Your Inheritance (I'll give you the lyrics later)

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

We humans build many things as we go thru life. Some of us build companies. Some of us build friendships. There are few things that cannot be built over a lifetime, and even fewer that cannot be destroyed. We build ...

My Hero

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

In honor of black history month I need to take the time to recognize one of my heroes. She raised my brothers and I from diapers and taught us many things about the world we live in. She also taught ...

Catch A Cliche' ?

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Reality isn’t the egg in the bowl. Reality is the wire whisk moving in to do its job. Reality is the now useless shell, discarded. Reality is the fact that the egg will now become something else. Granted, the same ...

Feeling Nostalgic Again (it happens quite often)

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

When I was writing with Legasys we were all young and full of bravado. I’m sure all of us still hold to that truth, scattered about as we are. We wrote about the world from our viewpoint. There were lambasts ...

All Is Fair In Love And Music

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

All is fair in love and music. Let’s say you have a rather heated argument with your ‘better half. What muses are there to goad you on thru a soul-search? It can be your soul or theirs. What really matters ...

Angels Of Inspiration

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Muses are the angels of inspiration. They come in many forms. They assault our senses from every angle from the simply forthright to the completely unimaginable. That ‘wind in your sails’ that keeps you moving in any given direction from ...

Happy Valentine's Day Victoria!

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I’ve recorded seven rock ballads so far for my current project. This morning, now I’m wondering why I suddenly tracked out a driving hard rock song on Valentines Eve. What makes us do the things we do? I awoke with ...

Influences And A Musical Past

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I have been influenced by many artists and situations throughout my life. I’ve been entertained and inspired by so many that counting them would be a task far beyond simply difficult. First and foremost in memory are the hymns I ...

The New Telecaster Sounds Great!

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Seven tracks in and the muses are flooding me with inspiration. Conceptualizations are just scratching at the windowsill so to speak but the journey is well underway. The final destination is not important so much as each step is a ...

Recording The "Twins" (similliar tunes)

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

I recorded an instrumental the other day and another song with vocals. They both started out as I was looking over some lyrics submitted to me by a good friend. Those lyrics will end up in other tunes. The project ...

"Apprehension"

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

“Apprehension” That one emotional dam kept me from ever wanting to allow a thick, long needle to be inserted into my right knee. My youth was filled with horrid recollections of pain divulged to me from just about everyone. That ...

Long After We're Gone

By joseexist in Musings On Muses

Nothing lasts forever. Longevity is an illusion we fabricate to deal with the brevity of our existence. We aim for maximum impact upon those around us, and the world at large, our hope being to have a lasting, lingering effect ...