Once I’d convinced myself that I was God’s gift to culture I began tormenting friends, family, and teachers with my verses and songs. My works would always illicit comments like, “It’s so nice that you can do this to help you deal with your emotional problems.”
Believing my creative writing was ahead of its time (I still believe this, yes) I scraped out a living by writing articles for other people’s websites, and when I had a spare moment wrote for my own (the one you’re reading now). I mostly did music journalism, which was immensely rewarding except for the fact that few people wanted to hear what I had to say about music.
Eventually someone who’d never read my poetry commented, “A poet, eh? What are you doing here? You should be in Montreal.”
It had never taken much to get me to do anything stupid, as my college chums had often tittered. And so I pulled up stakes for Montreal, writing other people’s blogs and pretending to be a bohemian poet, reciting my poems in seedy cafés.
The great thing about going to Montreal was not, as I’d expected, that it would be the place where my literary career would flourish, but that it was where my writing career slowly morphed into a songwriting career.
Because of the people I was meeting I was spending more time writing and co-writing songs. For the first time in years I had people’s attention. No one wanted to read my writing, but when I sang my songs or recited my poems people sat up and took notice.
So there you have it. This blog, once a place to show my writing, is still that. But it’s now also a place where you can listen to me as I churn out crude, unmastered recordings until I have enough interest to start recording and performing professionally. Just think, you can watch me grow!
Feedback is welcome! Please write to me, for whatever reason, at wandawaterman@protonmail.com.
Just thought I would send this link to my book launch. I worked with an incredible group of artists to bring some of my darkest poems into a new light:
http://www.globotimes.com/guide-launch-efficiency/
Kindest regards,
Patrick
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Hello,
I hope all is well. I just wanted to inform you that as of April 12th 2016 my new book of poetry “You can’t bury them all” is officially out:
http://ecwpress.com/products/you-cant-bury-them-all
I hope you find something in it you enjoy.
Kindest regards,
Patrick Woodcock
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Thanks, Patrick! Sounds interesting . . . Can’t wait to read it! 🙂
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I thought you might find this link of my launch interesting. It was a beautiful moment for me and my work
http://www.globotimes.com/guide-launch-efficiency/
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Sorry, I tried to respond on your site but it looks like it was denied. I had a wonderful launch in Toronto and just found this video online. It was quite a beautiful moment for me and my work.
http://www.globotimes.com/guide-launch-efficiency/
Kindest regards,
Patrick
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Hi – I’m based in the UK and have only just read your feature on Sam Baker which is very incisive. I am a huge fan and he has a great following over here. We are all looking forward to his September tour.
Noting that you are looking for recommendations (which fit your criteria) I’d like to suggest a forthcoming CD release ‘Heat, Sin, Water, Skin’ by BettySoo. I attended SXSW Music, Austin in March and she was my new discovery. I was fortunate enough to be given an advance copy of the CD and think it wonderful – I hope that you might share my enthusiasm for it.
Check out http://www.bettysoo.com and http://www.myspace.com/bettysoo
I’d be interested in your thoughts
Jela
Jela Webb
Lindfield
West Sussex
England
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Thanks so much for your kind words, Jela. Sam was one of my more amazing interviews. The real discussion didn`t really start until after my questions were done and Sam shared some of his insights. Yes, he is much better known in the British Isles than he is here in North America.
And thanks for the recommendation. I`m listening to BettySoo right now and she has the most expressive singing voice. I had never heard of her before. I`ll certainly be contacting her for a review copy and an interview.
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