Posting the Backlog

I'm going through the 'ol catalog today and posting a lot of songs that were written a while back. Some of these were written over 6 years ago, around when I was 12 or 13. Most of the one's I wrote back then are junk but I think a few of them are pretty good, so I'm going to post as many of those as I can today. I might even post some of the crappy ones so you can see if I've grown at all over the years. I think I have, a lot, but let's see what you think about it. If you haven't caught on to how I do things around here, I've got two fairly distinct sets of writing. Some of my stuff, mostly the songs written when I was younger, fall under the praise category that is so popular today. I put these under the title, Straightway. That name comes from when Jesus called His disciples to drop everything and follow him, the Bible says they went 'straightway'. I don't think any of these songs contain my greatest lyrical moments, but they serve a purpose. Most of these were written before I developed my now cynical view of popular Christian music. But that's for a whole 'nother discussion. The more personal set of songs, which often dwelve into spiritual topics also, go under the title Comet HV. Over the years I've come up with stupid little reasons as to why this is a cool band name, but the true story of how the name came about is much less thrilling. One day my dad came home with an old riding lawn mower he'd bought at a garage sale for $10, it was a Snapper Comet HV. Musically these songs are often much more aggresive and advanced than the ones for Straightway and I generally am closer to this project. Maybe at another time I'll talk about the great shift that occured in my musical philosophy and output about 2 years ago. There's another title I use when posting songs on this blog, "S.I.P" or song in progress. These are usually songs I've had in my head for a little while and often this is the only place I've written them out. You'll notice that most of the newer ones are more Comet HV than Straightway, that's just what I've been putting out lately. Enjoy these! And please leave any comments you may have.


Later... Jon