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Recording now on my Myspace page. All comments welcome and thanks for listening / reading.

P.S. For the authorities - This song is NOT autobiographical

Evening all,

So I've been thinking about songwriting motivation. This really stems from thinking about playing gigs, hopefully in the future (soon) when I can work up the nerve.....

However, I worry that my own songs are all a bit gloomy and would maybe set a bit of a depressing theme. Now, to qualify this, I'd consider myself quite an upbeat fellow, cheery, some might say. However it just so happens that when I sit down to write a song, more often than not I end up writing about something close to my heart. as it is, I've not been fortunate enough to have kids etc yet so the major events in my life to date are alas, fairly sombre moments, usually involving some form of loss.

I'd be happy to sit and write a foot stomping cheery tune but as it goes, I find my songs work better when they're from the heart, and it seems whilst I'm pretty chipper, my old ticker may be a bit of a morbid fellow and the songs tend to be more ballad-y tunes.

Anyone got any advice for how to get away from this? How do you guys write, is it always from the heart and if not, how do you manage to keep your direction when writing a purely fictional tune??

Cheers,
Mark

Just about managing to stay awake long enough to type this.....got back from T In the Park this morning. Exhausted, hungover, a broken man. For those not from round here, T in the Park is a music festival in Scotland, considered by some (myself included) as the best in Europe and possibly anywhere....but then I'm biased.

Check out the link if you want to see more info:

http://www.tinthepark.com

I was lucky enough to be there with my friend and we had such a fantastic time it's untrue. I know it may not be everyone's cup of tea but I personally don't think you can beat a weekend at a music festival for entertainment.

Managed to see a host of bands which was fantastic. Couple of local talents in there too: Franz Ferdinand, Paolo Nutini and Snow Patrol (ok, they're Irish, but Glasgow pinched them a few years ago   )

Overall, just a fantastic weekend, although the guitar never made it out the bag at the campsite. By the end of the nights I was often, ahem, overtired and so just turned in. Next year though

Anyone else a festival fan??