have i been walking in circles?

im going backwards for inspiration these days. Not surprising i suppose.

The very first time i recorded a "real" record, (why is it that we still call them records when we talk about the studio? we've moved on so much, the 8 track, the tape, the CD, now the Mp3) where was i? oh yes, the first time i recorded a "real" record, i was just out of highschool. Three Way Stop (God rest her soul) my first band was handed a record deal about six months before we graduated, and we jumped in blindly and ignorantly, ditched our crazy guitar player who wanted to go to college instead of living in a van (ole' Blue was her name, God rest her soul as well) and went to Colorado to make it to the big time.
I wrote half the album and Steve (jones) wrote the other half. It was pretty Christian. Not really in a bad way, well maybe a couple times in a bad way. I do remember writing a song that was asking the listener if they knew they were going to Heaven or something close to that. Its pretty embarrassing...

back to writing, i think thats why i started this..
I remember writing two of the songs in Study Hall on the same day, never thinking they would make it onto an album. They both did, and they were pretty solid songs. One of which i keep trying to incorporate into the Autumn In Repair set, but it doesnt look good.

anyway, i've been in a bit of a writers slump for about a year. We wrote a whole bunch of Autumn songs about a year ago, and i have sort of run dry, so my plan is to listen to all the old stuff and see if it triggers anything creatively.
Its not working so much just yet, im more thinking about my life, and we all know where that gets me.
a bottle of Jamo, and a pack of Camels...

i suppose im back where i started, but im not as passionately into making people wonder whether or not they will burn for all eternity with the Prince of Darkness..