May 02, 2005

Assigning Myself A Job - Part 1

Okay, sportsfans, after rising at 7 for a work out, shave and shower, and having eaten breakfast and settled in with the first cup of tea, the $64,000 question is how do I start the week - by working on something with the potential to make me money (writing) or something with more potential to lose money (songwriting). Which doesn't seem like much of a choice unless you understand that songwriting is about a thousand times easier and more enjoyable for me.

There's plenty to keep me busy songwriting-wise and since I have May off from rehearsal, it only makes sense to finish up, demo the rest of the tunes, and send 'em off to the other guys so that we're all ready to work in June. Then again, I need to write three chapters and a proposal so my poor agent can try to sell my book; it's been my intention for weeks to spend this month centering each day around at least two solid hours in front of the computer screen. Forcing myself to sit and look at the screen is the only way I'll actually do the work, I'm afraid. Making things up and writing them down is harder work than you might think.

In any case, I have to head out in a few minutes to run a few errands so I don't have to make up my mind right away. I'm going to leave this one as a two-parter, friends, so feel free to guess and wager amongst yourselves until I return with the thrilling conclusion of this cliffhanger.

Posted by benweasel at 10:40 AM
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