About me

So someone asked me the other day how i write my pieces, where they come from and if i have any routine to it, so i thought id just ramble on a bit here about just that subject...

Well firstly i carry a notepad everywhere, just to take down any little thoughts or inspiration that jumps out at me, usually just a line or two, a spring board to start working from.
Sometimes these can be sat for quite some time, a few of these pieces have come from lines i wrote years ago that i have only just found a meaning for.
Some of the pieces are autobiographical, others take a feeling or a setting that i have had, and plays around with the storyline slightly.
A lot of my work can sound dark or depressive, but that is mostly what i like to write about, i am generlly a fun loving guy that loves a laugh and a joke, but my writing is from a place that doesnt really fit that tone, maybe one day i will write a funny upbeat bright colourful piece but i wouldnt hold my breath!!!

After this i write a few very rough drafts, if i feel it is going somewhere then i keep going and try to get a good feel for how it is going to turn out.
else they go back into the collection of lines, inspiration etc.

then comes the fun part, listening to music!
I usually start this after midnight, it is a time where i am completely able to lose myself, go off into new worlds, or revisit old ones, so at 12:01 i open up my spotify playlists and get to work.
this is my way of writing, i love to find music that fits the mood i am going for with the piece, i have quite a collection of tunes that fit each emotion i am after.
so i write with headphones on music playing loudly, and i do this over and over until i have a piece that i can call my real first draft, i then type it up and change nearly every single line, editing and playing, this is draft 1.1, none of the work is ever finished, it is a snapshot of the piece it will become in time.

So music then, well i am in my mid 30's so i tend to focus mostly on bands from my era which is the late 80's  90s and early 00's
i favour rock music, it has the passion, the anger, the raw emotion that i want to get across in a lot of my work.
though ive tried numerous different styles and genres, a few classical albums, some pop, some soul, always something with a life to it though.

A few artists i could talk about forever, that really take me to some interesting places are

Nick Cave - this guy just oozes brilliance, every single album can surprise you, none of them sound alike, he has written some amazing stuff and is a great poet/lyricist to boot, definately worth a listen to.

Mark Lanegan - basically nick cave just darker more rocking and one of my all time favourites.

Alice in chains/layne stayley - this guy could rock better than most, sadly died too young but a great collection of albums and tracks that really take you on an emotional journey.

Matchbox 20/rob thomas - i just love this guys style, so simple yet brilliant, a very polished artist but there are songs that really move me, one of my all time favourites is "you wont be mine", this one brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it.

there are so many more, this is just a small collection and i would be here all night just listing bands if i carried on!!

Anyway, thank you for reading this, hope it was interesting, and im going to put my headphones on and see where the journey takes me.

kyle.