Studio Move Complete

because of recent events in my life, some of which i have written about here, i had to move my studio, into my bedroom. i’m not going into details, but living arrangements as they are, required this move. i’m not particularly good with change. it causes stress and anxiety. its a struggle to keep my world making sense and a place i feel safe in, and when things are changed, that struggle is usually a losing battle.

but the reconfiguration (as it is) is complete and i should hopefully be able to continue to work on the record. i have to have about four additional new songs before i’ll be in a place where i can start the work of compiling the material for it. i had hoped to be further along by this time than i am, but life and the events that take place conspired against that.

i’ve also started hanging out at a new community site, centered around t61. MaxBumps.net its called, and while its focus is creating community for listeners, there are a few of us artists there. i’m not sure how much i fit in there. i mean, listeners don’t really care (nor should they) what goes on with the artists. the roles are clear. listeners drive the show, an artists job is to provide the material, and if that material isn’t up to the listener’s tastes, then the listeners find artists’ material that is. Its pretty simple, and very democratic, refreshing actually. but with that goes a very real detachment which is what i’m trying to grasp, between the listeners and artists.

i’ve actually written, briefly, about this in MaxBumps forums, its a bit of a social contract, of sorts. in that contract it doesn’t state that listeners have to care, even a little, what artists do, think, say outside the very specific boundaries of the music they offer, and through t61, that is very easily bubbled up or down in the social hierarchy in a very clear manner. of course this isn’t to say that listeners are just cold consumers devoid of any curiosity, compassion or feelings with respect to the artists, its just i don’t know how much traction there would be in a community like MaxBumps. Does that make sense? So we’ll just have to wait and see. i still think its a fabulous idea, because for the genius t61 is, its seriously devoid of any sort of community features (which i believe is by design and i can appreciate that, keeps the mission focused.)

well, enough of my yackin’ just wanted to toss in an update here for those playing along at home.