Kerry Wentworth's Musical Adventures

Today I never slowed my walk

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:05:45 GMT

OK, so this was actually written by my friend Mikhail and it's only the first part of this amazing song (I highly recommend going to one of his shows, check him out, Shimmergloom (www.myspace.com/shimmergloomproject). This is exactly what I felt today, and there was no other way of explaining it.

Today I took her picture down
And hid it in a small red box.
It turns out the chains to which I was bound
Were self-imposed, they had no locks.
They weren't tied.
They weren't fastened.
I simply shrugged and they fell off.

And oblivious to pain
I changed today.
Today I never slowed my walk.
And seven days from Sunday,
A week a month and one day from now
Today will feel like yesterday,
And from now until next May
It's going to feel like yesterday.

~~~~~

Kerry
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com
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Rebuild

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:43:38 GMT

Back to square one
Should have known better
Got to stop building it up
Just to watch it fall

And all I have is this corner stone in hand
it's stronger and dependable
Because when everything is washed away with the sand
It stays to help me rebuild again

Back to the beginning
and the map is gone
Blueprints washed away
in the height of the storm

Back to where I need to be
a clean slate
No expectations
To live up to anymore

And all I have is this corner stone in hand
it's stronger and dependable
Because when everything is washed away with the sand
It stays to help me rebuild again

And here I am my cornerstone in hand
Ready to rebuild again

~~~~~

Kerry
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

"'Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?' he asked. 'Begin at the beginning...'

Kerry Wentworth — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:37:40 GMT

To a time when everything is left behind
to this place where I can't seem to find
Any reason to stay
Walking swiftly into the deep sunset
Tomorrow will be a new day

I can't help the past but the future I see
can be anything, be where I want to be
any place but here
I go crawling quietly into the dawn
The rays are slowly showing now

Bust forth the sun warmth on my face
This against I don't want to brace
for anything
Experience every particle as it soaks in
As my smile triggers a beginning

~~~~~

Kerry
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com
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Grab you a cup!

Kerry Wentworth — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:38:44 GMT

Hey Everybody!

Great stuff last night at Method and the new group I'm playing with, Cup O' Jo! I can't wait until I have some audio or video to put up of the new group. They really are such great musicians. We're playing there again on October 16th around 7:30pm for those in the Emory area. I'm also opening for Nadirah Shakoor (http://www.myspace.com/NadirahShakoor) at the end of November. She's on break from touring with Jimmy Buffet. I'll have tickets available for sale very soon! Other than that, not too much going on other than writing and getting the word out. I'll write again soon!

Kerry
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

Summer Shade!

Kerry Wentworth — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:00:46 GMT

Just wanted to write and thank everyone who came out on Sunday to the Summer Shade Festival. I should have pictures and maybe even some video up very soon of the performance. I have been working on another song as well and hopefully will start playing it out very soon!!! I will be playing at Rev tomorrow night and hopefully I'll see some of you out there, we have several very good artists that are out there almost every Wednesday. While it's masked under the name of Open Mic, it's really just a bunch of local artist getting together to jam for a few hours... Fun times! OK, I'll write more later, until then, keep rockin’!

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

Movin' on up!

Kerry Wentworth — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:03:08 GMT

So hi everybody! I know it's been a few, but I've been super busy! I just moved into my own place and have officially set up a small studio. I'm still unpacking and all, but it's getting there. I'm really excited about Sunday at the Summer Shade Festival. 12:00 sharp at the Artist Market Stage in Grant Park. I'd love to see everyone out there! Also, just as a reminder, you can now download any of my songs from No Shoes Required at I-tunes and TuneCore. Also go and check out my new songs on Youtube.com and add me as your friend!!!! OK, back to the day job; hope to see some of you Sunday!

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

On the road to where...

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:14:22 GMT

This feeling I get when you're in my room
This everything that has nothing to do
With you or me
With the present
You see only what I want you to see
I hear only words you speak
No action
Nothing that comes close to the real thing
I can't wait or maybe contemplate a time
Where it's just you and I
Again
On the road to where?
Is there a sign to tell us how many more times
we have to go through
these old towns
dusty with different names and numbers
but the faces are always the same
I just want to breath
close my eyes to the fading moonlight
and open to the newness of the coming day
I can't help the seriousness in the voices on my head
they hear the clocks just as loudly as you can
So here I am
Waiting
I just need you to do this with me
This first step
in sync, beside me
not behind and not ahead

~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:04 GMT

You shouldn’t affect me like this
Your lease on my soul
It ran out long ago
And yet I’m still here
Holding together pieces of me
They keep dropping
Back to the floor of my reality
There shouldn’t be any feeling
When I hear that voice
No unsaid words to detect
Yet the hold back I can smell
Like a predator it’s game
But there’s no hunting party tonight
Although my mind growls with hunger
My hands slightly shake
Like a craving unmet
Withdraw starting yet again
Because of a small taste of freedom
From these self made bounds
Weaved from guilt and pride
They keep me on the ground now
Latched to limits and contradiction
It’s no way to live
And yet the light I seek has not been met
On this dark end road I stumble

~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

Whimsical

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:04:21 GMT

I look at your eyes while you look at mine
never looking at each other, just posing in time
That wind tussled hair on a beach in Maine
I could walk it now, but it's not the same
but it's probably best if we just forget
walk away while there is getting to get
my hand lingers for a while, memories all mine
will you look back, maybe take it as a sign
draw yourself close to read the words
is it what I'm reading or what you've heard
strangers, lovers, strangely loving on another
My own thoughts spread thin, barely enough cover
One passage leading on through the spectrum of truth
would skipping around it this time be some kid of abuse
I could tiptoe by and close my eyes
Pretend that this made up world was fine
And we could smile at each other, know what love is for
Drink deep in our own souls, if only for a while

~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. ~Morris Fishbein

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:27:35 GMT

So now that I'm back from vacation... I thought I'd catch everyone up on what's going on. So Columbus was a blast. Granted I went a little too trigger happy on the equipment reduction, but I don't mind playing a true acoustic set...

Other than that, I have a new song, which I'm super excited about and I've added an older, revamped song back into the rotation. Both songs are coming together very well. It also puts my playing time for originals at 2 plus hours. As some of you may know, I'm hopefully headed back into the studio to start recording a second CD in the next few months. I am 8 songs strong and have been writing like a madwoman, so hopefully I'll have a few more songs to add to that very soon.

I want to remind everyone again about the Rev showcase on August 9th at 7:30pm. It will be all the "regulars" from Wednesday night and a few friends coming to play with us. There will be free food and beverage (feel free to bring your favorite brown bagged beverage). I'll be at Rev on Wednesday, if anyone wants to stop by and hang out. More information to come because, hey I just got back from vacation!!!!! My mind is still not quite all caught up.... haha!

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com
http://adventures.kerrywentworth.com

Oh! I forgot to mention:

Some really good news!!! I'm now on I-tunes! Also, my presskits are officially here and ready for circulation! You can also look me up on Youtube and check out some of my newer performances including my new song (and maybe title track for the upcoming album) Move On.

REV Coffee Acoustic Sunset

Kerry Wentworth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:34:15 GMT

So last night was pretty cool. We did an Acoustic Sunset unplugged show at Rev. All the regulars showed up and we all really had a blast. I kind of hate labeling our Wednesday night jam sessions as "Open Mic" because it's really nothing like any open mic around. We are really open to all types of music, we're all very friendly, and the actual set up for the night is laid back. The night usually ends with an all out jam session with more people with instruments in their hands than people without. For me, playing my originals and having people just come up and start playing along and harmonizing with me... it's really something. I can be in the worst mood ever, show up and by the end of the night, I'm all smiles. To me, Rev is its own community which I'm so happy to be apart of. The most eclectic and amazing people come out of the woodwork of Atlanta and show up at this little place. I truly feel like a better person for having met such a variety of people, all with their own contributions to our little community. As a side note, we are having a Rev Party on Saturday, August 9th. I'll list more details as we draw closer to the date. Also remember to support Shay by running by and taking advantage of good coffee, yummy food, and a great atmosphere that is Rev. Hope to see ya'll soon!

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

Painting outside the lines...

Kerry Wentworth — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:05:42 GMT

I think my biggest problem life in general is the fact that we all truly live in our own little bubble. The world is perfect and everyone in it is either good or bad depending on what little information seeps through that soapy film of reality. Not that we don't sensor and revamp our own worlds to look perfect to certain people, all the while sheltering them for those who might have seen the darker side that is now illuminated with pretty little abstracts of reality. A bend here, some extra color over here... sometimes looks more like a cheap knock off of a Van Gogh than anything. Yet we all do it. We leave out the bigger picture... usually we just give a sampling... more like a game of mystery picture, but no one realizes they are playing . Even when we are leaving a massive collaboration that was a life behind to start a new one... There is always that picture back there somewhere... even if it's picked apart enough to make it completely unrecognizable. Perhaps the hope is that it will fade and take a new shape that is agreed upon by the makers. The footprints are the things to watch out for.... making sure your new canvas doesn't have strong impressions from the last. If one starts building around those footsteps instead of building from the whiteness of innocence, the canvas tends to fade faster than expected, but just slow enough to take you by surprise. So where does that leave us? Still with our own little worlds, with the ozone of soap and the starry canvas we have to share... meandering to and from different corners of the universe with our little paintbrushes, just waiting to add our own color.

Kerry Wentworth
www.kerrywentworth.com

On my mind...

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:52 GMT

This long hard journey
Don't want to see the end
but perhaps a little downward tilt
to bring it back again
A summit with some
easy going leveled plains
say that I'll be smiling
just down the lane
looking through a telescope
waving back at me
melancholy in those eyes
still visible from this step
can't you come and walk beside me
no parting ways just yet
walking shoe with a worn soul
count the miles outright
do i need another pair
to help me reach the light
out side the trees
this rock filled night
calling back and forward still
nothing from the left or right
yearn for freedom
yearn for something
yearn for everything I pray
no clouds
just the ground
the sweet red Georgia clay

~~~

Kerry Wentworth
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

I had tried singing once and they threw tomatoes so after the show I had a nice salad. ~Hedwig

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:24:31 GMT

Hello all!

I have been contemplating writing this all weekend and have just now gotten the time to sit down. You know there have been a few people in my life that I have met where I have looked at them and thought... wow, you have what it takes. You know the people I'm talking about, they are the people that you would find in 30 years and slap if they weren't still playing. The ones with the right timing could become someone in the music business that people envy. I think back to the amazing musicians I started out with in high school. One in particular was a guy named Bobby who played the base. Out of all the musicians that I played with (and believe me, they were all genius when it came to their instruments), Bobby was not only talented but he also had drive and ambition. He wanted to make music his full time job, not just something he had on the side. He really inspired me. I'm not sure how it all turned out, but like me, I'm pretty sure his eyes are still set on that goal. I keep my ear out for him where ever I go and would never bat an eye if I ever saw him playing on stage in front of thousands.

I've met my fair share of people like this in the last 15 years, but two of them have recently brushed by me. One is a guy who has come out to Rev's open mic a few times and other is a guy I met in Athens this weekend. Great talent, but even more, they both have those same drives... that look in their eye that sets them apart. You can tell that they are looking ahead and realize that with a little hard work and luck, there is that place there for them in the grand scheme of the esteemed world of music. That there is more out there and that the dream of being a full time musician is in reach if we can just grab that wishing star and hold on for dear life. The energy from a dream being realized slowly radiates from their whole being.

I hope it radiates from me too. I always have those moments of doubt, I think everyone does, where I question my own sanity... especially when I lug those 80 pound speakers around and play to that audience of 1 or 2... But I always ask myself "What would Hedwig do?" Comforted, I smile, get a better grip and move forward.

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

I may walk,
I may fall,
but I will never stop dancing.

"In summer, the song sings itself." ~William Carlos Willams

Kerry Wentworth — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:54:44 GMT

So the last 2 weeks have been very exciting musically for me!!! I'll start out with last weekend where I started out playing at Champps on Saturday night. Now while the Ultimate Fighting Championship game was on, we (Days Unchained and myself) did get to play in-between rounds and then after. I think it was a really good set and look forward to playing it again. The following Sunday was the AIF Music Festival where I played with some of Atlanta's finest locals. We had a pretty good crowd come out and wonderful music was heard by all.

This past week my sisters and I have been performing for a conference in Columbus. We did performances with both the piano and guitar. The guitar with the three of us singing was actually a first and I think it went exceptionally well. We performed I will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie as a trio, which I will eventually have to get down on audio because it really is something worth hearing. It gives a completely different take on the song as we really made it our own.

I do have some bad news. The gigs at Trilogy have now officially been canceled for the summer. The establishment nor Acoustipalooza are neither one at fault, it was simply a difference in musical taste. Keith is working diligently to make up for the lost sets by talking to several other establishments around town. Hopefully you will see more of Acoustipalooza out in the coming months.

For right now, we will be at Champps every Saturday night. The drink specials are incredible... rivals that of places such as Athens on a weekday... no joke.

I will keep everyone updated as more shows are added. We also will have recent video add soon and hopefully a picture gallery. Anyone with pictures from any of the gigs, feel free to e-mail them to me and I'll be happy to post them up.

Alright my people, until then....

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

I am a Picasso

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:21:25 GMT

Did this come out of me?
I see the disregarded afterthought glaring on the paper before my eyes
Deny... deny...
The whispering in my ear is almost deafening
Should I shred those little words into little pieces
Or put it on display for all to see
Pass it off as a masterpiece of my own making
Knowledgeable and all knowing
A great progressive thinker in the area
When just by fluke it seeped out of my lips
In the ink so hastily scratched
Barely legible
Barely anything
Barely, in the most crude and outright display
of a full frontal assault by my soul
Hidden most of the time in a quiet corner
Letting my mind do most of the talking
Could this have come out of me?
Accepting, contemplating, waiting
Perhaps the answer will come
This ingenious spark quietly folded instead
placed with utmost care in the back of my notebook
More contemplating
Yes, that's what I need
To figure out if this
truly came out of me

~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

I Just Never Took the Time

Kerry Wentworth — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:50:08 GMT

Like the fog outside, you were there
only to drift away at mornings light
And I was left to live my life
Looking forward to the next haziness
Of a waking dream
Where you haunt so frequently

I close my eyes and hear your breath
in the leaves of my happiness
Your hand in mine
Your face in time
Willie singing quietly in my head
You know you were always on my mind

~~~

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

Soon

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:05:40 GMT

Another dollar another day
Another paycheck to keep the wolves away
I never thought I'd end up like this
Day in and day out
It's a hit or miss

Will it be good or will it be a bad one
I traded the rays of the sun
For the soft glow of electric light
In this windowless room

I keep telling my self "soon"

I smile and nod at the girl
She’s always at her desk adorning pearls
A simple string for a simple life
Her husband bought for her last year

Same thing today as yesterday
Only thing constant is the change
Comes at times when you've settled down
Routine turns into impossible

I keep telling myself "soon"

Soon I'll be playing every single night
Smiling to the crowd underneath those lights
Thinking about how more simple my life
Was back when.....

And I'll tell myself "soon"

~~~~

Kerry
www.kerrywentworth.com

Where The Streams of Water and Music Flow...

Kerry Wentworth — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:28:50 GMT

I was out at the Eco Music Fest this weekend. I really enjoyed the bands, because they were awesome, but looking around while I was listening was a whopping 10 people... at the most... It dawned on me how important promotion really is when you're trying to put on a show. I didn't hear about it on the radio, no newspaper articles (in Atlanta at least), no billboards, just absolutely no promotion what so ever. I think that the people running the festival were relying on the bands playing there to pull in people, but unfortunately, lots of local bands (which was all that played) didn't realize this. They didn't promote because they don't really know how to promote something as big as a 3 day festival, other than through myspace, emails to fans maybe??? It would have helped the bands to have known when they were going on as well before the week of the festival. That and the festival was an hour and a half North of Atlanta... and the runners of the music side didn't even know how to give directions to the place until the day the music festival started.

The festival does have such great potential, too. It has plenty of parking, camping areas within walking distance, space, space, and more space for people, vendors, etc. This could easily be a nation-wide promoted festival. It could be Georgia's Burning Man, Bonnaroo, or Rolling Rock. Granted, it's not run by big commercial hungry people, they are the Rainbow Nation, a non-profit organization that rehabilitates injured, neglected, and abused animals. They are environment friendly and Rock and Roll enthusiasts who want to do their part to support local musicians. I guess they would not be too enthused to turn their nature preserve into a 3 day debauchery of neo-hippies and vendors. There has to be some type of common ground. Locals from Atlanta are just not going to keep going to this festival when invited if there isn't some type of promotion on the Rainbows end, unless they make it clear to the bands that they are responsible, but the Rainbows at that point will have to become a lot more organized. Perhaps the Rainbows should look to truly promoting locals instead.

All the bands I met were from the Kennesaw area and down. I grew up in the mountains, about 20 minutes from the preserve actually, and there are lots of bands/individuals in the area who would have jumped at the chance to play. No one I talked to in Jasper (town next door) on Saturday even knew that anything was going on at the park last weekend. My point? Who knows... this festival could go several different ways at this point.... It should be interesting watching its growth over the next few years.

Kerry
http://www.kerrywentworth.com

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. ~Lou Reed

Kerry Wentworth — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:46:29 GMT

So how do you afford your rock-n-roll lifestyle? What exactly does the lifestyle include? I was talking to a few of my friends last night and they were talking about how they like to do the whole therapeutic shopping. I gasped at the prices they were paying for a purse or a pair of shoes.... Anyone who knows me knows I'm actually very hesitant about shopping for clothes, it's really not a thing I'm into. It took me looking at my closet and realizing that everything thing in there was either not mine, were complete rags, or part of my ever growing free t-shirt collection... that finally convinced me to go shopping last. As an outcome of that last trip, I've been trying the whole rocker chick look lately, actually wearing something else that jeans, one of the various free t-shirts, and a pair of $5 flip-flops from Target that I invest in about once a year (which I was pretty upset when they went up to $9.50 this year, and they've gotten rid of the friendly looking owl logo... arg). No worries, because outside of work and gigs, I'm still adorning this amazing sense of fashion... So what do I enjoy buying, purchasing, throwing away countless greenbacks for??? Equipment mostly (kind of goes with the whole rock-n-roll thing). I can't go into Guitar Center without coming out with something... I'm actually wanting to invest in an new amp pretty soon, and I'm sure there will be various other oddities that I'll come out of the store with... I could always get some strings, neat looking picks, oh and I left my polishing rag at my last gig... and I knew I would. I saw it sitting there and thought to myself "I need to put that up so I don't leave it..." What did I do? Left it, right there at eye level. I'm a sucker for kitchen appliances and weird looking furniture too. I love antique stores. I think I could awkwardly fill houses with random looking crap for a living. Not that it would match, but it would defiantly have it's own unique feel. I don't look at it as being old (contrary to what my last boyfriend thought, he was convinced that if old people liked doing it, I would probably too, what ever punk, I thought it was neat... ) I just am in touch with history... I'm a story geek, and love to find the history behind things. It's not a material thing, it's a knowledge thing. I guess that's how I write too. Everything comes back to music with me. OK, not enough time in the day to delve into that one, so I'll leave you for this moment....

Kerry