I have zero concept of time here in New York. I mean I get it on a day to day basis but I have lived here since Oct.24th by myself. Time has flown but from the moment my feet touched Manhattan pavement I have been running ever since. I needed to create something beautiful for myself. I started writing aggressively with Nick Lancaster and 18 songs later I breathe a sign of relief that this time I think I have said what I have needed to say. Its only just begun. I hold onto these songs with dear life, every one unique and with every song telling its own story.
Let me tell you at least the process for me. I had an idea. Not exactly the idea I brought to life, but it starts with that and changes. I have revamped my idea so many times that from the original sketch to now it seems like a whole different idea however the main thing is that I didn't stop with it. I didn't stop working on it. I still don't stop and my biggest advantage is I have never heard no. I'm kinda waiting to hear it though, its a motivator. Once you start fully going into something its important to know that there will be a process to a process with whatever it is your trying to create. This is where most give up, throw the towel in. It makes you either want it or hate it. Make sure you protect it enough to never hate it. Its music after all for me and there is no greater joy. I have been without it and I have been with it and in this world I prefer to watch it grow. These things take time and sometimes people get so impatient. The truth is I wouldn't want ANYTHING overnight, having earned something makes me feel complete ownership. Makes me understand the process. I need to preform in the back of a dirty Irish pub, yeah it sucks but on every level its no different if I was on the subway or at home or say on Jay Leno.
Its the process. Whatever it is you believe in or are trying to create the most important thing to remember is you will have to start somewhere and there is no shame in that. And work your way up anything that happens to quickly losses its charm, becomes a "try to hard." This process is like a grilled cheese. Too much heat and you burn the bread and the cheese doesn't melt. Give it time and the bread toasts and the cheese melts to perfection, the most simple things need time to develop. You wouldn't plant a seed and expect a flower the next day.
Just never loss your love for what it is your doing and never try to force it. It will come and it will change. But always respect the process behind everything and never give up. We need more people in this world that follow their art, their gut instead of being put in the corporate cookie cutter.
It started here. http://soundcloud.com/daniandthemadmen10
And
Its not ending anytime soon..
