The real Daytrippers

Facing Dragons

I've been thinking a lot about dragons, and how they appear in so many separate cultures, like a common dream for early humanity. What is it about dragons, anyway?

My song "Facing Dragons" uses dragons as a metaphor for the difficulties and dangers of modern life. Are dragons just for slaying?

They represent fancy. Many ancient cultures fancied them, though no one would fancy meeting one. Just to imagine them is enough.

Perhaps they represent tests, like men are tested by war, to see if they measure up.

Maybe if I wasn't born in the year of the dragon, none of this would catch my fancy, fantasy, whatever.

Jim

man, I love this

On Sunday I had a fantastic time hosting my friends who play cello and violin. They added their magic to 4 of my new songs, and I'm over the moon about it. I haven't really had time to sort it out properly, but here are some samples:

http://homepage.mac.com/jimsmart1/FileSharing43.html

I feel so honored that talented people like Kevin and Martha would give their time to play on my songs. The samples you hear also have a friend called David Tam on keyboards from a previous weekend. I'm thrilled with the results and can't wait to dig in there and weave their work into my efforts. Gotta get to it right now!

Jim