Having a Funky Day (Page 1 of 2)

Sorry to hear about your dilema.  We all face days like this.  As a matter of fact, "Mama Said there'd be days like this".  And of course  you are one of the boys and girls.  Time does not make you more special in this group, necessarily.  I wish I could ease your pain a little more.  Just hang in there and try as hard as you can to get control of your life.  And good luck, PapaTom.

Whats that one song? " Gonna be alright, Not feeling to good myself". I dont know if thats how it goes but I sing that little part when things are bad and it brings a smile to my face.

Hey PapaTom, Like they say hang in there. Alot of us are in the same boat. I've been out of
        work also and it's been raining here almost every day. Fishing is slow, outdoor activities
        slow, and my creative side likewise. Realizing I don't have it as rough as others helps and
        as corny as it seems try-- "Somewhere over the rainbow". Things WILL turn around for
        you in time. GF has been out of work also but landed a job last week after a year and a
        half. I got a call to go back to work on the 1st of June. Sitting around wondering is the worst
        part but never give up.      Mike

Funny how things work out, It's Rainy and crappy here too, except I'm sitting at work wishing I was home playing my guitar. Guess I have to be careful of what I wish for. Hang in there things will get better. I have no song suggestions, just pick it up and play whatever comes out!

I couldn't have said it better myself!!  Zurf, way to go!!!

Thanks, all, for helping me get through this day.

A few years ago, when I made a very tough break from the music business, I was fortunate to immediately fall into a line of work that had me traveling the country almost every day of the week.  The constant activity, interaction with people of all sorts, and exposure to so many different American and Canadian cultures made the transition virtually painless - and somewhat exciting.  This time around, I went from being the busiest guy I know to being a lump on a desk chair, waiting, day-after-day for certain people to fulfill promises they made when the economy was much better.

Having walked away from the drums after so many years, I am truly grateful to have more recently discovered the ukulele and the awesome music I can make with it.  (For those of you who still think Tiny Tim or Don Ho when you hear the word "uke," it ain't that!)  The uke has been my best buddy (when my wife is out earning a living for us) for the past year and a half, sort of the way Billy Joel describes his piano in "Baby Grand."  However, I haven't yet found a song about a guy and his teeny-weeny guitar that can lift me right out of one of these moods.

Anyway, your suggestions and support are much appreciated.  After so many years as a bad-ass investigator among some bad-ass criminals, it's a pleasure to be back among living, breathing, feeling musicians.

My next post won't be such a downer...I promise.

Some day we're going to have hear some of the bad-ass investigator by day rock-star drummer by night stories.  Sounds exciting!

- Zurf

>>>Some day we're going to have hear some of the bad-ass investigator by day rock-star drummer by night stories.  Sounds exciting!<<<<

Again, thanks for all the wishes and links. 

Regarding "bad-ass investigator by day/rock start drummer by night, " that isn't how it was.  It was even weirder.

For a number of years, I got a call that a lot of New York drummers wanted.  Virtually any time in the 80s and early 90s one of the big acts of the fifties or sixties would play the Garden or Radio City Music Hall, I would be the drummer.  It wasn't like playing with Springsteen or McCartney, but guys who worked in the music stores on 48th Street would have killed to do those gigs rather than sell drumsticks all day.  So any time I walked by Manny's or Sam Ash or one of the stores on 48th Street, a bunch of guys standing outside smoking cigarettes would wave like I was some kind of celebrity.  Then I wake up one morning with a military haircut and I'm wearing a pin-stripe suit walking along 47th Street (one block over) interrogating Russian mobsters in the jewelry district.  Amazing how one New York City block can represent a whole different world than the one parallel to it.  Needless to say, I stopped walking down 47th Street from that point on.  And I never played drums again.

As far as "stories" about gangsters, terrorists, and the diamond industry, don't get me staaahted!  But the next time you find yourself or your spouse lusting over a fancy schmancy piece of jewelry, think about all the criminals and murderers whose fingerprints are all over it.

Sorry you had a bad day man!  Here's a little tune for a new day... Maybe Wednesday mornings don't have to be so bad

"Wednesday Morning" by Slackstring   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNjREmXWLw Funs song, up lifting and easy to play on uke or guit... Chords are just G D Em & C all the way through.

Here's a drummer that kicks. This guy is four years old.

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligen … ummer.html

Oh yeah, they're out there and plenty of them. Makes you want to cut their grubby little fingers off.
toots

Failte PapaTom,

Im just reading this post today . Funk ? I never heard that word before, Having down days ?  yes, ive had many down the years believe me.
This is what i learned over the years to cope with down days ot times..
Our heads cannot operate without the remainder of the  body  feeling it . Our thoughts are manifested in the body with physical feelings  of depression if negative and prolonged.  So keeping your thoughts happy and light is very important.  Find a positive mantra for yourself.
I felt reading your post, you feel inadequate having your wife the sole earner now. Thats a bad ole feeling to carry around.
I learned [ Nothing lasts forever,  allowing for change can be enriching} Change is enivitable. Learn not to resist it..
Always have a plan or project on the go.. Something you love to do.
Get a box. i use a pretty box to hold notes i write about life stuff i need sorting out. In other words " I believe by writing them, i hand them over to the universal energy or God, whichever suits you. I find them powerful and they liberate  my mind to sleep at night.
The simplicity of handing over and trusting your request will  be taken care of. It works believe me. I and so many i know use this method. When writing the notes, this is how i was taught to do them.
You write you name. Date of writing.Then,
Divine energy i desire----- here you write your request-----  Then write
For me and the greater good of all, Thank You"
Your name again.Then place in your wee box and forget about it.  you can write as many as you like ...I have had so many requests answered this way.
I asked for a brand new car once! a biggie  request i considered it to be, but sure enough it was amazing how  time and space unfolded it to me..
Now i know your all thinking Old Doll has lost the plot Well nananenana it works believe me. Try it !
Papatom, if you want to email me your address, ill gift you a wish box, or write me a request you desire, ill write it here for you and place in my wish box.
Positive thoughts to you sir. Dont be waiting for your real life to begin, This is it now, your  souls learning process.

Whoops wrong link .   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZjC_7CeW4

Old Doll
Ps. I watched  the film "Blood Diamond" just last night ! Scarey the amount of violence attached to diamonds. A whole new revealation to me.