A song... (cont'ed)

Algo por el estilo; no puedo poner el punto tan alto.....

A song...

In my book of accomplishments, tonight, the night of September 29th of 2010, will not leave unnoticed.

Tonight is when I decided to confront my fears of being a neglected, once very talented, musician and challenge something I thought would never happen. What I thought impossible will become reality this evening. That is, I am composing my first song.

There have been many years that have past since the first and last time I wrote a song. I must have been about 6. I had never heard bachata in my life, but now that I think about that song ("Siempre" it was called), it would have been a corny-ass one.

Why did I ever stop? Quite frankly, I focused way too much on classical music and what I was being taught at the time that it never occurred to me to pursue my own collection of melodies done for me, by me.

A few years ago, as I was still living in London, I had a conversation with a punk ass from NYC and we got into a huge argument about how I believed that it was not easy to write music and instantly think of the melody to accompany it. Of course, he disagreed and the story goes as far as we never talked again... I was so offended by how insulting his words were that I stayed away from the composition realm for as long as

I could.

Today (may be due to sleep deprivation) I realized that there is someone out there who deserves to be my muse, as he has been my only inspiration from the time he left. Tonight is about you Alejandro... I will write my first and only song for you, and I will compose my one and only melody so that one day you look back and remember that I wrote you a song, even though I thought I couldn't.

I will immortalize the words through the sound of notes that I forgot how to play, and I still have no idea how is going to turn out.

I will sing for you, even though this voice was not meant to harmonize a set of lyrics. I will do it from within, so that I can feel that I have given you my best effort. This one is for you.

Even if you never read this, or you never get to hear it, I will hold the satisfaction of dedicating you every 29th of September. I will never forget the bizarre red sky that covered the city du

ring this evening, and how that reassured me that tonight is the night to write you the best song you will ever hear.

DRE - dnklschwrz, 2010