Inspiration and Art

Today I woke up perturbed and perplexed over some things in my past that were brought up by a friend yesterday. Though doubt and the shadows of a negative perspective threatened me, thinking things through and giving it all to God really helped to clear my mind and restore my joy. Also, the struggle inspired me to write another song, which fit perfectly with the theme of my current project, so now I have the lyrics written for a song entitled "Arrows." Once I finish recording "Born To Soar" I'm going to start arranging and recording "Arrows." I'm psyched!

I would be trying to finish recording "Born To Soar" today, but since I have some congestion, my vocal teacher said I should not sign for a whole day. I'm planning to try to finish it up tomorrow or Thursday. It was really hard to restrain myself from singing at all today, but I mostly suceeded.

I called up the company that made my CDs and found out that they shipped them to me on Friday, but they were shipped standard ground instead of 2nd-day, so they won't arrive until this coming Friday. At least now they are finished, so I'm not too unhappy.

Today I've been listening to Symphony X a fair bit. "The Odyssey" is an amazing, epic track! At 24:14 I'm amazing at how many great parts it has. It has a wonderful balance of orchestral and metal sections and I'm really enjoying it.