Although my temperament is decidedly Northern European (thoughtful, phlegmatic, slow to anger, prone to melancholia, capable of sudden bursts of wild exhilaration and a constant need for music) my actual physical body craves warmth and sunshine. And I have this Italian-Mama thing: nothing better than eating in the garden in the company of my loved ones.
So, it shall not surprise you that the prospect of another week of rain-every-day does nothing for my present mood.
As usual, I turn to music for help. And listening back to my dilettante efforts at creating my own music through GarageBand has inspired me to write a Wetlands Haiku:
beefy slinky strings
creating melancholy sounds
wetlands delta blues
Oh Frith, oh my, oh woe is me, oh where is that sun I need so desperately?
So far I haven't got down to the lyrics, but I bet you they will be something like the line above...
Anyone of you out there using GarageBand to make music? I call it 'composing for dummies'. But I love it.
Once, some 40-odd years ago, my Mum suggested I apply for music college (Conservatorium in Dutch). I was playing the guitar and making my own songs even then, but was such an introspective, shy, unconfident thing that the thought alone made me certain that they would never ever accept me.
Silly me!
I should have taken the plunge. Eyes closed, fingers crossed and try out.
But I did not. I went to work at an advertising agency instead, 16 years old, fresh out of school. As I said: silly me.
My son-in-law said to me the other day that 57 was not too old to become a rock star, bless his sweet heart.
Oh well. I feel another line coming on...
Moorcocks screaming pain into the night
or is it love? oh, what's the difference
high winds moaning wet, wet, wetlands blues.
I wish you all a lovely, warm, sunny weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment