Wow... Long time since I blogged but its time and the time is now...
Just had an amazing show at the Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica the tail end of a month of shows in Ashland OR and beyond...
Tonight was special at the Dakota because I played solo, acoustic. It was a show where I decided to risk being me, risk being as authentic as possible. It was kind of like one of those dreams where you show up butt naked... although I didn't show up but naked but to stand on a stage and deliver your heart and soul on a platter... well wow!
Many times as a performer it's so easy to play from the ego space, a place that feels good as a the performer, but can sometimes totally miss the audience. I think the beauty of an intimate solo performance is the connectivity to the emotion of a song and a performers delivery of that song.
That vulnerable space of creation is the real nest of live performance, delivering the songs from the space they were created is a challenge I'm just now approaching as I grow on my musical path. Ironically to deliver from this place doesn't "feel" good as a performer, but it is in the uncomfortableness and vulnerability that most people attract a third party audience and the song is allowed to accesses that place in them. The performers vulnerability establishes a trust in the energetic exchange...
The beauty of my own songs lays in this place and it can only be expressed when I allow myself to experience the emotional state of how I felt when I wort a particular song, recreate the moment on stage and genuinely share heartache, love, or loss- authenticity, that is the key!
I look forward t going deeper with my music and my fans really feel into what we are doing together as humans, celebrating and sharing in the highs and lows of life...
Luckily I was able to capture the show on video and audio and look forward to sharing these with you soon....
I also commit to keeping this blog thing more current and would love to hear from you...
So if anyone is actually reading this thing I will be checking in more often...
I also wanted to let you in on what I am hoping to manifest in the next month and ask for good thoughts and prayers in bringing these aspects into reality!
- A great bass player and rhythm section
- A new album recorded at Groove Masters studios in Santa Monica
- Management
- Booking agent
- More awesome songs!!!!
Oh and of course....
- World peace!!
Thanks for checking in
Peace
Clayton
