a list of dis.

dis. couraging.



Wednesday night was the first night of my solo recording. Devin came along with me, bless his soul. He sat in Micah's ridiculously small recording space and helped me crawl in and out of the whisper room (above). I have been excited for months to finally be doing this. Things are coming together all at once, and I have been learning a lot about myself, and about exactly how things work in this business of music. Not that I didn't know this before, but it has just been reiterated to me that to be a musician is hard work. 2 hours later, and all we have are scratch guitar and vocals. Now, I'm not sure exactly how quickly or slowly this project is supposed to take, so maybe I shouldn't be discouraged. But I'm going to take as long as I need to on this, I can't stand to have something I'm not happy with.

Micah was as patient as ever. We've got 3 slots for next week to do some more recording, and although I fear it, I am still as excited as I was last week. Is it going to be worth it? More worth it than anything I've done.

dis. satisfaction.

Although we just did scratch tracks, it was easy to observe my lack of talent as a recording artist. I'm not so concerned, as I grew up with a strong mindset of practice makes perfect. The only problem I have is actually applying that and practicing for once. The good news is is that I have all weekend to to work on my songs. Well, all weekend being tonight and Sunday. Tomorrow is entirely dedicated to Burning Olympus. Recording in the morning, and a show at Spark at night. Pumped.

dis. combobulated.

So I added a fourth song to the list. And I decided that it would be necessary to have a full band back me up for two of these four songs. I've asked Mike and Chris to play drums and bass for me, and I've asked a new friend if he would be willing to write and play a piano part for one song. Let's cross our fingers here. Every day I think of something new I'd like to add to the album or something different I'd like to change. Bah. Like. I'm wondering if I'm ever going to have anything completed if I can't be content with what I've written already. It's a process, for sure.

Many, many thanks to those of you who have sent me ideas for album artwork and names. Keep them coming, I could use as much help as possible! I have plans in the very near future to hold a contest for all of your ideas. Tee-shirt giveaways or free concert tickets to up and coming shows. More on that later.