If I’m gonna do this “Greatest Hits” album of my past music, I’m gonna have to dig in and re-learn my older songs which is what I already started doing this week. Yeah, I’m probably gonna forget a lot of guitar parts and forget lyrics ’cause I don’t save a lot of old lyrics. That’s the whole point of this project though, seeing if I can make my older songs even better so there’s probably gonna be a lot of rewrites. A lot of rewrites for both lyrics and guitar parts. I’m probably gonna forget a lot of stuff but that’s okay. That’s because I haven’t played the older songs in a long time. I want to re-record most of my old stuff as a way to celebrate the history of my music. That’s what it’s all about really. A celebration. As a special thank you for the people who supported my music over the years. Some of my supporters still enjoy my older songs I’m noticing and that’s what I’m doing it for. For the long time fans who go way back and supported me ever since then. I really want to do this Greatest Hits thing along with a bunch of brand new songs. I’ll re-do all of my old songs first and then I’ll start writing the new ones. Get the Greatest Hits thing out of the way first.
Some of these songs are pretty special to me still ’cause they helped me get out there gigging in the first place. I used to gig a lot back then around the early 2000’s years ’cause of my older songs. I just want to improve them. Make them even better. A lot of my old songs has gotten re-written so many times anyways. It’s a good thing to do is re-write your song over and over in order to improve it. I feel I’ve gotten better at songwriting anyway. It does take years to become a good songwriter.
In the old days, I’ll admit that I used to be a shitty songwriter and didn’t know what I was doing. That’s okay, when you first start out, you’re always gonna be shitty. It does take years of practice to get good. In a way, I still don’t know what I’m doing but I just let the music speak on it’s own and that’s the way to be.
It’s gonna be fun celebrating the blast from the past.
Kev