Luke Wesley

New York Songwriter’s Circle

luke — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:19:54 +0000

You guys should check this out. I will be playing at the New York Songwriter’s circle:

My CD

luke — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:41:47 +0000

Bob Dylan along with many other great artists through time have said that once they finally released the CD they seldom if ever really listened to it again. I am understanding this right. No matter how much I listen to this thing I am probably never gonna be happy. I just want to finish it completely so I don’t HAVE to listen to it anymore.

You guys, however, get to listen to it all the time. Enjoy. It’s good, I just hate hearing MYSELF.

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Mastoring is done on the CD

luke — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:36:06 +0000

The mastoring is now done on the CD. We are just working on artwork now for the cover. Looking forward to seeing what people think about the CD when it gets put out there.

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Interview with NYC ArtScene:

luke — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:08:28 +0000

Check out this interview with Christina Morelli from NYC Art Scene

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Old Drunk Women

luke — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:02:36 +0000

There is something attractive about an older woman who drinks and cusses and discusses the early days when she saw Dylan or The Temptations at a house party. Not Attractive like, “I would have sex with this lady,” but attractive like, “I would have HAD sex with this lady…when she was my age. Of course, that would have thrown things off because I wouldn’t have been born yet. The math is off…but she’s still cool as hell…

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Rockwood Music Hall w/ Casey Shea

luke — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:43:10 +0000

Playing Rockwood Music Hall with Casey Shea on February 5th. Him at 11. Myself at midnight. Gonna be a great show. You should make it.

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funk

luke — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:58:26 +0000

I have been in an incredible funk for a very long time. One of my longest if not the longest one of my life. It is a weird cycle that I fall into when this happens. I don’t know if anyone has actually paid attention, but I haven’t written a new song in two years. I haven’t updated my webpage in a really long time as well. I am learning things about myself during this time though. I have felt drunk for almost this whole time. My head gets cloudy when I don’t write and I start forgetting everything which makes me appear rather flaky…

I get depressed and feel like everything I write is worthless. That’s a bad place to put yourself. I’m in a good mood today.

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Mastering the CD, Designing the Cover Art

luke — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:48:31 +0000

We are working hard on the CD right now. We wanna have it out by April. Thanks to everyone who keeps coming out to the shows and practicing patience until the CD comes out!

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Sum of my actions…

luke — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:50:29 +0000

You want a reason for how morality exists outside of the standard tradition and ideas of religion? Because what goes around comes around. I don’t mean Karma. I don’t mean that what you do negatively to the universe is going to have to balance itself out. I mean that when you treat people a certain way, it eventually comes back around to you. Sometimes you ruin inroads you could have had. Sometimes you fully traumatize a situation so irreparably that you can’t go back.

I had someone find my blog when they searched for “You can’t step in the same stream Twice.” That phrase wasn’t actually anywhere in the blog entry that they ended up reading, though, which made me laugh a little. Anyway, that phrase is a philosophical thought first posed by a classical philosopher named Hericlitus: it refers to the idea that the water is moving and so even though you may step in the stream bed, you can’t step in the stream itself again.

That makes me wonder about stepping into old relationships. Allow me to give you a hypothetical example:

Hypothetically, I’m in love with a girl and have been for a long time. Hypothetically, this is someone that I already destroyed an even longer time ago. Hypothetically, I know I’m in love because I over-analyze everything and came to realize that she was a litmus test I’d been using against other girls. Hypothetically, she’s been to hell and back in relationships since then. Hypothetically, sometimes I’m very worried that given a second chance, this whole thing would blow up in my face this time.

Hypothetical enough? Good. My point being I can step into that relationship again, but the girl that was in love with me so long ago may have already moved down the river. Maybe she just doesn’t know it.

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Howard Hughes

luke — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:01:26 +0000

I understand this guy. Here’s a man that recognizes how the world turns. I don’t mean the actual revolutions of this giant rock, but the day to day shit that we have to deal with. I have said for a long time that I am going to have to live in a big city or an hour from civilization, up in the mountains where my closest neighbor is miles away. With every day that passes, I’d rather be up in the mountains. I still like the city just fine. But everyday I feel little bit more like not wanting to be around people. Too much to worry about. Too much to screw up. Too much to want.

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