Well, as of this morning I have successfully taken the only vacation I have had in the last two years or so, and I have to say that it has left me a little dazed even though I really did nothing out of the ordinary. Sure, my wife and I had grand plans of taking a little trip after Christmas was over, but it never happened. It was just a weekend of sleeping in, eating out, and being lazy. But all was not lost, this caused me to tumble deep into thought about what I do with my time, and so, for the final days of my “vacation” I locked myself in my half finished studio and layed down some new tracks.
It has been a while since I have done any recording of any kind but I am reasonably pleased with the results and soon I will be posting them on my purevolume site, but it all made me dream about the wonderful days of bands such as Guardrail, Holly, Hox when all I had to do was jam in the basement, or garage, write songs, eat cereal, and watch VH1 behind the music. So, I proceeded to watch the best musical DVD collection of all time “Guardrail-From Start to Finish” and that really inspired me to get off my can and write some more music.
This all lead me to this revelation: creativity is best accompanied by a carefree attitude. Because with pressure comes bad songwriting, which in my opinion is how we have come to have bands like nickleback. Too much pressure. Chad Kroeger, take a vacation!
# mathew W Sprague on January 3rd, 2007
Dude…….you’re having a baby…
Does this mean we can’t get the band back together????
P.s. Call me you lazy wuss
# mathew W Sprague on January 3rd, 2007
P.s.s I didnt even get an email about the baby. I actually heard it from Dustin…..
Am I, like, out or something??
# Joel on January 4th, 2007
Yeah, that was something else good that came out of our vacation. Turns out I was more inspired than I thought.
FYI Matty I didn’t even have your email. Some friend you are. And yes, the Juice can now be ressurected!
# Mike Edmisten on January 4th, 2007
Oh, how I miss the days of Guardrail! Seriously, those are some of the best ministry memories I have.
And now Joel is having a baby! Congrats to you & Jenna. We’re praying for you both. You’re in a crazy, but incredibly sweet, season of life.
# Joel on January 4th, 2007
Yeah those are GREAT memories, and after watching the DVD of I’m beginning to think that if nothing else Guardrail should be ressurected. That would be retched!