What are my songs about?

Love – More than anything else. Whatever i write about this is without doubt the underlying theme. Even when writing a political song, the basis behind the song is love and with it a hope that situations can be changed for the better whatever they may be.

The older i’ve got the more i’ve realised how much confidence i’ve been lacking. I never really felt i had low self esteem until i faced the things in life that previously i ignored or never felt i had to face. Now, at 35 years old i had to and still have to face my worries and fears to make my dreams come true. This is one of my main themes also, the fact that at my age i’m written off as someone who has missed the boat so to speak, too old to achieve anything in music. I always get, “ well if you haven’t done it by now you’re too late”. Well, maybe i wasn’t ready before but i am now.

Creating this blog has probably been one of the smartest things i have ever done. It has it’s own therapy and as an artist it helps me to understand a lot more about myself than i thought possible. If i am going to be all that i truly am then i have to stand up for who i am and what i believe in and whilst i can write about this in my music unless i believe it the listener will hear the lack of emotion in the sound.

I write music to deal with the issues life brings my way. However the listener interprets that for their own benefit then that is for them and not me to decide. The beauty of what i do is that each person hearing it makes it what they will in their own unique way.

 

~ by johnreynoldsmusic on May 27, 2008.