The glass is full: half full of water, half full of air.
It’s the 22nd. That means it’s cover day. I think I’ve probably danced around this before, but let me come out and be blunt this time. I don’t really like cover day. It’s actually a really nice idea and there are some big positives to it. First, it’s a one-day reprieve from having to come up with something entirely on your own, which is a nice breather as we turn the corner into week four. … Continue reading
I’m hoping to make this an abbreviated entry today – I’m actually (finally!) on schedule. I started working in the evening and it was… not good. It started with deep ambient. Then went to rhythmic ambient. Then ambient techno. Then glitch. The glitch thing had promise, if only a glimpse of it. I had actually rendered three separate tracks and was about to go in an do surgery. They were the rhythmic background to the … Continue reading
After posting You Bought This, I bopped along to it for several repeats while doing some cleanup, walking the dog and other miscellanea. Being happy with the lyrics and the production, I was in a pretty good mood and actually had a few hours to sketch out today’s track before bedtime. Looking back at the last six days, I’ve been pretty productive. Some are obviously stronger than others, but nothing outright sucks and I think … Continue reading
This will be a somewhat abbreviated post because I’ve actually written my song for February 4th and I want to get to it before I lose the muse. Let’s quickly go over this one, though. My writing day got started a little later than usual. My morning was largely spent writing a blog entry, fixing some style things on the website, and other musically-non-productive things. Then it was dog park time. And then the dog … Continue reading
After the general success of yesterday’s track, I was itching to play some more guitar. I need to get better at it, but I have trouble with practice. I’ve been unable to learn modern programming languages because I need a project to write… I can’t just do exercises. It’s the same with instruments. My practice comes from actually producing a project. “Wait a minute,” you might say. “There’s no … Continue reading