Thanks to all my friends for “liking” me on Facebook. I was able to get up to 25 fans, which is what you need to obtain your own username. So now, you can go right to www.facebook.com/craigallenmusic to find my Fan Page.
They like me, they really like me!
I’m looking forward to the fun things (I already have some ideas) I can use the Fan Page for…so stay “tuned”!
My hobbies vary quite extensively, but I think it’s time to ease back on (at least) one to make room for another to grow.
Unfortunately, sports is the odd man out for several reasons. Music will always be #1 and this is the area I am hoping to increase over the next few months to hopefully write, record, and perform more. Web design is an interest that would probably fall below sports in terms of passion level, but the financial opportunities (which can also support hobby #1) outweigh plain interest at this point in my life. Baseball will always be my first love, but it will have to take a break while I pursue other things that I have “high hopes” for. That said, all else will be put on old any time the Phillies are in the World Series.
That said, I’m excited to say I’m going to try to play in a few Open Mic nights in the month of August. Check the “Shows” page for more info (subject to change). One of the reasons I’m hoping to play some of these in August is because their is an “Open Mic Competition” going on where the top 2 at each show are chosen to perform again for the audience to vote for their favorite at the end of the month. More details to follow if I advance out of the first round!
Here’s another new song I just wrote after hearing a brand new song by Jon Foreman called, “Thrive”. Don’t know if there is an absolute connection, but I know I just get inspired to write when listening to really good songs. Check out the video of him, then the lyrics of mine. I really need to demo this so I don’t forget it…
Live My Life
I want to walk a thousand miles
But I don’t want to find the end
Yeah the road keeps turning
And I keep learning to bendI want to sing a million songs
And write an endless tune
Yeah but nothing keeps coming
When you stop running too soonI want to live my life alive
I want to feel it in my bones
I want to have the strength to fight
But I can’t do it alone, do it aloneI want to scream it from my lungs
And shout it out for everyone
So everyone knows, everyone knows
Where it comes from and where it goesI want to live my life alive
I want to feel it in my bones
I want to have the strength to fight
But I can’t do it alone, do it aloneI want to lean on you for hope
Don’t want to fall when I let go
I want to wake up in my dreams
But I can’t do it on my ownI want to live my life alive
I want to feel it in my bones
I want to have the strength to fight
But I can’t do it alone, do it alone
I can’t do it alone, do it alone
Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last week or so…
I have read this article by Jon Foreman (my musical/lyrical hero) about 6 times since I found it on the Huffinton Post a few months ago, and every time it gets better. I’m curious as to how non-musicians/songwriters react and respond to it, because for me it would be hard not to write a song after being inspired by his words. Every time I am able to reflect in a new way on the density of his thoughts and their meaning. So, here is the latest result created from a marriage of his thoughts, my reaction, and some of my own thoughts on the specific subject of regret:
Say Goodbye
They met and fell in love, but she still wanted more
He was never good enough, so she showed him to the door
She never told him why, she just left him behind
Now he questions everything he findsOh, I can’t live with my regrets
Oh, but I don’t know how to forget
All your lies and deception, have found a new direction
I never thought I’d have to say goodbyeThe story starts again, but lasts a few more years
They tried to pretend, and ignore all their fears
But when he proved her right, she ran away that night
Now she questions everything in sightOh, I can’t live with my regrets
Oh, but I don’t know how to forget
All your lies and deception, have found some new attention
I never thought I’d have to say goodbyeWith all this pain comes sympathy, but there is not a cure
When scars are all that’s left of me, I think I’ll know for sure
Time creates a memory, for battles that we’ve lost
And then it takes the best of me, it never counts the cost
No, it never counts the cost, never counts the cost
Oh, it never counts the cost
Favorite Tweets
