As many people know, I am a story teller. More specifically, I'm an actor/director/filmmaker/writer/photographer, but I tell stories through those mediums. That's why I decided to write a folk song; folk music is the music of storytellers passing down stories to their families and communities. Well to my delight, after plenty of reading in the Bob Dylan biography, I've come to learn that Bob Dylan was also a big storyteller, and I'm not talking about just his music. First of all, Bob Dylan had a fascination with fabricating his backstory. In college he would tell his friends about secretly being a rock and roll piano player named Bobby Vee, who would disappear occasionally for gigs. He would also spin tales of where he came from and how he was raised. He told some people that he was orphaned and grew up on a carnival. He would also like to entertain his friends with big elaborate stories, which to me explains why his music is so great; he knows how to tell a really good story.
Now that I've conquered my writer's block (for now), the writing has been going a lot smoother. I'm still behind in terms of my schedule, but I'm confident I can finish the song (lyrics and melody) next week, and can then use the last week for recording and editing a simple music video. Though I don't think the song will be as good as anything by Bob Dylan, I sure hope that I can at least entertain some folks with a nice song and a good story.
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