’s been exhausting and consuming and painful and euphoric and exciting! But, I’m been consumed by it. It’s not as easy as you might think, writing easy. My EAR wants me write HARD stuff! And besides THAT, it’s important to me that my music not only be easy, but that it be beautiful and unique. If it sounds like every other simple classical piece, then what’s the point. *sigh* Why do I do this to myself!?
I have them, all but these last two, written out in Tab and in notation with all the fingerings finished and with many edits. I decided to put pressure on myself and scheduled a recording session the end of the month to record the pieces to go with the collection of pieces. So, NOW, I not only have to get them down on paper and convince Craig to help me get them into the computer. I have to learn to play them beautifully. It seems if I don’t put pressure on myself, the moment has passed and my grand ideas are lost forever. Writing for me is like catching butterflies, I always say. Once the idea floats into my brain, If I don’t give it attention right now, it will be lost forever! I’ve lost thousands of pieces over the years, some that I actually learned at one time but never wrote down and assumed that I would remember them later.
But, I’m cross-eyed-tired tonight and hoping that the musical devils will let me sleep. I was being chased by musical notes in my head for the past several nights and it’s beginning to wear on me. I’m ready for my family to get home so I can’t drive myself crazy with this obsession! **chuckle** Then I’ll be forced to cook and love on my girls and listen to all of their adventures while they were away! YAY!
So, good night my friends and if you are one of those wanting compositions in the first few frets, they are on their way!