kidmercury

Yesterday I announced the Kobe Bryant diss song I wrote and published, but expressed concerns that I wasn't feeling good about it, and thought perhaps it was too harsh. I asked for feedback and received a couple comments which also thought it was too harsh. I woke up this morning and it was still on my mind, nagging me.

So I took the song down.

Intellectually I still find it acceptable, so I don't have a good way of articulating why I took it down and still view it as a bit unfortunate, but the simple reason is that I don't feel good about it, it doesn't get me excited, and I don't feel confident enough in defending it. So emotionally/psychologically, I need to take it down.

I also took down my song for Lady Gaga, not because I have any problems with that intellectually, emotionally, or psychologically, but rather because I rushed the song as part of my experiment in iSpam and so I simply think the song sucks. That's another bummer about my song for Kobe, I thought it was decent musically, the best example of my verse-verse-chorus-rap-chorus song formula since my song for Ingrid Michaelson.

So that's about it. In terms of lessons learned, I think I need to make sure the song serves a higher purpose, especially if it involves dissing people; the stronger the diss, the more service-oriented it needs to be. That's what will enable me to feel confident in my actions.