Drums please...!!!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

While I admire the reasons for blogging (entertaining writing, social and cultural commentary, personal diaries, etc) I can't help but notice that there is endless amounts of material on the net that is completely unread and under-appreciated.
'Bravo Einstein' I hear you cry.
You're completely right. There are also endless people like myself who feel the need to comment on the fact that there is endless amounts of material on the net that is completely unread and under-appreciated, thus adding to the endless amounts of material on the net that is completely unread and under-appreciated.

...see where I'm going with this?

My reaction to all of this may be small in comparison, but I think if one is to write well one has to have some sort of connection with the topic involved. Those who would write about new fiction, for example, are much more likely to be entertaining and involving if they are either avid fans or writers themselves. Sex writers are much more likely to be more entertaining should they actually have had sex. The pattern is universal.

I think the only way I'm going to build up a collection of writing i'm proud of is to write about things I care about or am currently obsessed with.
Thus.

At the minute I'm getting a music project together with two friends. The working title of which is 'String Theory'.
I've played music with these guys before so there is no danger of clashing of personalities. We have similar and very broad tastes and I know on the part of my fellow cohorts that their technical ability are ones im confident in. I like to think of myself as a perpetual learner, so I couldn't say i'm as technically skilled as they are, but I think I make up for it with ideas and enthusiasm. Throw into the mix a comfy, friendly little practice room in Bury and we're off.

Anyone who has been in the same room as me for 10 minutes in the past few years knows I have something of an unhealthy obsession with a staple diet of a handful of bands. Coheed & Cambria, Brand New, House of Heroes (cheers Robbie) to name but a few and as you would imagine I plan on implementing the aspects of their music that I value and enjoy into our own.
The gut-wrenching, heart-on-his-sleeve yet very eloquent lyricism of Jesse Lacey, the vocal-lines, ably performed harmonies and great riffs of the HoH boys and from Mr.Claudio Sanchez et al, Belting vocals with unique pronunciation, face-melting riffs, interesting time-signatures and an engaging story to follow over the course of 4 (to current date) albums.

Quite a task to live up to.
We've been throwing ideas around, writing songs, yours truly taking on the lyrics/vocal lines and I can't wait to get this thing on the stage or down on a CD. We aren't tying ourselves down to genre or style, and I'm pretty sure I speak for the three of us when I say we loathe music that is defined by a specific fashion.
I've been playing music on and off since I was young and this is the first instance I can think of where not only am I enjoying being a part of it, but also think it could be something that's enjoyed and if nothing else, respected by a broad part of the music listening public.

Here's hoping it goes the way we want to.

As far as blogging goes I do it whenever the mood grabs me, but I feel it's time for me to revisit an old friend soon. Namely, the masterpiece that is 'Casablanca'.
I'll let you know how I get on soon

Nicholas John Hancill