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Mistaken Identity

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I stopped off to do some quick grocery shopping after work today and while I was checking out my food, an employee came up to me and said, “excuse me, sir, but weren’t you banned from this store?”

My first thought was, “is this a joke?” I soon realized he was serious and I said, “uh, no.”

He then replied, “are you sure?”

I was amazed by this question and I answered, “yeah, I don’t know what I could’ve possibly done to get banned from here. I’m pretty sure I’d remember that. I shop here all the time and nobody’s ever given me reason to think I wasn’t welcome here.”

Before he left he said it might be a case of mistaken identity and that someone in a black hat was pointed out to him and he saw me, thinking I was the man in question.

I was quite taken aback by this incident, the clerk said nothing as she checked out my groceries for me. As I gathered my food and got ready to leave, the same guy who questioned me came back and apologized, saying it was the wrong type of hat. I said, “okay,” then I left.

As I made my way out to my car a few questions came to mind: 1) who saw me and thought I could be someone who was banned from the store? 2) what would someone even have to do to actually get banned from Overwaitea? 3) what kind of a system do they have in place where the description of someone they’ve banned is simply “someone in a black hat?”

One final question. I just bought this hat before I went in the grocery store:

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Should I return it?

Also, next time to see some random guy in a black hat, tell him to behave himself in public from now on so that I don’t have to be questioned on his behalf.

Music Update #2

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I got caught up with my first 2 songs and tonight I finished song #3 entitled Dancing Plague. I went a different route this time around, I had a couple of pre-written songs that I was thinking of recording next, but then I came up with a new melody. I wanted to record it while it was fresh in my mind so this is the first truly new song that I’ve recorded for this album.

I start working on song #4 tomorrow, as of yet I don’t know which one I’m going to start recording. I have 3 pre-written songs to choose from, ones that are similar in tone to the first 3, it’s just a matter of picking one.

I have to say I’m really enjoying working like this. I really hate deadlines and trying to stick to schedules, especially with creative projects, but it really seems to be working for me. I find myself rushing a little on Saturdays to finish up the song I’m working on that week, but it forces me to get it done.

One persistent problem is finding time but I’ve got a bit of a rhythm going right now. Usually on Sundays I start by transcribing the main melody of the song. That usually takes me a while, then at some point during the week I find some time to record the melody. I play around with it, write down any ideas that come to mind for next time I edit, then on Saturday I experiment some more, set my final arrangement, then record it.

As I mentioned before, I probably have 30-40 melodies already written. I’m not sure if I’ll be adding many new ones but if I suddenly get inspired I’ll be sure to get an entirely new song down right away.

I sort of had a song order in mind as I was recording, but as I’ve finished each song they show up in alphabetical order and it sounds good when all three are played in succession. We’ll see how the next few songs go before I start thinking about the order that they’ll appear in on the album. After the next few songs, I’ll be recording songs that have a different feel.