Life/Music in the Time of Coronavirus Part II
Oh damn, it’s been nine months since my last post - that’s not the way this was supposed to go at all. Back in March, I was all like “just give me a few weeks and then I’ll release new music!” and you were all like “Yeahhhhh right Lewis, we’ve heard this song and dance before, see you in nine months” and I was all like “no, I’m serious this time, don’t be a dick “ and yet, here we are, nine months later, and who’s the dick now?! It’s…it’s me. I’m the dick.
In my defense, I totally did not expect to still be largely confined to my house in November, working remotely and otherwise hiding out from these nefarious global pandemics. In your defense, that should have absolutely nothing to do with my musical output, and if anything, should mean that I have way more time to out…put…it. And you know what? You’re right, I’m wrong.
But here’s the good news: the album actually is finished. At the moment, I’m just kinda sitting on it and trying to figure out how best to wrangle the various threads that need wrangling, including but not limited to merchandise, marketing, pics, videos, and performances. I’ve chucked one too many finished projects out into the fathomless void without causing a blip on anyone’s radar to risk letting that happen again. As it turns out, making music in an even marginally successful way these days involves way more than just, you know, making the music, which is a bummer, seeing as my expertise level as to those non-music items could be, at best, described as “low”. I think the dearly departed Mitch Hedberg said it best:
“As a comedian living in Hollywood, everyone wants me to do things besides comedy. ‘Can you act?’ ‘Write us a script!’ They want me to do things related to comedy, but not comedy. It's as though I was a cook, and I worked my ass off to become a really good cook, and they said, ‘Okay, you're a cook. Can you farm?’”
Basically, I’m trying to learn how to farm.
In the meantime, though, I’m genuinely excited about the music itself: the extra time I spent turning all those (mostly digital) knobs really did result in a dramatically enhanced album, and I was even able to crank out a bonus jam or two. Back in January, when the only thing to worry about in the country was some unseasonably wet weather, I wrote a song called “Mostly Rain”, and the addition of that little number means the album is now comprised of an even eight songs instead of ::shudder:: seven, so my balance-loving brain can be at peace. I’m calling the album “Megaturquoise” for no other reason than because I like the way it sounds and how hard it PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE. And since you asked, here’s the cover art, proof positive that gears are turning:
What’s that? You also want stickers? Shit man, you should’ve said so! I’ve got stickers right here:
I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do with them yet, but if you want a sticker to plaster on your water bottle, car, forehead, or whatever, I’ll find a way to get one to you soon. Personally, I think they’re pretty f’n cool. So stand by; there’s a lot of Wirelight CONTENT about to be unleashed on the internet in one form or another. Depending on how that goes, I may just turn into a soulless Instagram influencer that bombards you with #sponcon and FOMO-inducing landscapes until you unfollow me; ideally, though, I get my music out there, you enjoy it, maybe snag a sticker or two, and we stay friends. Time will tell.
Kisses, talk soon, etc.