The First Entry…

Posted by gregg on Apr 8, 2010 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

Y’know, it all looked good on paper. “Hey, let’s have a blog at the new Stewboss site!” Yeah, that’ll be cool. But here’s the problem… I rarely read anything a musician has to say without finding myself groaning or rolling my eyes. And, being a musician, I have a hunch the same applies to me. Musicians should all just shut up. Well, at least when it comes to talking. No more interviews. No more blog posts. I’m not kidding. And people should stop asking them for their opinions. Sure, musicians certainly have lots of opinions, and they’re usually great at expressing said opinions through their songs and music, but when it comes to actual “communication”… Seriously, they should shut the hell up. 

It makes sense, really. If we were adept, or even functional, at expressing ourselves through words, we wouldn’t be musicians. It’s because we are so terrible at expressing ourselves that we spent hours upon hours as teenagers in our bedrooms practicing our instruments with no one to talk to us. Through our guitars, drums, pianos, turntables and accordions, we discovered our voices. We found a way to say what we could not say through words. To let out all of the emotions that were screaming to be released. The angst, the sadness, the joy, it was all bottled up until our songs became the secret key to unleash all of it on the world. And when we listen to these songs, we understand now. We get it. And then, someone has to come along and ask us to “talk about it”. Why? We’re just going to f@#$ it up. We’re gonna kill the mood. If we knew how to talk, we wouldn’t be creating music to say what we so desperately need to say but can never find the words. We’d just say it and save ourselves the agony.

So, bottom line, I’m not sure this blog thing is gonna work out. Or, at the very least, a word of caution to anyone who wants to read our future posts… “We’re MUSICIANS. We don’t know what the f@#$ we’re talking about.”

You can count on us to do our best to not give any advice, but if it happens, IF it happens, please refrain from taking it. Trust us. You could end up one of us and then no one will know what the f@#$ you’re talking about either. And they’ll just groan and roll their eyes at you. That’s how you’ll know. So… Be careful. And if you actually want to know anything about us, just go listen to the songs. It’s all there. Really.

Thanks for listening. You can stop groaning now.