Blog – Page 3 – Paul Melancon

11 January, 201617 January, 2017

It’s 2:23am here and David Bowie is dead.

David Cross has bit where he wonders if the guy who works at the Las Vegas “New York New York” Casino felt the 9/11 attacks a little more than other people. It feels stupid, in exactly the same way, but I suppose that’s what it is being human, you look for connections to other humans. I never saw him live, but we spent a lot of this year learning Ziggy Stardust… and played the whole thing live in October. Just this past Saturday night we played “Lady Stardust” in our set.

The thing that always amazed me about him was his ability to collaborate with almost anyone, to try any new style or fashion or technique he cared to, and just own it. He was a chameleon, somehow always someone else and somehow always himself. I don’t know how he did it, and my god he did it all the way to the end. He was magic. He was was an unbelievably talented alien, and I’m glad they sent him to us for as long as they did.

It’s 2:51am here and David Bowie is dead.

7 January, 20168 January, 2016

One more day!

So, for serious time. Tomorrow is the big day, I’m putting out brand new music for the first time in over 11 years. Just a song for now, a whole record to come later this year if all goes well. I hope you like it.

It’s exciting but also nerve-wracking. The ocean that you drop these little bottles into has only gotten larger since the last time I threw one in. The bigger ocean is a good thing, in so many ways, except at the moment when you’re the one throwing the bottle. Sure, it would be better and smarter to not tie your self-worth onto the end of it, but this is the emotional hand I have been dealt. I’m working on it, but, you know, here we are.

I want to say thank you to all of you, because if you’re reading this then you’re still here and that continues to amaze me all the time.

2 November, 20151 November, 2015

Clearing the Books

I have this blog.txt file always sitting around on my computer, where I write down things I intend to mention here. It grows and grows and I never seem to get around to making with the words. So, here’s all of the stuff…

There is a new record in the works. Nearly fully written (I’m shy lyrics for 3 songs), I’m hoping to have it out in the early part of 2016. I have elaborate plans surrounding it, lots of moving parts, and I don’t know if I can pull it off. But we’ll see how it goes. Either way, there will be a record. I can’t make a decision regarding how much to share about the process and the plans… is it better to put it out in the world without looking behind the curtains or is that fun? I have no idea.
There is a second side project I am working on with what should end up being a lot of people. If anything, it is even less sensible than the first. Same curiosity on my part about oversharing it before its anywhere close to done.
I am also fast getting to the point where the talking and thinking about these projects are just new methods of not DOING them. It’s about having to trick yourself, but every trick eventually gets figured out and skirted and you have to find another. My brain is like a corporation dumping cancer into a river.
People, if you want to feel energized about being creative and about doing whatever the hell idea you want to do and screw everyone else… watch the film Jodorowsky’s Dune. I can’t tell you this strongly enough.