I failed before I even had a chance to begin. Well actually I simply forgot to write last night. And I didn’t really forget so much as I remembered way too late and was already starting to fall asleep. So I’m just going to kick this project off tonight, a day later than planned. Which means instead of finishing on Sunday evening I’ll extend my deadline to Monday. Now that that’s out of the way I can get into something more interesting than my short-term memory.
I’ve almost finished preproduction for my new demos. The drum tones sound pretty good so far, so I’ll begin recording drum tracks tomorrow (or later today, rather). Everything is shaping up nicely though, I must say. I was worried about what little material I would have to work on but I managed to pull together more ideas than I’d hoped. For now, it looks like I may have anywhere from 8 to 12 songs in the works.* You have no idea how much this excites me. Again, I worry about the lyrics, as many of the songs have none at the moment. But that’s why I started this project: to get the creative writer side of me working again. Hopefully this journalistic writing will help.
Tonight I’m working on a little bit more preproduction. Getting the recording sessions prepped and ready to go; recording a simple, “scratch track” guitar for each song as a guide to play the drums to; getting all of the click tracks adjusted to the proper tempos, et al. I’m sure it sounds very boring to anyone other than myself. But to me this is fun. For one thing it means I’m doing something productive with my time instead of watching teevee or something. But also it means I’m taking steps towards achieving my goals. And that, to me, seems like the most important thing anyone can ever do. So instead of sitting here typing I think I’ll get back to work.
*Honestly I have way more songs that I could work on. It’s just that some of the other stuff doesn’t blend quite as well with the vibe of the songs I am working on and others are ideas that need more time and concentration to make them into better songs. But don’t worry, there are plenty more songs I will be working on throughout the year.
I’ve almost finished preproduction for my new demos. The drum tones sound pretty good so far, so I’ll begin recording drum tracks tomorrow (or later today, rather). Everything is shaping up nicely though, I must say. I was worried about what little material I would have to work on but I managed to pull together more ideas than I’d hoped. For now, it looks like I may have anywhere from 8 to 12 songs in the works.* You have no idea how much this excites me. Again, I worry about the lyrics, as many of the songs have none at the moment. But that’s why I started this project: to get the creative writer side of me working again. Hopefully this journalistic writing will help.
Tonight I’m working on a little bit more preproduction. Getting the recording sessions prepped and ready to go; recording a simple, “scratch track” guitar for each song as a guide to play the drums to; getting all of the click tracks adjusted to the proper tempos, et al. I’m sure it sounds very boring to anyone other than myself. But to me this is fun. For one thing it means I’m doing something productive with my time instead of watching teevee or something. But also it means I’m taking steps towards achieving my goals. And that, to me, seems like the most important thing anyone can ever do. So instead of sitting here typing I think I’ll get back to work.
*Honestly I have way more songs that I could work on. It’s just that some of the other stuff doesn’t blend quite as well with the vibe of the songs I am working on and others are ideas that need more time and concentration to make them into better songs. But don’t worry, there are plenty more songs I will be working on throughout the year.
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