Where were we? Last November I mentioned that I was unsure of the way forward after collecting 70 draft ideas in GarageBand. I then spent about a month stitching various ideas and ditties together into 13 tracks. I think 11 will be on the main part of the album and […]
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I blogged in the summer about a new music project that I have been working on. I won’t repeat it all here but the crux was that I have tried using iPhone apps to generate ideas for a new album, and wanted to build 70 project ideas through improvisation rather […]
I decided after grief jars enigma to take a different approach to songwriting. I was getting bored of the same process that I have been using since my piranha. I would noodle on a guitar, record a chord progression to either a cassette/minidisc or Quicktime video, then flesh it out […]
The start to the year has been good. Habits haven’t gone awry, even though living in Agadir did break the rhythm of some of them. Things are settling a bit more now we are back home. The marking season has started and I start teaching a new unit next week, […]
I haven’t blogged extensively on my latest project, as I couldn’t be bothered. Quick precis: I recorded an album on a 4 track tape recorder and now have 19 songs ready to release into the world. Thankfully the mastering of this project was fairly simple, largely because there was very […]
Here’s an update on my latest music. I’ve recorded around 23 tracks, a couple need to be re-recorded and another needs to be captured for the first time, having undergone a lyric transplant. I think around 18 will end up on an album, with the remainder being made available for […]
I’m probably a third of the way through recording some new music, this time on the analogue 4-track. I figured it was time for a quick update of how it is going. My initial reaction was of extreme frustration and unsatisfying results. The technological limitations are not too frustrating, but […]
I finally have the Tascam Portastudio 424 Mkiii working again. And I have 23 demo tracks that I’m going to try and record to the best of my ability on this bad boy. No digital cut and paste. It’s all gotta be native to this analogue workstation. Why do this? […]
This has been coming for some time but straw/camel’s back was earlier this week. My aim is to share this info without getting into a rant, but I may not manage it. Here’s why I am leaving Spotify: Bots I have complained before about inauthentic plays on Spotify. I contacted […]