Now I can bury it.
December 19th, 2004 | by jg3 |
I put my decks in the coffin. I realized that it represents a certain level of
completeness to a collection of things that i’d seen in my head for a long time. A hurdle, a line, a completion.
While arranging it, the thought entered my head to clean it all up and
photograph it and sell it (all together, no splitting it up now that it is a complete set) on e-bay and put
the money in a money market fund until the day that I’m ready to make music
again. That might be easier, in the long run, than having to maintain and store it.
But
that can’t happen until I .mp3 all of my vynil, though. I would probably sell
the records by the pound … doing something like sampling four faces from every six
shelf-inches I was selling. The shipping would be expensive, but if I had an
archive of it all (on one DVD most likely), gravity’s ability to act on me would
be a LOT less so it might well be worth the finacial loss.
and A LOT LESS GRAVITY is what i’m looking for … I WANT TO FLY.
So, sorry if that came off as “hey thanks for the free shit, now I’m going to
pawn it and take the cash” … I don’t mean that at all. I mean that while working in silence with the instruments … and with my mind still in this “gravitational” groove since talking to you (pl.)
earlier… and, you know, having to move heavy stuff around causes you to seriously
consider why you own it and what you hope to get out of the effort required to
keep it (at least it to me).
I still can’t convince myself that I could ever get rid of the speakers or the coffee table, but now I have a plan
for the decks, recs, and IKEA that pollutes my stream of consiousness. It just
matters if I have enough notice before the seasons change …archiving & selling
it all, even by the pound, will take some time. That is the gravitational debt
i’m already under … OR i have to make the decision to lose that part of my
life cut the anchor ropes and move on. Hmm… declararition of musical bankruptcy upon my past? I know there is value in this property, but is it worth it?
99, it occurrs to me that where you are currently sharpening the “GET UP GO DO NOW”
tip, we (me, the d) are honing the “STUFF? WHAT STUFF I AM?” angle. It is all
the same game. I mean, more succintly, that we share a direction and goal
(small g) and thus can comfortably communicate clearly about what we are doing,
without having to necessarily explain why. Maybe there are others like us?
phone is ringin’ oh my god,
…and, i should say, I’m not fully intent on carrying out that plan YET … but
when the time comes, I have my plan and until then I increase in confidence.
in deed,
earl ax
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