How does one describe a dream? Such is my dilemma trying to write about this Making Friendz record, Social Life. Leading lady Friend Tami Hart and I were roommates and best girlfriends for the larger part of the time this thing has been a thing. Her onetime bandmate and my current Little Victory co-conspirator Daniel Erickson has been my best friend and occasional musical partner for years. They are no longer together as a duo, although he is featured on this record, and as someone who is so close to both of them I'm finding it difficult to express myself in regard to this thing that they created.
This is the is the sound of two people I love as much as anything coming together and coming apart. Listening to it, I am gripped by a tension I wasn't quite prepared for. Every beat and melody is a memory, every note a reminder of a time in my life both magical and awkward. I remember being at so many shows watching the two of them performing these songs and seeing the crowd loving them so much. This was before I had a band of my own and I wished I could trade places with them, live inside these songs and trade energies with a room as easily as they seemed to. Maybe it wasn't as easy as it looked. For whatever reason (it's their story to tell or not tell) Making Friendz is now Tami's alone.
Dreams are a private phenomenon that can only be experienced by human beings individually. One can rarely remember them completely much less fully describe their magic or their mayhem to others. I feel very close to this record and though I had nothing to do with its creation, very proud as well. I'm glad to have it as a memento, a monument in some ways, to such an important time in my life. Articulating a particular place in my heart, it is a testament to the powers of the people I surround myself with. I wish I could bring all of you inside my head to hear it the way I do. It is beautiful and exciting and a little bit sad, just as it should be. It reminds me that finding the truth is never as important as looking for it.
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