This is a tune that Saguaro Gigante and I wrote way back in high school and I made it into a little VGM diddy. We would just jam and than transcribe stuff into guitar pro, which is unfortunately where a ton of that music stayed. I'm slowly working on trying to bring to life some of those old tunes. This may be news to some, but the name of our band was Viridian (myself, beefpounder, lukayo, and saguaro gigante) and that's where my username comes from. The whole "Loom" bit got added on because there was some other band called Viridian in Italy (who has seemingly disappeared, this was the MySpace days), but who cares, we are and always were Viridian. I've been living with some regrets about not laying claim to it back in 2008, because since then new bands called Viridian have risen up all over the US and I'm just like "God damn it, that's our name!" lol. Anyways, I owe it to our past selves to bring that music into actualization.
‹ Life
Replacing my "Song notes" section this week because I don't have a whole lot more to say about this particular little tune than the brief description I already gave. I actually spent quite a bit of time working on a different song this week (another old riff from like 2012 that was never added to a song) but that song was getting unwieldy and I didn't think I'd be able to finish it this week. If I'm really going to do it up like we used to back in the day, that shit has to be a 9 minute song minimum. So buckle your pants.
So for life updates, this week was rough. I'm a data analyst in the healthcare industry and there was just a massive layoff in my company. This is actually the third layoff in a row within the last year. Obviously pretty stressful because, although I've been lucky, the writing is on the wall. I'm scared of getting the boot one day and then I'm going to be incredibly stressed about paying bills and finding a new job. So I'm just keeping my resume up to date and building my network, seeing what else is out there just in case. But for now, I'm ok. I've just had that shit on my mind the last few days and its been a bit hard to focus on music.
On the positive side, I've been working on a lifestyle change and so far I've been holding it up pretty well. Eating cleaner, dieting (1500-1600 calorie restriction), doing yoga nearly every day, looking into buying a new bed so I can get some really good sleep, thinking about getting a personal trainer for guidance at the gym. I'm doing it for health reasons and because I just want to live better. I don't want migraines 2 to 3 times a week. I don't want to tweak my back because I lifted something wrong. I'd like to run around the park with my dog without feeling like I'm going to cough up my kidneys, lol. Maybe by the end of the year I'll be 20 pounds lighter, have improved biometrics results, and have 52 new songs.
Also, I'm finally putting together a couple of albums. Kind of companion albums actually. A gold album of folk tunes and a purple album of gothic prog tunes. I made a new bandcamp page intended for my gothic dream-prog thing called Venaht (Feel free to follow, nothing posted yet). I'm working on acquiring the permission/rights to a piece of artwork for the purple album cover. The tracklists for the albums have been selected. I'm trying not to be a total perfectionist about it, so I may reach out to a producer to help me with the mix and mastering. This is a big step for me because I've never really released an album before so woot. The only other thing I haven't figured out yet is how I want the text for "Venaht" and the album titles to be stylized. I may also end up making a website for this stuff too since I took some html/css/javascript lessons last year. Other than the layoff towards the end of the week, this is where my mind has been all week. Thinking about the future.
That's all. Thanks for reading homies. Love you all and thanks for being so supportive throughout these years. WeeklyBeats has changed my life in a lot of ways and I feel like I wouldn't be as productive or taking chances on things if I had never participated.
