News From The Week That Was
Another jam week in The Cube – working on honing some acoustic skills. We also made some progress on a project that might not end up being a FW song and hammered out some potential new lyrics. The main news this week is yet another new tune – “Impression of You”
A History of ….
Songs About Crying, Track 5: Impression of You
This is the very first Fighting Whiskey song, even pre-dating “Old Gil”. I had hammered out some lines on a piano and found myself stuck – after nearly 10 years of writing for The Dexter Holmes Story, I was suddenly in the position wherein lyrics weren’t tied to a story. Stepping out of that box was a little scary – I didn’t know what to write about. When forced out of that box, I got to thinking about life in general and how things end for all of us. 3 of my 4 grandparents passed away from some form of dementia or Alzheimer’s, and so I thought I would dive into that. Digging around on what it feels like to see that happen to someone that you love and the overreaching fear that it is an inevitable fate for me as well *shakes fists at genetics* …
Three Things I’ve Learned This Week
- A cat will look you dead in the eye while punching another cat, then leave his paw there to show you that he doesn’t care about being a dick.
- I’m capable of getting excited about someone else’s tracksuits.
- In terms of DNA, children are 99.8% fish.
