I think that February has been a month that has reminded me how much I love music. I’ve always really loved music, whether I am listening to it or playing music, I just love to be immersed in it. Over the last couple of years though, I feel like my love for music has dwindled down. I wasn’t listening to as much music or playing guitar that much and because of Covid, I haven’t been to shows in two years. But like I said February has made music feel so different and vibrant the way that it was before.
I think the first thing that really made it stand out to me was when I went to a show with a friend near the beginning of the month. It was the first heavy band that I had seen since the pandemic started. I was able to go with one of my close friends from high school. Being able to catch up with him and to listen to a band that we really enjoyed was so great and felt so good to catch up with him in that way.
The other thing was that Brendan and I have talked about making some music together. We haven’t really started on anything with it, but I think that it will be a fun project for us to work on and give us both a creative and musical outlet that maybe we don’t get to use as much.
Finally, I’ve been writing a lot of music on my own. I work on writing lyrics everyday and play guitar when I can. February has been a really good month to reconnect me with a passion that had started to flicker out. I feel invigorated to write as music as I can in the coming months.
-Dyl