So... I'm still promoting "This is...for you" Like it's a Prostitute visiting a men's prison.... But, I have been working on a lot..... A LOT of new music.... because I don't want to be out of practice, while I'm in school (where a lot of people get rusty) sooo, with albums like Janelle Monae's Metroplis series, and other good music coming out... I have been inspired... and with that inspiration, I also got the idea to do concept records from now on. Here's why...
1. They're fun
2. They challenge creativity, to really stay within a story and paint a picture
3. Even though it's just music, they're more visually stimulating then just plain records.
4. Who wouldn't love to listen to a concept record. A real one, not like "the COOL" sorry Lupe, i loved the album, but 5 records on topic spread out on a 20-something track album isn't a concept record
*note, go back to my old old blog post about Sticky Finger's "Black Trash" album (craziest concept album EVER)
I like weird and quirky titles, and thinking back to when I was a child, the titles like "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" and "Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing" also caught our attention...and the longer the title the better...So I came up with some long ass titles for what I've been working on. It might sound weird at first
So... With saying all of that, I've roughly created three titles for some of the unfinished music that's locked away in my MP, thoughts, and books. These will eventually turn into albums, the titles are:
Bittersweet:
The Loose and Exciting Adventure of Johnnie Fields III
*This takes place in the 1940's, about a man named Johnnie Fields (named after my grandfather and uncle...and my name means John too :). He's a drinking, gambling, womanizing, law breaking guy from the Windy City who never does right by women that he's with...Could it be because of some hurt that he has experienced in his past??? This is a tale of jealousy, violence, vengefulness, trickery, lies, and SEX... all that is Johnnie Fields gets revealed as his life is changed when he runs into a young lady from his past. Will he change his ways?"
My Childhood was Animated:
The Tale of the Chuck Taylors that saved the Universe
"A young boy (nameless for now) who has a heart of gold and the imagination of 1,000 kids stumbles across a pair of chuck taylors that some one threw away. He becomes fond of the sneakers, imagining that they're magic, he even wears them to sleep. At night, his dreams make him twist and turn in sleep because they are so intense. He begins to have a series of never ending dreams about space travel, an evil villain, and a battle to protect the southern galaxy. When he wakes up, he often has evidence from his dreams that it might be real. Is this boy really fighting to save the universe, or is he using his imagination to cope with the harsh realities that is his life in poverty, getting bullied, and innocence lost????"
Bloke Please!:
Thaddeus Pennyfeather & the Outstanding Misunderstanding
" Thaddeus Pennyfeather is your average British Bloke. He minds his business, goes to the job he hates every day, and pretty much hates his life because nothing exciting ever happens to poor Thaddeus. Everything was as dull as usual, until one day on Thaddeus' bike ride home from work, he took the short cut that changed his life. He went down a block where he turns into an unfamiliar dead end and witnessed a murder committed by a local crime lord in London. Thaddeus' life gets thrown into a world of guns, assassins, car chases and bar fights. With the head of the underworld in London and the British police accusing him of the murder, Thaddeus experiences the chase of a lifetime. Will he wish he had his old dull life back????"
*I'm really going to go IN on these cd's... stay tuned for more info soon*
