To my shock, the song changed key to my will, which made me realize my brain was improvising everything on the spot, which still blows my mind. At one point I had the random thought of trying to. I don't even listen to Jazz, but everything was extremely detailed and vivid, multiple instruments, a lively rhythm. Most people hallucinate shapes and colors and hear random sounds, but some are fortunate enough that their brains go full-Beethoven and their neurons start groovin'.įirst time it happened I started hearing 70s Jazz music. I've personally only experienced it (like, fully) a handful of times, but I'm trying to get there more often. It's the trippiest, most cathartic shit ever. It's called The Hypnagogic State, where your brain starts slipping into dream-mode while you're still conscious. And it just comes to me almost instantly, instead of the hours I spend trying to come up with something when I'm awake.Īnyone else experience this? It's kind of tripping me out. But the music is without a doubt lightyears beyond anything I could write when fully awake. I don't mean I'm the next Benny Blanco or I'll be writing Taylor Swift's next hit. And it really is as good as I thought it was. I thought it was probably this half dream state that was deluding me into the music being as good as I think it is, but I've finally started taking my writing seriously enough that I'm forcing myself awake to compose as soon as that inspiration hits. You know when you're half asleep and falling into a dream, but still awake enough to know you're in bed? That's the state I'm talking about. And it's eons beyond anything I can write in my fully awoken state. Intro, verse, chorus, vocal melody, drums, bass. It's usually the entire song's composition. So far my music I write sucks, and I'm ok with admitting that.īut in the literal few moments (maybe 2 minutes at most) before I fall asleep, I will hear original ideas for music in all the genres that I love. In the past 2 years I finally took up playing guitar and in the past few months I've finally started writing my own music. Part diary, part crash course in rock stardom, Don't Sleep with Your Drummer is a hilarious, no-holds-barred guide through the pleasures and pitfalls of the music industry-from the beginning to the bitter end, and back again.Ever since I was a teenager this has happened to me, but I never learned how to play an instrument or compose despite my burning passion for music. Suddenly, she's learning the real lessons of Rock and Roll High School, including the danger of trusting a record company executive who ties a ponytail in his goatee, and the ten telltale signs your bass player is living in your practice space. But while reveling in free tequila shots, autograph hunters, and other perks of minor stardom, Jenny realizes with a shock that 60-Foot Queenie is poised to become even bigger than she imagined. Meet musicians.Ĥ) Cash in pension and buy kickass guitar amp.ĥ) Team up with sex-crazed guitar genius/best friend Lucy Stover Hanover II.Īfter auditioning every musician in the greater Los Angeles area-including the deluded, deranged, and underaged-Jenny finds the perfect lineup, and 60-Foot Queenie is born. Items on her new to-do list include:ġ) Quit going-somewhere copywriting job and get going-to-band-practice job.Ģ) Break up with Hootie and the Blowfish-lovin' boyfriend.ģ) Hang out in skanky bars. At twenty-eight, Jenny Troanni has decided to become the rock goddess she was always meant to be.
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