singer/songwriter - (02/02/09)

lately i've been on this girl singer/songwriter kick. i think as i've developed as a musician, i've grown to like stuff i relate to more. i can't really relate to the chick bands cause i don't really play with anyone. it's usually just me and my guitar or my piano. so i've grown to like band that are like that. gregory and the hawk, holly brook. and i like bands like that cause they're honest. and i know what they mean. when the girl in gregory and the hawk sings "i guess it doesn't matter what i am or pretend to be, cause it's her you'll always love and her i'll always envy...i swear i'm gonna cry, i'm sick of trying to be tough," i know what she means. she describes my feelings perfectly sometimes. "just leave me your stardust to remember you by." i like artists whose shoes i can walk in while they sing. yes, guy singers are amazing. i love to listen when they sing and play, but there's a different kind of connection when you really mean the words you sing. you don't have to interpret them for you. they're already translated into girl. broken-hearted girl. "cause no one listens when you wanna be heard." that's me. i mean, i love bands like dashboard confessional. buy they can only get so close to your heart when you can't directly sing them. you just have to imagine this invisible guy you don't know singing it to you. it's so different when you can sing the songs yourself and mean them. it's as close as i'm getting to writing my own songs for now.