Sleep talking

My mind is very active when I go to sleep. This is the second night running where I have been woken up by my wife because of my ramblings as I sleep. I'm not sure why I do this but last night apparently I said "I can't be bothered to make a cup of tea". I then woke up and my wife gave me a cuddle before I went back to sleep. I have such an understanding wife.

I haven't got much planned for today. I want to practice the guitar, maybe record some of it. In a perfect situation I want to maybe continue writing a song I started years ago. It's called "Thirty Something Nothing". I started to write it when the idea of being 30 years old seemed like a distant thing. Now I'm 31. The song is about someone who is in their thirties and they've still not achieved anything concrete. I remember when I was writing it that I was worried in case it happened to me.

Now thinking about it, I don't think that I can write it, at least not in the way I wanted to. It might come across as sneery as I know a few 30+ year olds who still live with their parents etc. I'll have to rethink it.

Music without the motives

I am really happy with the way things are going with my guitar practice. I'm pleased that I seem to be improving each day that I play and it's a joy when a half forgotten snippet pops back into my head. I guess there is something that can be said about muscle memory. I was practising last night and my hand started to play "Day Tripper" by the Beatles. How mad is that?

I'm looking forward to perhaps starting to write new music and maybe record some too. It's a lot of fun and one of the main reasons why I enjoy playing the guitar and pretending to be a musician.

I especially like the fact that I am doing this completely for pleasure this time around. I'm a man with a life. I know I'm not going to sell any music or ever perform in front of anyone. It's liberating. I don't even intend to upload anything I do record. It takes pressure off me. My goal in this resurgence of my old alter-ego is to have one of my songs on vinyl. I also want to collaborate with someone from a different genre. Other than that, it's all for me.

I've also set up this blog to cross post from my normal blog so all my "playing the guitar" stuff can all be in one place.