Specificity

So my first year of college is over.

Holy shit.

I had the worst teacher ever for philosophy. We get to assess our courses for the year and I just shot her down using specific things that she sucked at. I also realized that I spend a LOT of time writing things I care about. The thing yesterday took like an hour. This assessment took well over an hour.
So again, specificity. To elaborate on yesterday, here's some specifics.

Right Now is the exception song.
Your Best Your Last is not specific.
The left-over song was written later, and will be obvious on the next CD.

I'm resisting the urge to post like five things a day, which is fine because it lets me keep putting stuff up and not run out.

So far so good on keeping up.
Check back.

I want everything to mean something.
Nick

First post!

I think all of the time, but I never write anything down unless it turns into a song. This is a change I thought a lot about making, and I'll see if I keep up with it.

Today,
Evan and I faxed out some documents to get our songs played on TV. I'm having a hard time dealing with everything going on, because it doesn't make any sense to me. I've been playing music for six years now, and it's blown up in just the last eight months.
It's super flattering when people know words or reference the music I make, but I still haven't figured out exactly how to react. I think i find it confusing because just about every word I write relates directly to me and my life, but people relate in totally different ways than I anticipated.

So besides that, let's talk subject matter. Almost all of my songs are about somebody. The last CD is primarily on one subject (the sadder songs) with one exception. The new stuff is almost all about the amazing girl I'm with. One song is a left-over and relates back to the first person, and then there's issues with a song which is unspecific. I always need to be super careful and let everyone know what stuff is about so that nobody worries or gets the wrong idea.
The next CD comes out in July, but I'm dying to release it so that people can hear my new take on things. Life is so different than six months ago that the first release means almost nothing to me. Playing is about the moment, and not the song, so I love it for the time and place.

Forgive me; I wrote a small book. I want to show everyone what this stuff means to me now. If you're interested, check back every few days. I'll try and stay on top of this as much as possible.

I want everything to mean something.
Nick