Through the haze of more busyness than I've been in for a while, I know it's time to sing and be with you. Let's gather next Sunday, March 22, at 11am PST. Free for all IDEAS members, sliding-scale simple for anyone else, as always. Here's the RSVP link for all interested: SLIDING-SCALE RSVP FUN FOR SUN MAR 22
Also, if you have song ideas etc, if/when you RSVP, you can leave a note, it's neat.
Meanwhile, I'm deep in 30-year old songs, relearning and singing things I can hardly remember creating. I may well try some of them next Sunday. Also, re-remembering songs from Tin Cans and Thriller layers perfectly with the feeling (hopes/fears) of a whole new thing being created. The planning of the release & all the shows & things continues not to be my favorite, and the fact that there even is all this music to try and plan around humbles and gratifies me.
Under all that, a worry current runs. People I love are in trouble. It's tough to talk about, but a song arrived that carries the feeling. I could feel myself relaxing as it arrived. Being busy is a good painkiller, and creating actually helps heal the wound.
Said harrowing/healing song is the new ALWAYS NEW, so if you're part of that, a strange, medicinal tune awaits (at the ALWAYS NEW page on my site, or at the bottom of this message).
If you're not part of IDEAS / ALWAYS NEW yet, you're always invited and appreciated, and never obligated.
I might try to sing that new song next Sunday as well, we'll see how it feels. I have a tough time getting through it. I can hear it in my voice on the recording.
Anytime I can relax into the worry current with some deep breaths, mysterious tears arrive, and the pain becomes something beyond words. I'm pretty sure it's just Love underneath everything.
I'll sign off with something I wrote in response to someone telling me how Tin Cans and the music of that era impacted them. Sometimes when I say things in conversation, I realize that's about as well as I'm going to say it, so I save it. Sometimes it becomes a song, actually. Either way, this time I wrote:
“One amazing thing about being able to live and make music for as long as I have is that I can remember clearly the music that I was listening to at 15 that shaped me, and I know how much I appreciate the artists that made it, and I also get to hear from people who heard my music at 15, and were shaped by it, and appreciate it. It is a wild beautiful circle.”
Love, Jonah