Songs in the Raw - Week #2 - 2009

"Numb and Number"...that's basically how I feel these days when I tune into the world's issues. I mean, can anything else actually go wrong. HEY....I'm trying to raise a family here!!! If you dont feel like reading any more, just give a listen at SONGS IN THE RAW.

The Middle East...financial markets...unemployment....SAINTS going 8-8 with world class talent. What else can possibly happen?

I think that we have become less and less connected to what it is to be a human! Everyone is so fixated on making sure that they're RIGHT!!! Who f*#cking cares if you're right, if you're dead! This is mine...that is yours...I want yours and you cant have mine...I'm not rich enough...you're too rich...your TV is bigger than mine..it's too cold...it's too hot...my job's not good enough....you're lucky to have yours!! I mean, what the f*#ck is going on? Neighbors are killing each other and blaming it on god. I am dumbfounded! No, I am numbfounded and getting numbfoundeder.

I only rant here on the blog. My song "Numb and Number" is a little more luke warm than that. I dont want to scare anyone. I am just writing a song to help get it out of my system. These days, I need to get the song done and loaded on to SONGS IN THE RAW, before I can get on to another song.

Seriously though....what the hell is going on? I don't have a clue!!!!!

Here are a few more links for your Jon Roniger needs;

Jon
Jon Roniger Website
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Jon Roniger Digital Rodeo
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First song of 2009

I'm back in action after a few weeks off. Family, travel and general Holiday madness took me away from writing for a little while. It feels good to be back in the game. I certainly hope that everyone had a great New Years and arrived safe and sound in 2009.

I posted a new song on Songs in the Raw - Myspace called "Slip Up PHD". It's about making mistakes. I have made plenty of them. The phrase "you learn from your mistakes" came to mind. I am not really sure if I have learned from all my mistakes. I'm pretty sure that I have learned from some of them, but I also feel like we make the same mistakes over and over again. Sort of the human condition. However, if I was to learn from my mistakes, then I should be the smartest person in the world! Maybe I'd be a PHD....a slip up PHD!!

I also put a demo'd version of "Quickie Mart Rodeo" up on Songs in the Raw - Myspace for you guys. It came out really cool and I'm pretty happy with it. It also kind of fits the Songs in the Raw theme. We did it in one take and feels like a band vibe.

It's good to be back in the writing world again and I look forward to giving you guys some cool material to chew on!!

Here are some more links for you guys to eat up;
Jon Roniger Website
Jon Roniger Myspace
Jon Roniger Digital Rodeo
Jon Roniger Reverbnation
Songs in the Raw

All the best,
Jon