People have marveled at singer-song-writers aptitude to cultivate words and music together into a cohesive pictorialization for as long as they've been around. And that appreciation doubles when one actually tries this for themselves.
We've been working on some new songs recently; either revamping and re-upholstering old ones, or, taking a crack at writing new ones. The muses of music seem to gift us more than the muses of prose. Melody and music seem to abound during these sessions, yet words are harder to come by. After sundering the same verse 30 times, you begin to wonder how songs are ever written. Luckily for us all, though, inspiration sometimes strikes, and serendipity has been kind to us. This last Sunday we started construction of a completely new song, and very nearly completed it. An entirely original song, no less. There's even a D-augmented chord in there. Feel free to be impressed.
There's an old joke that goes something like this, "What do you call someone who hangs around musicians? .....A drummer."
While this generalization is often, and sadly, true, KK may be the exception that proves that very rule. We also arranged a song he had written recently. And, whenever you hear the song, it may surprise you. It doesn't sound like a "Something Personal" song. I'm tempted to recite a collage of other bands to try and describe what it sounds like, but, I think that would just hinder the awesomeness of the tune. Just be ready to lose your socks when you hear it.
And the truth is, several of our most recent works haven't sounded like "an S.P. song", and honestly, that's a good thing. Growth is the sign of life, as it's said, and the fact that we're still getting better (Lord knows there's room for improvement), and still developing only means the best it yet to come. A common fear of artists is the same self-fulfilling-fear of Miley Cyrus: becoming stale.
So, we're being diligent to compose new and better things, and have an album as soon as possible for our great fans. For as little as we've played, and as the minuscule amount of music we've given to them, our fans have been amazing and more supportive than we have ever hoped. Any fans that can sit through five or six of Lee's jokes definitely deserve more than we can give.
I guess this should have come first, for a bit of explanation, but, we're hoping to have a weekly or once-in-a-while update to let people know what we're up to, and assure them that their favorite band is indeed going to fulfill its promises of new music and albums and things that bands do. So, don't be expecting Bradbury or Tolkien or Hemingway, but Porterfield....whatever that means. I guess you can extrapolate that things might get wordy, and things might get goofy.
***SHAMELESS PLUG WARNING!***
Thursday, September 24, in the year of our Lord 2009, S.P. will be playing at Worsham's c.d. release party. From what I hear, we'll be playing some fresh-from-the-oven songs, so, feel free to come see us open then leave. Just joking. Stay for Worsham too. They're definitely good.
Random S.P. Fact:
I will also include random trivia from the band so that our Super Fans can distinguish themselves from and above other "mere fans". So, if you are what is known as a Super Fan, take note.
Something Personal has many "Official (blank) of Something Personal"s...Meaning, there's an Official Fast Food place of Something Personal, an Official Pizza Place of Something Personal, so on and etc. Now that this has been clarified, here's the fact.
The Official Video Game (Current Generation) of Something Personal is Fallout 3. Every member of the band expresses much knowledge about this interactive art piece. Ask any of a question about the game, and marvel the coherent and concise answers that you can obtain from any of The Five.
As Always,
-JPP
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