The other night I watched a documentary called "Woodstock-Now and Then". I get really inspired by the purity of the music from that time. They put so much emotion and passion into every note. They just let it pour out of them. They had something to say that ,at the time and even now people could relate to. Its honest and true. Comes from the heart. So that brings me to right now. Present time. Sure 1969 was a time of change with so much going on in good and bad ways. Very magical time in music for sure. Like we don't live in a magical time? This is OUR time so it has to be magical. In our time we elected the first black president ever. EVER!! Think about it.......Malcolm X was assasinated. Martin Luther King Jr was assasinated. Can you imagine the chaos if that happened with President Obama? I really hope it does not happen. I don't need President Obama to get assasinated to inspire me to write songs.
Okay so what has happened to music? Wheres the emotion? The passion? The amazing musicianship?? Is it about a party now with Paris Hilton? What you're wearing? Who you're with? Are you indie enough? Emo enough? How bout can you play your instrument? Can you write a song that will make people feel? Do what you want, I respect that but for me.........I want to write songs that make you feel. Make you think. Stop you in your tracks. I wanna tear open your chest and make you feel every ounce of emotion I was feeling when I wrote it. The pain of lost love and heartbreak, the loss of my family and friends that have died, I want you to feel it tearing you up inside and cry for my pain because you can feel it in our songs. I want you to feel like a phoenix rising up from the ashes and feel uplifted by our songs. I want you to smile so big the world feels it when you hear that song of ours that gives you good feelings. I want you to close your eyes and drift up into the clouds and the heavens when you can't resist busting a move on the dance floor cause that groove we're playing is just too good to not dance to. I want you to feel all we're feeling from our hearts straight into yours. Like an arrow exploding with all kinds of emotion. This is OUR time in history. Lets make it something by just being. Being here at this moment right now and enjoy it to the fullest. I know its not easy and it might sting a little sometimes but growth is important. Its a part of life. A good part.
I hope everyone has a beautiful sunday and look forward to seeing ALL of you tomorrow night at El Cid in Silverlake for our show with The Naked and Fat City Reprise. Come about 9pm so you can share a magical moment in time with us.
Ciao.
Andy/Novista
