2015 Coming to a Fast Close

Gosh, it's already October! And yeah, I haven't worked on any music this past summer. I think now is a better time for me. Did I mention that where I do most of my musical work is extremely hot during the summer? It is and this past summer was no exception. It is much more conducive to creating now and I will get back to it.

I had toyed with the idea of recording an entire Christmas album this year. Obviously, that did not happen and it's safe to say it will not. I may yet make another new song and perhaps a few covers of public domain ones.

Can I still put out another album of non-Christmas material in 2015? I would love to! A goal of mine would be to release a new album each year. So is it realistic for me within the next 3 months to put together another record of original music? Most likely not. But I do have to crank up the gears in terms of creating music for the remainder of the year. I had plenty of song ideas this year thanks to a particular band I spent a lot of time listening to.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be releasing albums at the end of the year anymore. A Christmas album, sure. But otherwise, no. See, the thing with releasing an album in December is that the next year comes up in 30 days or less and then your album starts feeling old. So it's January of the new year and you start thinking, "I released my album last year," or "My album is from last year." And it was just a month ago but it still feels older than it should. Thus, henceforth I will be releasing albums in the spring or early summer. That will be the goal but I will not hold myself to that rigidly. I will allow myself the period from January to October of any given year to release a new record but will try to target specifically the March-June period.

There is nothing more thrilling to me than recording music. To be able to play back something--a moment in time--and listen to it endlessly is absolutely amazing. Playing live music is great too but most of the time live music is not recorded, whatever the setting happens to be. A recording can be played over and over again and it is what really sticks in people's minds. As someone who has played live many times I have felt those moments of musical ecstasy where everything is just so perfect and complimentary. But I have experienced that even more often through the magic of recording and manipulating sound. Maybe I should do experimental music! Well, I'm open to doing all kinds of music except the kinds I'm not open to.

Anyway, I am intent on spending the rest of this year doing some serious recording.