So I mentioned this briefly a few weeks ago as I closed out my year of songwriting, but let me get into a little more detail. In listening through the plethora of ragged material I generated last year, I found a group of songs that I thought might merit further development into some sort of album-like project. But just writing and recording an album seems so static. I've already been living inside my own head for a year. And since I've enjoyed blogging as well and would like to kep at it, I thought I'd try something a little different.
I've selected 20 tracks (listed below) to explore, and I'm going to document their development. I'll post productions in progress, lyrical drafts, etc. here. In addition, I'm going to experiment with setting up online sessions for each of the pieces where I'll provide a current mix and the core constituent elements, and anyone can either comment on things, or possibly download parts and work on his or her own version.
I'd really like to collaborate with any interested parties. Maybe the sound of a piece will inspire someone else to write words, or perhaps an idea for an instrument or some other missing element that could really make a song soar could some from another person, or maybe a certain track just sucks and people can let me know that it's just not working. So I'm encouraging anyone who hears/reads anything that catches his or her interest, please comment with thoughts and ideas, and we'll see what happens.
I'm also hoping to make these songs and posts more engaging and less technical than my blog was last year. My main frustration with the blog is that I never really felt like my writing about my songs really added to them in any way. I'd like to change that, and I really welcome any any all comments or suggestions about this music. I mean, look, I'm going to keep writing and recording music because, well, I don't really know how to not do that, but I'd like to see what can spring from using music as a medium to interact.
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