Why Would I Write

Category: Thoughts

  • R.I.P. Na’Vi 2011-2015

    I don’t talk about Dota 2 much on this blog besides the occasional mention about me playing it. But after last week’s sad news, I wanted to dedicate a post to my favorite team. Na’Vi (or Natus Vincere) was the team that got me interested in the competitive side of Dota 2.
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  • So this is growing up.

    Yesterday, as I was rehearsing for my gig, a sudden realization dawned upon me. I’m turning 30 this year, and my lyrics still sound like poems from some highschool kid’s diary. It was a strange feeling. One that I hadn’t experienced before.

    I never truly understood what artists meant when they said they were more mature. I mean, it wasn’t only the lyrics which changed. They had changed as people as well. They were no longer the same person they were when I first heard their music. They don’t care about that highschool/college crush anymore. They’ve moved on in life and writing about what’s current to them. They’re in a completely different place. Mentally and physically.

    I guess I’m going through what they did when they wrote their later releases. Who wants to sing the same songs all the time? Recordings exist for a reason.

    So, starting today, I’ll be challenging myself to grow as a songwriter. To write songs about more than just feeling emotional and upset. I’ve written enough about those topics in the past.

    Things around me have changed. People have grown up. It’s time for me to grow up.

  • The Digital Age

    Are we too reliant on technology? It’s hard to say. After all, it has made life a lot better and far more interesting for me. Sure, it’s something that I could live without but it wouldn’t be a choice I’d willingly make. Like a lot of people, I’ve come to rely on it a great deal. A bit too much, I might add. Like yesterday, I made a stupid typo in my writing where I used the wrong word in a sentence. However, it was picked up by WordPress’ ‘proofread’ feature. Saved my ass.

    Instead of memorizing directions to some place, I could just a navigation app to guide me there. Instead of digging through an encyclopedia for information, I can just Google it. Instead of spending money talking to people on the other side of the world, I can just drop them a message or email. Or tag them on Facebook. For free. It’s great!

    But not all of it has been positive. I no longer take the trouble to memorize phone numbers. I mistype words on my phone because I know autocorrect will suggest the right one. I no longer remember to do things, I just set myself reminders on my phone. And the list goes on. Note – I don’t blame technology for these things, they just became byproducts of my reliance on it.

    Does this make me worse as a person? Probably. If my computer and smartphone were to all suddenly fail for no reason, I’d be pretty screwed. And I wouldn’t be able to ask my friends and family if their devices were broken too because I haven’t memorized their home phone numbers (who even has a wall phone plugged in these days?).

    Don’t know what I’m getting at, but I was just inspired to write this for today’s post after reading this interesting article.