Internet Connection

Thanks to the lack of internet connection in my flat, I have been unable to blog for about a week. Once again I would like to thank O2 for their fantastic mobile phone and internet service that they provide me with.

There is really two (maybe three) things that I have been meaning to get off my chest this last week.

Firstly, I want to talk about drum and bass DJ and producer, High Contrast. I went to a gig he was doing in Bath last week and had a minor epiphany. Normally in a club I will be pretty much worse for wear. I find myself in the same boat as everyone else on the dance floor - off my face and dancing like an idiot to music I can't really hear properly because of the level of drink I have consumed.

Well last week I went out and remained completely sober all night and had a fantastic time - I'm actually considering giving up drinking. After about 5 minutes I felt relaxed enough to begin dancing but there was a moment just as High Contrast was performing his first mix where things totally went off.

I expect that most people in the club were too drunk to notice or care, but as he gradually introduced his next track, you could actually feel the atmosphere rise - it was such a bizarre sensation. And has he finally dropped in his next track I just felt a huge rush of energy that I could only communicate through dancing harder and faster.

We all know that music can affect the way we feel, it alters our emotions and can cause us to react in particular ways, but I think when that's happening to hundreds of people at once, in one single space, it actually creates another energy, one that can be felt by everyone in the room.

The next thing I need to talk about is my personal musical journey. It must be that time of month again where I get fed up with what I'm doing, I doubt the quality of my output and start thinking of different directions to pursue. Well here we go again, except that this time, I actually think I'm going to follow it through.

Yesterday I started working on some music to be performed live using laptop, synthesizer and electric guitar and the music has an alternative minimal disco pop sound. I've briefly experimented with doing this before but what I did yesterday, it actually worked.

I've got ideas for another two songs, lyrics and all, and I'm feeling really excited about getting this new project out of my head, into the studio and onto the stage.

Which leads me to my third topic - Myspace.

Is anyone still using it? Is it really a useful tool for a musician looking to get work?