Hi Dan, Thanks for your quintessentially Mangan-ish reply to my question. Amusing, insightful, deep without being pedantic. To be transparent, as a hobbyist songwriter, I was fishing for clues by asking you what bait YOU use. Finding lyrics is a grueling process, made harder by the occasional gift from the great whatever - no externalized whatever needed, but for me, the fact we can create anything at all is just a rather obvious consequence of being a tiny piece of an ongoing creative process (aka 'universe'?) with no fixed agenda or locus. It can be so damn hard - but I would guess that the big bang wasn't a picnic either. There's so much that is sleep-disturbing these days, it's hard to filter it down and make it more than an incoherent or maudlin rant or whimper or whine. Which is why I listen to you so avidly - you walk that tightrope between caring and freaking out so dang well. Cheers, from a limited meat-based data scraper.
truly appreciate that david thank you! can confirm there are fluctuating levels of caring and freaking out happening over here.. much love and all the best with the music
Hi Dan, Thanks for your quintessentially Mangan-ish reply to my question. Amusing, insightful, deep without being pedantic. To be transparent, as a hobbyist songwriter, I was fishing for clues by asking you what bait YOU use. Finding lyrics is a grueling process, made harder by the occasional gift from the great whatever - no externalized whatever needed, but for me, the fact we can create anything at all is just a rather obvious consequence of being a tiny piece of an ongoing creative process (aka 'universe'?) with no fixed agenda or locus. It can be so damn hard - but I would guess that the big bang wasn't a picnic either. There's so much that is sleep-disturbing these days, it's hard to filter it down and make it more than an incoherent or maudlin rant or whimper or whine. Which is why I listen to you so avidly - you walk that tightrope between caring and freaking out so dang well. Cheers, from a limited meat-based data scraper.
truly appreciate that david thank you! can confirm there are fluctuating levels of caring and freaking out happening over here.. much love and all the best with the music
Some of your lyrics hit me (many of us) so hard it brings me (us) to tears. Thanks for answering this question I didn't know I wanted answered.
I love all the insight into You Dan. Both the spiritual side and that I never imagined Tom Petty as an influence. I'll have to listen for it more.