K.I.S.S.
Kevin Scott was the first person that I can ever recall using the acronym of "Keep It Simple Stupid". After awhile, I think I simply forgot to follow the acronym, but whenever I'm plotting my course in life, it tickles my paw and I use it. Lately, I've been using the acronym when it comes to Music and Wellness, in the past I simply didn't devote enough time and energy to being the best musician I can be. And last night, I simply started to ask questions as to why I need to do Music, I mean I know why I want to be active in the area of wellness, but music sometimes is too fucking complex to understand. Or it’s safe to say that music like psychology is something that I'm so passionate about that my mind can literally become too involved in the details and not in the journey. I was recalling during my 20's how I played a lot of gigs and was involved in everything music. I was playing every weekend, and now I can say with sad regret that I haven't played since November 2010.
So where do I start, do I simply start picking up my instrument and playing some popular or challenging tune or do I simply go back to the basic and establish a foundation. I like the idea of starting from the beginning and reinventing myself; but more then anything I feel that I skipped over the foundations of bass playing and went straight into just playing. I could tell when I got into my 30's that the foundations of music such as theory and reading were literally non-existent and it continues to bother me to this day... I spend a lot of time asking myself the following question... Why didn't I ever go to school for this?
It really is that simple, if you don't know something you have to be willing to put forth an effort and learn it. That is one of the main reasons, I'm back in school pursing my degree in Psychology; I have the mind for it, I just need to foundation and education so I can become knowledgeable about the profession I want to go into. Now even though in the past I've been apprehensive or a tad scared, I believe the only reason for this lingering doubt or lack of self-confidence was because I wasn't confident in my abilities. I know I can sound pretty good when playing the bass guitar (see link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqHjePTkZQ). But there is also a sad aspect to that link; it was one of the last times I picked up “Raine” to even play live. But I think my many conversations with Joey Aguilar & Linda Vasquez is helping me realize that there are untapped qualities to my musicianship that I have yet to display to the world. Not to mention, that I simply can't stand the idea of having a $1500 bass guitar in my living room suffocating in a case. I know I keep coming up with some sad excuses like my wrist is hurting, but the excuses that are polluting my mind are becoming fucking annoying like a pebble in my shoe.
So, I think tonight its time to simply remove “Raine” from the case, and play it... one step at a time... and keep it simple. And then probably over the weekend, I'll grab the SWR's from my parents and begin to create music once again. But it’s going to take time to establish some serious motivation for playing seriously, but I know it needs to become a daily routine. Just know I'm going to K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid).
