Me & My Music

HEY EVERYONE! HOPE ALL IS WELL. BEFORE I CONTINUE WRITING I HAVE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE I HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE SONGS I HAVE ON WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JACKSTEVENSROCKS IT HAS BEEN VERY HUMBLING AND I WILL KEEP ON WORKING SO I GET YOUR FAVS ON THE NEW CD!

NOW. MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT MY SONGS AND MY SONGWRITING. WELL..MY SONGS ARE BASED ON A FEW THINGS. WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND ME, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME AND WHAT'S MY MOOD. A LOT OF SONGS, SUCH AS "AMY" "OVERLOAD" AND "AT LEAST I KNOW" ARE BASED ON VERY REAL THINGS AND SITUATIONS WHICH I WILL GET INTO EACH SONG INDIVIDUALLY AS I CONTINUE MY BLOGS. SONGS LIKE "BORROWED TIME" IS ALSO VERY PERSONAL BUT MORE OF A DEDICATION OF SORTS. "THE WHEEL" AND "DESTRUCTION" ARE WAKE UP STAND UP KIND OF SONGS..AND THEN THERE IS THE TONGUE IN CHEEK SONGS, "XXX" "SMILES OF LUST" BUT ALSO BASED ON WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD THAT I FIND VERY HUMOROUS. LOVE TO LAUGH! AND THEN SOME OF MY SONGS CAN GET TRICKY LIKE "SO VERY HARD" THE TITLE IS MISLEADING..BUT IT IS A SONG ABOUT BEING VERY HARD TO PLEASE AND UNDERSTAND!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT MY SONGWRITING PROCESS DOES NOT TAKE LONG AT ALL. I USUALLY WAKE UP OR I MAYBE DRIVING,ETC... AND A WHOLE SONG JUST COMES TO ME IN MY HEAD. THE LYRICS AND ALL. I'LL GET TOGETHER WITH ONE OF MY GREAT FRIENDS AND EXTREMELY TALENTED MUSICIANS AND CO-WRITERS LIKE MIKE THOMPSON OR MIKE CURRIN (BOTH OF THEM R WHO I WROTE ALL MY SONGS WITH AND ARE FORMER TOURING AND GROUP MEMBERS OF MINE), I WILL SING THE MELODIES AND THE LYRICS AND THEN THEY START PLAYING..USUALLY AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR. THEN WE GET THE OTHER MUSICIANS TOGETHER AND VOILA..NEW SONG..DONE! I WILL GET MORE INTO THE HISTORY AND MY BIO IN THE NEXT BLOG. I JUST WANTED TO ANSWER ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SO KINDLY ASKED ME ABOUT MY SONGS AND MY SONGWRITING.

WELL..I THINK THIS BLOG IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN INTENDED AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. I WILL TRY AND ANSWER THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT..HOPE TO HAVE THE NEW CD OUT BY THE 1ST OF THE YEAR AND BE TOURING SHORTLY THERE AFTER! UNTIL THE NEXT TIME! ROCK ON.

JACK STEVENS