The Forevermore Songwriting Journal of Christopher Louis

This week I play a list of 6 songs from my discography, and 1 cover song. SETLIST: 

1. BACKSTREETS (CL)

2. GLOWIN IN THE DARK (CL)

3. I WAS TOO DRUNK (CL)

4. A FRIEND LIKE JAPHY (CL)

5. BLUE SKIES (CL)

6. GRAVITY (John Mayer)

7. UP ON A CLOUD (CL)

This week I talk about the process required to build an album, and all the things I do to make it work, despite career challenges, personal relationships, and the current pandemic. It goes to show you how hard one has to work to make something for entertainment these days. 

This week I share a recording of various musical ideas that came into existence in the moment. Inspired by Taylor Swifts most recent albums. I hope you enjoy! 

This week I am back, and once again building this podcast. This really is a quick introduction into the podcast and what it is all about. 

I may not be here for a while, probably until the new year. I have some work to do :) 

This week I share my first takes at a new project. Some of my favorite musicians cover and re imagine great music forgotten in the musical landscape. John Mayer did Tom Petty and Eric Clapton, The Beatles did Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, Elvis basically reimagined the American Songbook with Ben Wiesman. 

My intentions are to cover some of the most important songs to me from the past. I am a 60's, 70's and 80's fan like no other I know, and currently Fleetwood Mac's (Stevie Nicks), Landslide, The Band and Neil Youngs Helpless, and John Mayer's Gravity is having a huge impact on my playing style and I hope to record 2 of the 3 of these onto my 3rd album in the Spring. I want to help correct a bit of the amnesia young music fans seem to have these days :) 

I also talk about some guitar work I am working on, and play some original made up tunes. 

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Welcome back to the podcast, this week we go to Part 3 of Diary of A Creator. Through a personal short story, a lesson, and some scientific research on productivity, we create an abstract, yet tactical and open approach to becoming a true artist. This is not about getting dreamy, about getting up into the stratosphere, this is about allowing numbers and real personal evaluation to become a bettrer, truer artist. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do writing, editing, performing and producing it. 

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Another episode of Driving Around. While stuck in traffic I talked about the idea of developing empathetic talent before promotion, and becoming an operator, an idea from Gary Vaynerchuk's podcast. Thank you to Gary for giving me the tools on how to grind...the motivation is all me, but he is a big help. I also spoke about how to manage yourself as people become attached to your projects. 

From there, I attached a new song, called Wonderland, which may be a part of the new EP. 

Enjoy and follow along for more @phormamusic on Instagram. 

Below is the podcast I refrenced from Gary V: 

https://anchor.fm/garyvee/episodes/Being-A-True-Entrepreneur--2019-Interview-with-Yahoo-Finance-ekq4lc/a-a3g210q

Today I welcome back Driving Around. I break down in 2 parts how I am producing music these days. I find myself getting into good habits that I think can be helpful to you if you are trying to build music. 

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Welcome to Strat-y-oakey…a fancy way to say me playing karaoke with my Fender Stratocastor, to lofi hits, and new ideas that I have. I have found lately how much I love lofi musicians, and how much they are helping me generate new ideas. I hope one day to collaborate with one, maybe even Feardog or Normandy :)

The first portion of the podcast features Feardog Music, and the second part is my acoustic ideas of the week, the third part is from Normandy Beach Party. 

Feardog Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8dtAa4BzE&t=6s

Normandy Beach Party:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNqMrTEbcPs

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