The Human Element

OK. A quick scan of my almost 100 SoundCloud collaborations reveals about 40 different musicians from roughly 20 different countries and five continents. (What’s up Australia? Was it our song about Antarctica before we even spoke about your great BBQ?)

Now, I do a bunch of totally solo creations, or songs with John’s lyrics and only me playing. I am convinced it is the human interaction that gives music it’s magic. We humans like to know what is going on in our fellow followers-of-the-sun heads.

So, to illustrate my point. John and I put out our original,version of Get Down with That about a week ago. The song idea came up in a phone call. I had written a few potential verses as a possible idea. John completed the those verses and conjured up a meaningful set of lyrics from that start. I already had the music, but had sent a note to Kyo asking if he had time to participate. I didn’t hear much back, so I assumed he was busy. He is a very important person in real life.

This morning, a week later, this fantastic guitar part appears in my SoundCloud email. A wonderful guitar part, so different than the one I had put on the song. I just had to see what it sounded like. I had to cut most my guitar work out and modify the lyrics to give his guitar room to breath. Long story short, the music took a new life.

Music gives us a new, different life. In music, we can share emotions freely. All is required is friendship and a little fun work. Nothing wrong with sharing the love. What’s that lyric….And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make?

With Kyo’s cool vibe