Music, Friendship, and Growing up
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June 24, 2010, 10:52 am
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I started playing music, like a lot of kids, when I was in high school. I wore many faces:
Clint the Pop-Punk Rocker
Clint the “support your local music scene” guy
Clint the Nerd Rocker
Clint the Emo Rocker
Clint the Emo Songwriter
Clint the “I like to write sappy songs and watch girls cry” Songwriter
Clint the Worship Leader
Clint the Worship Rocker
Clint the Worship Guitar Player
Clint the Pop-Rock Guitar Player
Clint the “I want to write deep songs” Songwriter
Clint the “I want to write songs people like” Songwriter
It’s been a crazy ride, musically, so far. But the thing that sticks out to me more than what face I was wearing is the relationships that have been built, and people I’ve met in each stage. Most kids start bands because they starve for that depth of friendship. It’s a big deal to have the sort of companionship that comes with creating music together.
Lately, I’ve become a loner, musically. I write alone. When I play shows, I play alone. Last weekend, I had the opportunity to have dinner and hang out with a good friend that I played guitar for over 2 years ago. He’s working on some new songs that are really cool and in a fresh style for him. We had dinner and told stories and went to the house and caught up. After that night, while I miss playing guitar with that band, and miss all the long night rehearsals, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude. I was so thankful to have those kinds of memories.
It makes me wonder what will be coming down the road next. I’m looking forward to writing a similar post in 5 years and reflecting on a whole bunch of new memories.
Growing up isn’t so bad.
Clint
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Looking forward to more music you write and record!
Comment by Andrew June 24, 2010 @ 11:38 am