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Father Time
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6/28/2020 2:14:36 AM
It's like it was all pretty much meant to happen
so I had copyrighted like 400 songs before I ever came online. Demoed a lot of them, still it was somewhat of a miracle that I ever figured out how to work my various recorders. The first multitrack one I had, a Tascam 4 track, I screwed up and accidentally erased or recorded over so many good tracks I was often brought to tears.
but I was saving some of my very best songs for the day I could finally afford real studio time and top players. Now I got bandmates who can pretty much play anything, they're like Page and Bonham, really. so we're all systems go I suppose.
So my health is somewhat tenuous. I might live 10-15 more years but more likely less, I kinda expect I have maybe 2 more years. I was just going thru my songs and have picked 4 that I definitely want to finish before I die, so it's time to start putting the work in on those so I can go happily ever after.
After I croak I fully expect to become famous. heh
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Desperado Revue
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6/28/2020 5:38:18 AM
I figure that for a lot of us, the years are numbered at this point, but hey it's not etched on stone. The time will come when He decides. 2 days, 2 years, 20 years, it's all the same to Him. All I know is I've had hard times since January, both health wise and spiritually. I went down a dark road here at IMP but you and someone else here at IMP picked me up and set me on the straight and narrow and for that I am thankful. Hope that you can get past this moment and continue without a blink until He calls the shot. 20 years on for both us.
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Bryon Tosoff
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6/28/2020 11:16:06 AM
Congrats on your accomplishments FT, that is amazing body of work, well done, you have a penchant for writing lyrics and songs with depth and quality, your latest one is brilliant. Look forward to more that you have coming. All the best health wise.
anyways, I have a birthday coming soon. Instead of saying how old I am, let me put it this way, my dad is going to be 97 soon. I shake my head that he has lived for near a century. The clicks on my odometer are moving faster and faster it seems every year that goes by
tick tick
carry on your good works.
bt
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Bob Elliott
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6/28/2020 1:24:15 PM
You’re not leaving, you’re entering a creative storm. It’s Awakening Day.
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Richard Scotti
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6/29/2020 8:53:00 AM
@FT ~ When you say you might live 10 - 15 more years, maybe less, your estimate goes down to 2 years. That's a pretty big jump. Without knowing the exact details of your medical condition which are your own business, please allow me to speculate that the 2 year estimate seems low for someone who obviously is capable of functioning at such a high level of accomplishment. But of course you know your situation better than anyone else and I applaud your decision to record your best songs professionally as part of your legacy. Your dedication to your craft is admirable and inspirational. In my opinion you're already famous! But unless a doctor told you you only have have 2 years to live, I would advise that you take a more optimistic view and stick with the 10 - 15 year timeline. It will improve your mental state as you tackle the job of organizing your catalog and creating amazing recordings. With your unwavering determination and I'm sure you will succeed in putting your musical house in order. Estimations of life expectancy can be very subjective even in the worst of cases. Long may you run.
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Shoe City Sound
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6/29/2020 10:18:36 AM
Agreeing with Richard - and to add on to that - even if a doctor has a prognosis with a timeline in years, I wouldn't count that as absolute truth. I personally know people that have way outlived what they were told they had left. I think the doctors really only have the right to tell a patient that they don't know what else to do. No one can predict life and death.
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Richard Scotti
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6/29/2020 11:02:09 AM
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Well said, Delores. Doctors are not gods. Life and death will always be a mystery that will never be fully revealed. My mother in law was in a coma and the doctors said she would not recover but she did and she lived another 20 years! Living in the present is what I enjoy. If you're alive today you're ahead of the game. Make the best of it while you can. The future can never be known until it happens.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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6/30/2020 9:16:25 PM
Scott --you sure are famous in the Indie environment---I got through depression and Cancer in the last few years---they lurk in the background but a positive controlled state of mind is essential to stop self -sabotage. I have 6 new tunes (songs) that I am giving 2 hours a day practice to and when I am in the zone i am happy/satisfied. Self doubt is the pits, Richard and Dlolores are spot on ----you made it years back, just be the creative you/ no holds barred. cheers Rob
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Black Mask Special
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7/1/2020 2:04:47 PM
All along
I knew but I didn't know better
There's another side to every story
It wasn't yours, and it wasn't my fault
but if I didn't care
tell me why would I be standing here
instead of keeping with my disappearing act
I emerged from somewhere in the black abyss
Came to tell you that it wasn't all for naught
but I can't say I was there in spirit
all along
I thought we'd get it together
but that's not why I came to see you
Hey, I know it's been a very long time
but nothing's really changed
Snap your fingers and those years are gone
but am I still the way that you remember me
Just a man of unrequited dreams and such ?
If you think I took the wrong direction then
Hey, I didn't really mean to change so much
when you told me you would always rather have
my respect instead of just a friend in need
Guess you never figured out who needed who
I'd been so much better off not listening all along
You were wrong
with most of your assumptions
You were led astray by those you trusted
I only had your interests in mind
You really jumped the gun
cause it turns out I told the truth
with a dollar in my hand, the time has come
oh, to see if I can put the past behind
If you think that I have gotten nowhere fast -
if you only knew, you'd say I'm doin' fine
but I've lost a lot of blood along the way
gave a lot of people just a stitch in time
who are never gonna be the same again
Gave them all I could but I held onto what was mine
Walkin' by the ocean
Days are passing slowly
lookin' straight ahead
not tryin' to remember
If i did it all again
there'd be no way to change things
I don't have the chance
cause now it is December
All my lousy ties are gone
for years and many moons now
and I've come to know
it's never gonna happen
Oh, I have so much to give
with nothing for the taking
If I stopped to think
my wings would soon be flappin'
All along
I knew but I didn't know better
There's another side to every story
It wasn't yours, and it wasn't my fault
and the man that never saw the looking glass
has a burning fire inside the belly still
Everybody wondered what the difference was
but did anybody ever notice who was gone ?
Oh, the one who made the magic happen just moved on
but did anybody ever notice who was gone
when the one who made the magic happen left at dawn ? x
My favorite lyrics from you
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Father Time
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7/1/2020 2:16:09 PM
Thanks for that, BMS.
It made me feel immortal there.. for a second.
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Bob Elliott
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7/1/2020 4:58:23 PM
That’s my favorite. I’m very fond of the version from twenty years back
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