Improv Guitar > Mark Hanson

Vallis Castor - Its Wet Outside, And Its Cold, Yeah, Ya Know... Bullshit! 2023 - 12 - 28 13 38

Independent artist exercising vocals on instrumentals.

Frauday

It Only Happens Once

I’m a songwriter. Not much of a singer these days. I’ve done some damage to myself. Not as resourceful as I thought I was. But I’m surviving. Still doing music where I can. How I can. I learned how to play guitar from Roy Clark. I got a Roy Clark music book as a kid. What a rare gem that was. I met him just down the road from the Grand Ole Opry on Music Valley Dr. In a McDonald’s parking lot. I was in a 78 Golden Nugget Camper. He pulled up in a tour bus at 70 or 80 years old. He got out to stretch his legs while his roadie/bus driver/manager/idk who that guy was walked in to grab the order. I chatted with him for a minute from the seat of my cabin, with the window rolled down. Yeah, the door actually had a handle on the window. [ask your mom and dad what I’m talking about, they’ll explain it better.]. Anyway. For a few minutes, I was able to shoot the shit with my childhood hero. From the cabin of my camper. A few months later, I was singing on the Grand Ole Opry stage, myself. I thought… this is where the Great Roy Clark sang [My childhood hero for songwriting/ Co-Star of HeeHaw and Studio B]. Along with Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, and many many many more great singers and songwriters. Standing on stage takes a lot of courage, naturally. Because we as songwriters, are singing to the Beast. The people are the beast in mob rule. And it is very intimidating. That’s why we write sweet songs and lullabies to appease the beast. To calm it down. Sometimes, we write sad songs to make us think about our actions. To remind ourselves, (the Beast - en masse) that we are consumers just burning through people. And people are important. Our families, our friends. We are all important. It’s a precious gift that’s not easily taken care of enough to share. The rebels in us says to give ‘em hell if they don’t treat us well. Even if they try. We gotta try. Even if we cry. Feeling something is living. And we must live so we don’t die. That’s what inspires me to write music. 
And let the record show: no matter how you polish it up and make it look pretty, consumerism is disgusting. The way you chew your food with your mouth open. The way you drink your drink and spill it onto others. Rude. The way you don’t tip your server. Ungrateful. You don’t deserve the entitlements you have because you don’t see that we are all connected in this atmosphere. We are the government. We are the beast and you simply do not GAF. 
Well, neither do I, if you want to play that way. IDGAF. 
Or maybe I do. But you’re not worth proving that too. 
Only God is worth proving that too. 
And God is Good. Always. Are you good? How do you know? Are you basing it off your own measure? Or are you basing it off the measure the Consumer market’s measure? Are buying into the lies and manipulation of “self-regulating market”? Or are you basing it on the Bible? 
Understand that the Bible was written over 2000 years ago and we’ve evolved since then. We’ve learned some things that have changed the way we look at things that are not relevant to the Bible. But a lot is still relevant. 
We must know where we’ve been to determine where we are to determine where we’re headed. 

We have a mood, collective. A shared mood. We don’t even realize how impactful we are to each other. We need to be made more aware of that. You can hear it in the music of the times. Best not to buy into the music of corporate world because those songs are potentially outdated and controlled by corporate overlords that want you to think and feel a certain way; with their permission. That’s the mark of the beast. You are branded. You are cattle. You are controlled and corralled. You are told what to think and what to feel. If you are “woke”, you will understand that you cannot buy anything without in the palm of your hand or on your forehead. Doesn’t that sound like a phone and VR?

Awareness is a personal responsibility. To each their own. 🕊️ peace

Vallis Castor - Its Wet Outside, And Its Cold, Yeah, Ya Know... Bullshit! 2023 - 12 - 28 13 38

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