Axgrinder wrote:Yes .... indeed I did, Franny! I wrote it back in the winter of 96 during the process of being diagnosed with bipolar/borderline personality disorder. I was one messed up guinea pig, let me tell you! Anyway, at least I produced this song out of it, that was about all. Life situations are definitely fuel for song writing, eh?
Well, I'm not going anywhere so.... here I be. I look forward to interacting with those of you who are passionate about what your trying to accomplish here. But as you said, I don't have time for BS. (};-P) I'm used to making my own smilies! I hope you liked my song, I seriously don't know? Well, at least you didn't say you disliked it! See you around and thanks for caring bro.
Ax
Ax, allow me for a moment to introduce myself; Franny is my real name (well Francis actually) i may be named after him...but a Saint i am not.
I have my demons also, to put it mildly i lived the "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll" life, so you could say i'm a "drunken perverted bass player that does drugs"...
needless to say that lifestyle didn't treat me too kindly, hard to give up the drugs (which are now prescribed), alcohol withdraw damn near killed me (more than once) sex...well i'll worry about that one someday...maybe...NOT!!! Well the girls soon left, the music came to a screeching halt...but the party went on. God must have one helluva sense of humor for me to now have a Family, a good woman(im being forced to type that) and 3 sons. So thats some of what my life was; my music when i started back up not too long ago (17+ year hiatus) is a combo of a mess of influences, R&R, Funk, R&B, Jazz, and Fusion...thats a heck of an outcome for someone that started on Bluegrass.
I'm a "by ear" player, never had a formal lesson, know some theory...and definitely not a sight reader...so if you stop reading i'll understand. Tomorrow morning i audition then immediately play for this girl
http://www.myspace.com/loricitro (i hope)
playing Contemporary Christian which im well versed in...i'll post how it went tomorrow, it's almost 2 am and it's at 8:30 am...i guess i better get to sleep...i somehow suspect she's expecting someone that owns a bass and is a one string plunker, im going to play it somewhat safe, because of her bio i'm alittle intimidated...
On to your song, dude i hope you kept writing and composing; you have this old man humbled...that song is actually beautiful. The only thing and i mean only thing that would set that song over the top...would be Spanish Acoustic work in the solo(s). That song is awesome, if you have stuff better...you should be selling it. I'd write more but will have to wait till tomorrow.