I know there’s a few muso’s in here. Is it 90% Cronulla Sharks, 10% rock n roll?
It’s never too late to get back into an old hobby that you used to love.
In my late 20’s and early 30’s, I spent most of my free time at the piano or guitar writing songs, and recording them in my bootleg home studio (a spare room with a computer and cheap audio interface). Nobody ever heard these songs, and it didn’t matter. I loved the whole process of starting with nothing, and ending up with a fully fleshed out recording that I had created from scratch.
Then… kids, man. Three of them. Lovely little things. In the blink of an eye, over 7 years had passed and I had not recorded any new songs.
In the craziness of the last year (COVID-19, building a house, moving to the other side of Sydney, raising 3 small humans, big projects at work), I’ve found myself pining for that creative personal expression that used to come with the luxury of spare time.
So I decided to do something about it. I’ve just finished setting up a new (and improved) bootleg home studio in the new house and decked it out with some decent recording equipment; new keyboard, new mic, new audio interface. I’m also re-teaching myself how to use the recording software Logic Pro X – all with the goal of getting songs out of my head and into the speakers.
I’ve even taken it a step further and registered myself with DistroKid, a service for musicians that helps put music into online stores and streaming platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music etc. I’m really proud to say that I now have my very first piece of music available to stream.
Here’s a link to my song, ‘Wisdom From Fools’ on Spotify.
It’s a bit of a mid-era Beatles influenced hooky pop song with some elements of the power pop bands that I love like Jellyfish and Weezer. The song itself is probably not everyone’s (or anyone’s) cup of tea, and I accept that. I’m not a trained musician. All good. I have certain limitations as a singer, as a guitarist, as a piano player. I’m cool with that too. The important thing is, I’m expressing my creativity through a medium that I’m bloody passionate about, and having bucket loads of fun in the process.
It’s never too late to get back into an old hobby that you used to love.
It’s never too late to get back into an old hobby that you used to love.
In my late 20’s and early 30’s, I spent most of my free time at the piano or guitar writing songs, and recording them in my bootleg home studio (a spare room with a computer and cheap audio interface). Nobody ever heard these songs, and it didn’t matter. I loved the whole process of starting with nothing, and ending up with a fully fleshed out recording that I had created from scratch.
Then… kids, man. Three of them. Lovely little things. In the blink of an eye, over 7 years had passed and I had not recorded any new songs.
In the craziness of the last year (COVID-19, building a house, moving to the other side of Sydney, raising 3 small humans, big projects at work), I’ve found myself pining for that creative personal expression that used to come with the luxury of spare time.
So I decided to do something about it. I’ve just finished setting up a new (and improved) bootleg home studio in the new house and decked it out with some decent recording equipment; new keyboard, new mic, new audio interface. I’m also re-teaching myself how to use the recording software Logic Pro X – all with the goal of getting songs out of my head and into the speakers.
I’ve even taken it a step further and registered myself with DistroKid, a service for musicians that helps put music into online stores and streaming platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music etc. I’m really proud to say that I now have my very first piece of music available to stream.
Here’s a link to my song, ‘Wisdom From Fools’ on Spotify.
It’s a bit of a mid-era Beatles influenced hooky pop song with some elements of the power pop bands that I love like Jellyfish and Weezer. The song itself is probably not everyone’s (or anyone’s) cup of tea, and I accept that. I’m not a trained musician. All good. I have certain limitations as a singer, as a guitarist, as a piano player. I’m cool with that too. The important thing is, I’m expressing my creativity through a medium that I’m bloody passionate about, and having bucket loads of fun in the process.
It’s never too late to get back into an old hobby that you used to love.
