Making this put me in a fantastic mood. 10/10 would recommend! I wrote my list on a blog, but you can write your’s on a piece of paper, bathroom mirror, your driveway with jumbo chalk, whatever. You do you!
- Planting plants in things that were never supposed to have plants in them
- Turnin’ all verbs into ___in’s; podcastin’, whippersnappin’, meditatin’, etc.
- Looping a fill and turning it into a groove
- Putting cute decorative things on my instrument
- When people organize books by color
- The parts where I drop out during a gig and just get to listen
- Whiteboards! I really gotta see the shit I’m workin’ on
- I feel statements
- Lighting incense before the gig. One time I saw Eric Harland burning some on his drums. Just stuck them right in the tuning lugs. What a vibe!
- Just calling things ‘vibes’ when I’m not feeling eloquent
- How wall outlets look like little surprised people
- When someone starts talking about a book/show/album they just found and I also just found it and we can fan out together
- That slow energy at the start of a board game before everyone gets into it
- How pretty much everyone can agree Legend of Zelda is dope
- Overusing the phrase “can’t win em’ all”
- Responding nonverbally with a Jim face
- Hearing music as textures
- Poetic songs about everyday stuff
- FOVP: Front of venue parking
- Making my own acronyms
- When something weird and artsy gets super popular
- Using vinyl as functional home decor
- Artisan doughnut shops
- Collective artist spaces
- Live music in unexpected places: bakeries, hat shops, bookstores, etc.
- When folks type a word like they say it: we outchea
- Pull through parking spots
- When I think about someone and then they call me
- Saying “y’all” and occasionally “all y’all”
- Themed coffee shops
- Singing when you saaayyyy-ay-ay-ay thiiiiings
- Workouts that take 10 minutes or less
- The perfect dip and chip combo: original hummus and those little Costco sweet potato crackers… Trust. Me.