it occurs to me that i should really post more often during the process of producing this new album. i have started the process of taking my sketches and re-recording them for an actual release. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m fairly serious about this collection, so i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giving myself time to really take care of business when it comes to getting them put together. this poses several challenges for me.<\/p>\n
first off, i set an arbitrary release date based on what i thought i could do in a week. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m quite behind. this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really phase me since, well, i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the only one who is perturbed by my tardiness but at the same time, i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to hit a deadline once in my life. the reasons for not being on schedule are fairly simple: i don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a lot of practice time and i hate editing. this means that i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m stuck in the infinite loop of needing to do it right in one take with little practice. not an easy task, i must say. but all of this is purely technical. it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easily solved. i need to spend more of my time practicing when i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sitting around in Jax\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room watching him build towers out of soft blocks and anything that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t move.<\/p>\n
my other \u00e2\u20ac\u0153problem\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the inspiration that i draw from the instruments that i own. one of the simpler sketches got out of hand with the dobro. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been stuck on that one for a while because my intonation has issues and…well…see that part above about not practicing. and then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the mandolin. every time i pick it up i feel the urge to work it into something. so i have. and i think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even effective this time! so a lot of my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153solo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d guitar pieces are blooming into multi-instrumental extravaganzas. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really happy with that, but developments like this kill timelines.<\/p>\n
the whole reason the deadline exists is to push things forward. it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all mental slight of hand. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really pleased with my results so far and when i listen to my rough mixes on the drive to work in the morning i sometimes catch myself thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wow! i did that?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cool stuff.<\/p>\n
when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all wrapped up, i will be doing something new with the site. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m actually going to push this recording. the last album made enough to cover its costs which i thought was pretty huge. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping that i can branch out from the friends and family crowd with this one. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not counting on it, but i think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be nice. i want to be a part of this great internet publishing revolution too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
it occurs to me that i should really post more often during the process of producing this new album. i have started the process of taking my sketches and re-recording them for an actual release. i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m fairly serious about this …<\/p>\n