A new beginning

Dear folks, 

welcome to the brand new headquarter and also a new beginning for starfish64. It's been a while and quite some things have changed in the meantime. As mentioned earlier starfish64 as a band is no more. From now on it will be only me (more or less). 

 A blog (really not the latest hot shit) seems to be nice way keep my listeners up to date with developements, ideas and also the stories and thoughts behind my music both old and new. But most of all it is kind of a therapy for myself, i suppose. After 2024, i call it my hospital year, it feels like a big relief having gained back my creative spirit and my music. So i kind of want to reach out with it. 

Earlier this year, i started to think about how proceed with my music. I went through a lot of unfinished songs and sketches and tried to sort out where to go with it. One important decision for me personally is to handle as much as possible by myself in the future. No compromise, no decision to please somebody else, no awkward discussion whether a guitar part here or there helps a song forward or having an instrument more upfront or not. I have had this approach for at least thirty years and it squeezed out some great songs this way, but maybe just as many bummers. 

I am well aware that getting away from it brings up other limitations, most of all my own limitations as a musician. A helping hand here or there will still be necessary, no question. But i will not have to convince myself, to try something else to make a song work, if it doesn't. 

So this is where i started from a couple of weeks ago with few ideas in mind to open another page.  As of now there are at least three tracks at early stages that seem to go well. I will tell you more about it as it developes. 

For now I thank you all for your interest in my music, feel free to leave a note and follow this space. This is most appreciated and makes it all worthwhile. 

Take care, stand up for diversity and peace 

Dieter@starfish64