eds1275 2011-06-05 - 11:48am
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I've got a new project I'll be recording soon!

So I have a new recording project I'm working on. My first god-daughter was born about 6 months ago, and I thought for her first birthday I'd write her a short album of music. This would accomplish several things:
1: Set the standards high for any future boyfriends she may have
2: Force me to actually finish some of my own work, I worry so much about everyone else's I never finish anything of my own
3: Be a gift much more special than your average gift for a 1 year old.

I've got a theme, this album will be all instrumental and feature mostly acoustic works. The theme is a day in the life of a one year old. I have already begun writing the first and last songs. I gave them the names Good Morning and Good Night and having a title and an idea of the mood let me get started really quickly. I'll be keeping tabs on the project here and post a few soundclips as I record. Nothing yet as I'm still working with my handy dandy voice recorder - soon I'll lay down some scratch tracks in protools... then my order is drums/bass/guitar. I have convinced my fiance to run protools so I can just play my instruments without the hassle of mucking about with engineering.

...of course I retain all rights to the music lol.

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robbiusa 2011-06-05 - 11:31pm

Sounds like a fun little project.

free to fly... chained by choice
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ibzRG 2011-06-06 - 4:43pm

Sounds like fun! good luck with the project!

I need to get off my ass and start trying a bit harder to get anything finished and recorded. It's been way too long.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimon-F/97223762538
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eds1275 2011-06-25 - 10:55am

SO I have written 4 songs now on my voice recorder. My plan today is to lay down the scratch tracks for them and send them off to a drummer in Vancouver who will learn them and come up with some ideas. In the next few weeks we'll get together for a drum recording sesh and then it'll be up to me to finish them off. I'm hoping to have at least 3 more tracks n the album.

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eds1275 2011-08-11 - 10:25pm

Well truth be told I have yet to lay down the scratch tracks. I have written most of the songs though, 7 in total. They are called, very unimaginatively:

Good Morning
Feeding Frenzy
Playtime
Temper Tantrum
Naptime
Being Silly
Good Night

Sunday night I leave for my vacation. There will be nothing to do for me but play guitar. I am bringing a guitar method book, a book on composition, my notebook, my voice recorder, a camera, my gibson blueshawk, and a laptop so I can work on a book I'm writing. 4 days in the sun! Here's my destination: http://savaryislandresort.ca/

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eds1275 2011-12-01 - 12:21am

Well all the music is written and new drums are recorded but a lot of tracks are acoustic, so I'm waiting on someone [or my fiance] to run protools. It was supposed to be ready for the girls' first birthday but now I think it's too late [was oct 29] so it's been rescheduled for xmas.

Unfortunately I have put my book aside for now and taken on other projects - just finishing up a video game sound track [will be free to the public so I will post a link] and am beginning a documentary soundtrack before christmas as well as a radio play. But when the book is ready you will all be the first to know. It is a guitar [or other] instrument method on effective practicing and learning to work out your own exercises that work your own trouble spots. Dunno what I'll do when it's done - maybe seek publishing, maybe self-publish it, maybe an e-book... I'm trying to do something different than your average hal leonard/alfred style excercise book.

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