light paws outta me
apocrypha is indefinitely shelved
i wanted to make a certain kinda record
some weird obtuse masterpiece
some classic epic blah blah blah
(something that means something)
yet what i made was not that
its a collection of songs
no more no less
i mean this is what i did
i set out to do one massive conglomerate
and i came up with all these little bits n pieces
a collection of songs with no theme
with no overall scheme holding the dream in place
i just started and i did some work and this is what i got
my muse is a hard muse to focus
it wants to wander
i have let it wander
well it wandered right off apocrypha
and straight into this
its more dabble than remindlessness as far as some continuity
its all over the shop
its not really weighty n serious either
i dunno what it is
i aint even gonna try n define (or defend) this record
i gotta still finish it
but i’m gonna hurry up
all those loverly people who just subscribed will probably hear it first
i hope by end o’ jan
maybe even before
a strange bunch of songs for you no doubt
the unlimited choices of Logic recording still baffle me
its hard to grok an artform where you can just do ANYTHING
thank god painting isnt like that
theres only so much you can do at any one stage
but music/songwriting….wow!
it is bewildering a bit to me who left off for a long while
i dont even know why i did but i did
i dont know why i do things …i just do
some vague force guides me i guess
anyway in the last year i seriously got back into home recording
but
the unlimited nature of it often slows me right down
what do ya wanna do in yer song?
because youve got options coming out the grand wazoo at any step of the game
unlimited tracks
unlimited sounds
unlimited effects
unlimited ways of doing things
(simon polinski ,say,uses this program differently to me to write songs)
everyone can use it differently in different combinations
so
that is slightly hard for me to deal with
because being an imaginative and meandering kind of fool
i’m better off having an easy path to follow
which you did in the old days
with tape recorders and stuff
now….?
there is a thousand paths
i’m a bit baffled therefore
i’m a horse that needs blinders
you mustnt let me see everything at once (baby)
i need my process but my processes mind was blown by logic
so many sounds n loops n tricks n gadgets n stuff
its all in one (virtual) box
so as i cope with logic
(its like imagine if you had a red and a blue and a yellow pencil
then one day you got the sennelier box set with 120 pastels!)
the sky being the limit
so as i cope with this freedom (a paradox)
i have recorded loads n loads of things
most of this record was intended to be apocrypha
but it aint i just know it
so i will tell you its name when it arrives i guess
(the albums steve kilbey rejects)
i reckon some of you will really likey
some of you will say oh i see why it isnt apocrypha …
and most wont care if they like the tunes
and there is some incredibly catchy tunes
which isnt normally my hallmark, is it? my catchiness…?
but here i have been damned catchy and i dont care
in some ways it unsurprisingly reminds me of garage sutra
in as far as the songs go
the songs are the important thing not the other stuff
of course on apocrypha the songs were supposed to be strong too
but there was to be /will be “other stuff” involved …
here its just a buncha songs stuff free
free of any idea that puts them together
or anything
the sound of steve kilbey fucking around with logic
unlike garage sutra the bass guitar is back in a big throbbing way
and of course electric guitar and keyboards and live percussion
but its still very pop tunes-ey
you may like that
you may not
anyway thatll be coming down pipeline imminently
good on ya!
sk
