I've been having one case of writer's block like you wouldn't believe. I'm almost positive it's all anxiety, more so than me actually not having anything to say/write. I'm at the point right now in the album where I'm actually happy with everything I have. I'm like 2 songs away from being done with this and that scares me shitless because if you been following the blogs and the progress of the album you'll know that I've been at this point about 4 different times. Every time I'm down to about 3 or 4 songs left on the album, instead of finishing them, I wind up scrapping everything and decide to start all over again. So I'm really committed this time around to not let that happen again and things are a bit different as well. There's a bit of support team here that's been giving me the extra push to drop this, plus this one of the few times where other people have helped contribute to the overall project--So for me to cop out now and bail on the album would be a bitch move indeed. All in all I'm shooting for May, don't hold me to it but I'm really hopeful about it being ready by then. In the meantime, you can enjoy the instrumental EP I'm dropping on Tuesday "Jacobo Beats Off". Who knows, maybe you can get an idea of what "My Mom Thinks I'm Cool" might sound like since the tracks on the EP are beats that got cut from the album.
As far me dropping the ball, well that's been pretty evident if you just look at my blogging frequency as of late. So to remedy that let's do one of the promised topics riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighttttttttttttttttttttttttt NOW.
You ever notice how some of your favorite TV shows, just change premise one day? Like the show is still good or entertaining but it's just not the same show it originally was? Someone is probably gonna chime in right now and tell me that's "Jumping The Shark" and this is where I jump in and say "Uhh, NO".
Jumping the Shark is the moment when a TV show starts to go downhill and is not as good as it once was before. What I'm talking about is when a TV shows' premise changes midway through the series. The quality of the show remains the same but the premise has changed.
I present to you Exhibit A
Do you remember during the first 4 seasons when this show was actually about family matters? The show dealed with Racism, gangs, dating, relationships, losing loved ones and you had Urkel as your comic relief to balance out these heavy issues.
Then something happened.....
Does anyone remember, Stephan? How about Urkel and Carl fighting bad guys as Bruce Lee twins? Maybe you remember the episode where Steve built teleportation pads and the whole family took a vacation to Paris? Or when Steve cloned himself and Stephan became a real person, the Urkel Bot, Urkel Elvis, Urkel Einstein, Urkel in space, Urkel can read your mind, etc...
The show was still entertaining, but the premise had changed. So feel free to drop any examples you might have and we can discuss and reminisce.
Sincerely, Jacobo
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