And Now That I'm Told?

For those who don't know, I'm recording an EP sometime maybe in April - May. And if you knew me even more, I'm not in a band, so I decided to solo this one. And in case you didn't know, writing original music is HARD. Like seriously, writing music that sounds at least somewhat unique from other songs out there is something I completely overlooked.

On top of that, there's lyrics to write. I'm a poet, so I thought this portion of the process would've been easier, to say the least. I was right about that much, but it's still really hard. I've tried reading "How to write songs for dummies" books, and it helped me NOT get better. I noticed that for myself at least. So who do I go to for help? 

None other than my favourite song writer, Stephen Christian. He's the lead singer of Anberlin, by the way. If you don't know them, check them out. They make solid cd's.

So yes, I emailed him, and he got back to me. And he said to me the perfect advice that I needed in a few words.

"I think the first step for any writer is to be an amazing reader."

And I felt kind of stupid to be honest, for not knowing that first.

So yeah, I'm probably gonna try to borrow some poetry books, and then I'm going to try to get myself into a mad writing phase. We'll see what happens with that.

In other things, today me and my friend got onto the topic of relationships. I don't know how, but we just did.

She was talking about her past relationships and stuff, and I was honest and told her that I was CURIOUS about it, but I don't think I'm ready to have my heart challenged quite yet. Besides, God's got my back. I'm sure he's probably found someone for me, despite my own mind wandering off to other things that may catch me off guard.

I may end up loving or liking other people. whether they be my friends, random girls, family, God has my future written our already. What's there to worry about, other than school?

It snowed today. A little early, but it's amazing. This is when God pulls tricks on the weather man. 

I personally am not a fan of snow, but hey, the fact that it's happening earlier than it should be, and I don't mind a few snow days. Haha.

As Cobus (one of my favourite drummers) usually says,

Laus Deo Semper