April 19, 2022
It’s another grey ugly day. It snowed a bunch yesterday. I was out doing errands with Jack and the sky just started dropping massive chunks of snow. It got freezing. It didn’t stay on the ground for very long.
Last night I went to another Open-Mic. The place was called Grape Fruit Moon. I knew a couple of the guy there from other open-mics. It was a super relaxed time. The only people there were the musicians who were playing, which I kinda like. I felt that I played a bit better than the night before. One of the songs that I’d written that morning was fun to play. I’m starting to write more Nirvana sounding songs. They seem much more appropriate for the open mics. By that I mean songs that are just very melodic and have lots of hooks. A lot of the songs I was performing before were very involved and had tons of chords and lots lyrics. I like to write that kinda stuff, but it doesn’t seem like the proper music for those places. There's usually people chatting, the sounds of cars outside, people taking orders and washing up. I didn’t take any of that stuff into consideration when I was just writing the songs in my room. I think I had this expectation that everyone would be sitting, watching the performers in rapt attention. It’s not really like that. So I’m writing some songs that are more appropriate.
I sold all the Thomas the Tank Engine stuff this morning. I sold it all for $50. Tomorrow I’m selling a bunch of teddies for $20.
I can’t wait for May. I’m so sick of the grey sky and the wind. It’s all just so depressing. At least I’m not freezing my ass off every time I leave the house.
I’m excited to start the Second City Classes. I really hope they don’t get cancelled.
I really want my fucking passport. I want it so that I can apply for my Australian Visa and so that I can get a busking permit. I feel like busking will really speed up the time it takes for me to improve. The problem with the open mics is that it takes about an hour to get there, an hour to wait for your turn, and then about 10 minutes to perform. Then you gotta sit and listen to some of the other performers, and then another hour to get home. With busking I can just play, and I can do a lot of the songs over and over again because it’s constantly new people every 10 seconds.