By Scott Coner
Country Artist
Putting everything into
some type of perspective, I find myself troubled when it comes to my music. I'm
pretty clumsy around the barn and a pretty bad driver to boot, so clearly, my
days are numbered. I have songs lying around half finished. I have songs in my
head that haven't seen the light of day. And I have songs that I've recorded
that are important to me that haven't been promoted at all yet. What the heck
is a man supposed to do about this? It's not like I can have a will written
with specifics regarding my music.
I think I write because
I have something I want to say. On the other hand, maybe I write because I want
my family and friends to remember me. I'm not even sure about it to tell you
the truth. But, if you are reading this right now, and I happen to be dead
already, go to my sock drawer and give my wife all of my unfinished lyrics.
I realized early on that
I could write songs and say certain things without certain people knowing the
song was even about them. I mean, Paul McCartney wrote a song about his dog, so there really are no rules, right?
I wrote "Put a Line in it" one day about the current administration
that I have so much trouble enduring. But you haven't heard that song because I
don't guess we want to make people mad. I wrote "Close to You" about my wife along with many others. I even
wrote a song about one of my uncles when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I
have far more songs than I can promote, and I don't have enough time to get all
of my work done. So, I'm a little bit freaked out about it all.
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| Scott Coner (Photo by Cynnamae Media Productions) |
I have decided to begin
releasing EP's every quarter or so along with full-length albums at least once
a year from this point forward. The problem with this approach I'm being told
is promotion. This is certainly a problem, but honestly, it is far more
important to me that I finish this mess I started so many years ago. When I say
I'm freaked out, I'm just kidding though. I have never been as happy as I am
these days. My goal has always been to play and write full time, and it appears
we are about to do just that.
Now, I need to go find
my algebra teacher and tell her once again how useless her class was to me and
that I was right all along. Life ain't nothin' but a song.
For more information about Scott Coner
or to hear his music, visit www.ScottConer.com, www.Facebook.com/ScottConerMusic,
or www.YouTube.com/user/ScottConer.
