{"id":367,"date":"2010-10-24T22:41:21","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T05:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2010-10-24T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T05:41:21","slug":"do-you-want-to-hear-a-scary-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/24\/do-you-want-to-hear-a-scary-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you want to hear a scary story?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to hear a scary story?<\/p>\n

It’s that time of year, isn’t it? A time for scary stories, a time for kicking up the past – or the past kicking back up at you. It’s a time for horrors, which, if they even have reasons, are beyond the ken of this<\/em> world.<\/p>\n

Do you have a taste for that sort of tale? It’s that time of year, after all. Come in, sit down, make yourself comfortable. Have an apple – do you prefer poison, or razor? Ah, well, have this dusting of unburied fable, then, in the form of a parable and duet with ghosts:<\/p>\n

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Yes, it’s another spoken-word intro followed by a song. In many ways, I don’t like that this is the follow-up to “My Boyfriend;” thematically, the two couldn’t be more different, and musically, they’ve not much in common either, aside from some of the instruments. It’s also difficult for me to sing; my best efforts are still lacking in my ears; it’s no doubt something to do with all that scar tissue in my neck and the ways I haven’t figured out how to work around all of it. But it’s the last track I can work on and release before Kohaku – my zouk – gets fretwork done this week, which he needs, and which I need before I can record the last two songs on this CD.<\/p>\n

Those are very scary words, too, “the last two songs on this CD.” The last two songs on Dick Tracy Must Die<\/i>, “Stay Away” and “Getting Away with It,” are queued up for production. Once they’re done, I’ll go back and do some adjustments on a couple of other songs, maybe… and it’ll be finished. That’ll be a relief, but it’s also kind of a shock, and given me a bit of deer-in-headlights. I’ve never worked this long on a single creative project before. I mean, I want it finished<\/em> and out the door<\/em>; I’ve got another CD and a half’s worth of songs already written, there are other projects I can do.<\/p>\n

But that said, when I look at my Bandcamp site, and see an EP and a standalone single and a couple of other tracks, I don’t think that much of it. When I look at that same site and see that plus Dick Tracy Must Die<\/i> with 12 tracks sitting there, and when I look at playcounts starting to spike up – you can’t see them, but my last two weeks were my best weeks ever, and I’m not even out gigging – and when I see people other than me<\/em> talking about my music (thank you thank you thank you<\/em><\/b>, I go nowhere without you), I can’t help but think…<\/p>\n

…shit’s gettin’ real. And that’s awesome<\/em>… but also terrifying<\/em>, because it’s becoming possible to disappoint people, which I fear greatly, and no doubt too much. That way lies paralysis and madness, and those of you who have done this longer and better are probably laughing a little at all this drama over so little a thing. But for me, seeing this start to happen, on any scale, is huge. It’s becoming time, as they say, to step up<\/em> – onto a new path – and I worry for my ability to do it. I want to; I just hope I can figure out how.<\/p>\n

But then, like I said before – it’s that time of year, isn’t it. Happy Samhain, everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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