Music News - Craig Payne: Getting Back in 2020
17 April 2020 - 0 Comments
The thing about a Covid-19 lock-down is the time you have to think, assess, plan act and the new and creative music that follows is a game changer in a new, stronger and better world.
Yes the Covid-19 pandemic is a tragedy of temporarily insurmountable proportions; but although many hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives may be lost, human nature is such that those of us who come through it will emerge with totally different perspectives and goals to those we had just a short time ago.
New Zealand based musician, Craig Payne, is no different. Just a few months ago he had decided to just write the odd book and not really focus on music again and how that has changed in just three-weeks of 'lock-down'.
His first 'go-to' was to shave his head... "I always wanted to see what was under all that hair and if at all my skull was in any way shape or form symmetrical and oddly enough I felt somewhat refreshed in doing so", Craig said.
The personal discovery that a shaved head is representative of a blank canvas led to some very deep thinking as to what else in his life has now been wound back to a blank canvas and exactly what will fill that newly created void.
With two books down and available in E-PUB / Paperback format globally Craig had to some extent satisfied his curiosity in that regard and definitely has a vastly different attitude towards life, music and where the karmic path will take me on what is proving an inspiring journey.
In one form or another Craig's music career has survived 25-years and through that time frame he has enjoyed making money, particularly when playing live for over a decade from the 80's - 90's and towards the end of that period was one of many who witnessed music venues that used to host 20.000 watt sound and light shows with crowds in the mid to late hundreds slowly be eroded by 'men in suits' who decided literally to bite the hands that fed them, in order to try and make a fast buck with smaller bars that could barely cope with a duo, often with the disastrous mix of sports bar / gaming and TV lounges that put the final nail in the coffin of the many musicians that had done so well previously.
It's almost like the current world situation has provoked a lot of thought amongst musicians and artists and rather than quietly walking towards the light into extinction a new hybrid much wiser and stronger version of some of musicians is emerging with new and innovative ideas that will change the course of the music industry we thought would last forever.
Given the fact that we all have the opportunity to work on our blank canvases without knowing what will grow from this experience Craig feels that the time is finally right to create new and exciting music presented in ways we never thought possible.
Craig has no regrets having pulled the plug on the direction he was taking this year, as in live shows with quite a few risky variables financially, because as has been proven in such a short space of time things change and although it's in most musicians nature to battle on I am sure that the musicians that carry on from this point in history will have a totally fresh and safer approach to how the music business continues.
'Getting Back in 2020' is the most revolutionary and complete transformation possible. Craig has no idea what his hair will look like, as surely as he has no idea exactly what form the new album will take or how it will be promoted, but he is sure he does know that the transformation that has started is already better, stronger and more vibrant than any of his previous work so far.
A lot of complacency grew in 2019 and it was time to stop and smell the roses amongst the thorns in life while taking an honest and creative look at what is compared to what could be.
A new album of 13 songs is a big project, but this time around it's so much easier to get on with writing and recording with no end date in mind but the knowledge that it will be the product of adversity and challenge that can only be mastered in time.
Whether the new album is released under Craig's name or with a band name, for a radically fresh start, is undecided but it is nice that Craig has had the experience of the past 25 years, recent months and weeks to honestly and professionally reach this current destination.
Some initial mixes may be put online in the next few months or may for once keep it in-house until a release date is decided.
Either way stay tuned, sort of and when it's done feel free to buy it... For now stay in the loop @ Craig's Official Website
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