EP Update & The Guthrie Challenge

EP Update:

I’ve decided that the EP is not going to happen, at least not with the songs and recordings I’ve done so far. Its not because I didn’t think they were good songs its just that they were very shouty. Shouty songs unfortunately are very hit and miss live as to whether I hit the notes or my voice breaks. I’ve instead decided to aim for a more calm Guthrie/Seeger/Paxton style so that when I play the songs live I’m not going to be constantly worrying about killing my voice and making high pitched noises when it breaks.

Guthrie Challenge:

On August 30th I decided to issue myself with what I’ve called the Guthrie challenge. This is based on Woody Guthrie’s new year resolutions (see image), number 8 of which is “Write a song a day”. Guthrie had some good resolutions but this one struck me when I first read them. I thought “a song a day! I struggle to write one a week.” Today is day 4 of #GuthrieChallenge and today I wrote a song about empty buildings because of the new Anti-Squatting law in the UK. So far I’ve written 5 songs during the challenge, some good and some bad but I’ve written them & thats what counts. There is definitely something to writing everyday as well regardless of the outcome. Writing is something I’ve often struggled with, I often complain of writers block and this is definitely helping with that. Hopefully I’ll have enough GOOD songs soon I’ll be able to release another album.

woodie guthries new years resolutions

EP Update

Last night whilst most people were watching the Olympic closing ceremony I locked myself away and started work on my recordings. Out of the original 7 planned tracks only 4 are now to feature due to them either not sounding as good as I had hoped or me being unsure about the lyrics. Anyway 4 songs now have guitar tracks down and 2 have the bass (yes bass!) tracks done. Hoping to find a space where I can be loud and get some vocals and percussion done soon then it will be on to the mixing.

Be prepared, so far its sounds very country and I have no idea if that will change.

Bye Bye Facebook!

Today I deleted my Facebook account, this means that my music page has also been deleted.

My main reason for doing this was because I didn’t really use it anymore except for the music page. However facebook has now decided that people should opt in to see posts from pages and pages should PAY to have people see what they post.

I fail to see how these new features do anything but hinder both bands and music lovers. From now on all of my updates will be on here. For more regular updates on minor things you can follow me on twitter @richie_blitz. If your wanting to get in touch feel free to email me at ‘richieblitz@yahoo.co.uk’.

New WordPress Site!

Hey all.

So I decided to join the world of blogging. Here I’ll be posting (slightly) more detailed updates about my music and ranting about things that get me riled up in the world.

So watch this space for all your Richie Blitz news.