Weird downloading habits
I was given a coupon for 10 free downloads from some Sony site by a friend. It took me quite some time to decide what it was that I was going to download. Here is the list that I ended up downloading;

Batalla De Los Tambores (live) - Godsmack (a drum duet between Sulley Erna and Shannon Larkin of Godsmack, off of their dvd 'Changes')
The Clansman - Iron Maiden (I had the live cut from 'Rock in Rio', but I wanted to get the album version)
Too Young to Fall In Love - Motley Crue (One of my favorite Crue songs that I didn't have)
Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar (I have always loved the cadence and what this song was saying)
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar (Ths song has such a great groove to it)
Duality - Slipknot (I don't care what anyone wants to say about Slipknot, they can write some amazing shit and this is one of those songs that just grabs me by the balls)
Superstition - Stevie Ray Vaughn (I love the funk blues fusion that Stevie Ray Vaughn makes on this song)
Superstition - Stevie Wonder (I am a funk fan and I love the groove of this song)
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) - Styx (I heard this one on the radio and saw that I didn't have it so I decided it would be a good addititon)
B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down (When I first heard this song I was impressed with some parts of it but overall put off by it, but I got more and more attached everytime that I listened to it, so I decided just to get it.)

I have been in a weird mood musically. I think that they downloading was really only the beginning of it. For the past few weeks, I have been listening to a lot of metal, yes, but also I have been just listening to a lot of other stuff that is not metal. Right now I am listening to 'Where Have All the Cowboys Gone' by Paula Cole. Maybe I like the message of this song. I just think it is beautiful. I have just been scanning through my iTunes and grabbing random songs to listen to and just listen to it. I like the diversity of what I have in my collection.

I also realize that I haven't posted anything since that ever so interesting post in which I discussed me maturing. Although I am growing up and moving on with my life, I want everyone to know that the Steve that they love and adore (or hate and abhore, depending on who is reading this) will always be here inside me. It is me, after all. I don't think that the child in me will ever die out. I don;t think that a lot of parts of me will ever die out. I am still the musician and fun-loving guy who was before this decided change. I will still be the jaded rocker with love advice for the young punks in love and life advice for the young faint of hearts. Thats just who I am. My growing up is just an expansion of my life and a change that was bound to happen. I don't see anything wrong with me becoming more of an adult. I will say, though, that you can expect less cynical comments about love out of me in the near future. It is not that I have found anyone right now...I am still the single, reclusive and vampiric musician that I have been for the past 2, almost 3, years, but I have gained some insight recently through many long and deep conversations with a good friend and I am feeling good about my life and I feel that for once that love may not be the horror that I been making it. There has always been a hopeless romantic in me, and every once and a while, he jumps out and suprises even me, but lately, he has been a bit reclusive himself, unless I am lamenting about love and then all he would do is remind me of when I had it good. But I am seeing that although I do not have a love of my life right now, there is always potential and that potential has made me very happy. Anxious...very anxious at times to the point where it kept me up last night for a bit, but overall I think it is a good feeling.

I had a great practice session...for the 30 minutes that it lasted today. I just took it slow and relaxed my arms and made sure that I was not tensing up and I had a good time. I am going to go back and play along with a few songs and then play some more scales and some other exercises. I wanted to just get the basics down since the past two days I have only played my warm-up exercises and I know that I am not going to become a virtuoso byt playing those exercises. I enjoy playing along with 'All Along the Watchtower' and 'N.I.B.' right now, and I want to expand my catalog of songs that I can play. I realize that there is no point to all this practice if I can't play songs. Who wants to hear me run through scales and arpeggios all day long.

I think Prince is an amazing song writter. I love 'When Doves Cry'...especially the remix that ended up being used in 'Romeo + Juliet'. Now, that is a movie that I haven't watched in a while. I love that movie so much. Baz Luhrman is a god of film. He made that movie a visual orgasm...as does he with all of his movies.

Well...back to practicing. I'll be back some time.