Old Enough to Know Better
There’s an old saying in the Song-A-Day community that week three is when things get weird. I say that I’ve been starting in week three on day one for the last few years. Today is a good example. It’s a sad reality of the way software is licensed and copy-protection-infected makes it difficult to really try things out before purchasing. You can watch all the YouTube videos you like and listen to all of the … Continue reading
A slightly more successful Lo-Fi attempt compared to yesterday, but clearly I was in “it doesn’t have to be good, it only has to be done mode.” I shouldn’t be so down on myself for these types of tracks – there are entire genre stations on the major streaming services dedicated to exactly what you’re hearing in this track, and I’ve listened to more than a few hours of them over the last couple of … Continue reading
Day 2 of trying to write music alone with a 9-month old puppy. I’m pleasantly surprised that I’m getting anything done and, in part, it’s because we took our first trip to an off-leash dog park yesterday. She got to run around, and then she slept a lot while I worked on this piece. I haven’t gotten much sleep so far this month, so I hoped to get this done in a reasonable time. We’ll … Continue reading
After the marathon of Falling, I didn’t have the energy to write a song. Not that I wouldn’t have changed my mind about that if any lyrics had shown up while writing, but there’s a level of stress-relief involved when I’m starting my session with the intent of doing something instrumental or ambient. It’s not so much that writing songs is stressful, more that I’m eliminating the stress of feeling like I have to write … Continue reading