My Music Wonderland

It seems, in truth, that I'm such a glutton, For a pulsing, lighted or sliding button. Christmas, for me? An arriving shipment, Boxes packed full with musical equipment! Nothing can compare with the digital glow, Of rack-mounted processors, row-on-row. Is there no surer proof of a world in order, Than dancing lights on a multi-track recorder? And how could you decorate a room any cuter, Than guitars on the walls and a laptop computer? Near-field monitors and microphones aplenty, So, to whet the whistles of music cognoscenti. Keyboards, amplifiers, drum machines, effects, Mood lights to decide what track to add next. Well, it may not sound like YOUR place to be, But this shimmering scene is heaven to me! And what's so fine about this electronic roost? Well, it's a place where musical dreams ... Are produced! * SECOND PLACE in the "Meraki" Poetry Contest, Silent One, Sponsor. * (I am and will always be, a musician/songwriter, first-and-foremost, and while performing is my second love, [and poetry a close third], there's nothing for me like the creative process - writing, recording, producing songs in the studio - laying down the tracks one-by-one, layering the instruments and voices, building and watching/hearing the song take shape, and mastering the final production - in control of every facet ... looking back at the incredible amount of time and work involved, and feeling proud of that musical piece of you that you can listen to and share with the world ... there is nothing like it, and the lights of the studio equipment are, for me, like a Christmas all my own, and the dancing pixies of a wonderland of sound and melody - my meraki, indeed!)