Once again, or better said, always, times goes by: I look back and see that it’s been again months since I posted anything here, months since I actually sat dow and worked on a song. I discover with awe that I’m only picking the guitar up to rehearse and that it’s been some time since a couple of chords were struck at home. And the case being that music is always with me, that I go crazy without it. But I realise that I love to sharpen the knife but I really seldom stab it. Mi head boils but the pieces of paper remain blank. I have to do more. And that’s it.

Leaving this pseudophilosophical wail, there is something that I’ve been thinking but not really talked about with friends and that I’ll just throw here – the digital revolution liberated us form the physical hardware, form tapes, cds, dvds and so. Or it is doing it. But how does affect this our way of listeningt to music? I’m not talking about the excess of information that’s killing us, or of the fact that you did burn a cd o made a tape for someone and now you get full discographies. I’m also not talking about buying a record and look at the booklet and read the lyrics (tough that isn’t happening much either).

I have the sensation that music has become mobile. I’ll try to explain because it may be only my impression and it is directly related to the way I hear music – each time that I’m walking. Each time that I’m MOVING. In a train, in a car, in the bicycle. Music has always been mi travel companion in a very strict sense – it is the landscape that paints the the city in which I move. Since I had a walkman, discman or ipod music has been going around with me, it is caught in its very essence, which is movement, a coming and going wothout pause which leaves only silence in the brief moments between songs. I never listen to music at hime, when I do it becomes like a tapestry, like some decoration, not different from the painting beside the bookshelf. If I want to listen to a record in detail (actually I’m doing that much less, I always was a song-guy), I do it with earphones. And if I can, preferably in the streets, taking a walk. Am I crazy or does this happen to anyone else?

An yes, there is a new song. It was time. And I love it. A discharge of 2:30 minutes. Hope you like it:

Broken display by J. Krawietz Goes Electro!

And one last thing – that Tarkowski is one of the greatest can not be discussed. His films are unique and are demanding, and that has granted him the antipathy of some and the fascination of others. While I was re-reading his essay book Sculpting in Time (funny enough, the german translation I have is called “The Sealed Time”. I wonder how it is really called in russian), I had the surprise of finding a link in the wall of Mr. Pozo’s facebook profile that took me to a collection of Tarkowskis poladroids, which he took his entire life. I copy you some of them here, and you may also click here to be redirected to the page and look for your favourite. I love his way of looking at things.

What can I say – I try hard to keep going on, but sometimes life just decides to go a path of its own. It is like songwriting: you may have a very precise idea of what you’re looking for, but once you start working you never know where you’ll land. It is something that has fascinated me for ages.

Does it happen to anyone else?

I, for my part, may have written a bass line or a solo, but when I press record, in the minimal fractions of seconds where I actually have to start playing what I had written previously, somethings clicks and I play something completely different, I let go and something that is much better (or much worse) comes out.

Something like that happens in all aspects of my life. Decision making is for me not such a complicated task – it usually takes place quite fast, but that decision may be almost inmediately changed depending on the situation.

Anyway I decided to post here very recently and try at least to write a song each weekend – of course it has turned out to be another way. I am working SOO much (TwinKomplex rules!) that I really just don’t find the time to do anything else. What the hell, I even dream about working! But here are my last efforts. I think that it sounds pretty decent, I am happy with the sound of it and with the lyrics. Always open for comments and happy about recieving them, so if you want to say something, just mail me, or go to Facebook, Twitter or Soundcloud.

Why or why not by J. Krawietz Goes Electro!

And another thing – I’ve been a fan from Jon Rafman for ages, since I stumbled upon him on the internet. His website 9-eyes is a fantastic collection of weird and nice pictures found on Google Street View. The world may be getting smaller, there may be almost no place to hide or get lost. But it is still full of surprises. Take a look at the website and you’ll see. Here a foretaste:

See you around!