Process Writing

Writing this, at least compared to my profile, was much less like pulling my teeth out through my ears and more like something that could be said to be approaching enjoyable. The interviewing process itself: the asking of questions, spending time with the interviewees and simply getting acquainted all seemed to flow much better. I felt more comfortable and also was able to think of (what I found to be) more intelligent questions. The actual process of writing it was also much simpler and much enjoyable for me than the other two pieces where I constantly felt like I was wildly grasping. There are some things I know that I didn’t include in my piece thus far and I hope to get them in later revision and ask some other questions to the band that I have thought of. I also was going to see if I could talk to some of their friends or new fans. Hopefully it should be a good piece.

I’m trying to also blow the piece up beyond simply a profile of this band into a larger comment on the music scene in general and small bands that are simply trying to make ends meet and play music for the small joy of it. I was thinking that the larger story would be able to come out of this and it would say something that would be timely in light of the massive changes coming about in the larger music industry and the economy having disastrous effects on musicians.