The Next Record, an Update

just a quick update on the next record. i think it’s completely written now, and i have demo cuts of each of the songs i want to include. i’ve had a chat with the studio owner where i am going to track and mix the next record. probably looking at february for tracking. because i’m crazy, i’m shooting to have everything tracked in a day… maybe two. we are talking about six songs, maybe a seventh.

i’ve got to get it tracked then because grad school is going to be kicking into full steam shortly after that (the semester starts in a couple weeks and the first few weeks are always highly manageable) and i need to get things rolling by then.

so that means i need to get everything tracked (drums, guitar, and what little bass guitar there is) in february, and then depending on what my work and school load is like, work on mixing it in march.

because i haven’t done a darn thing to promote sfb or shop for any potential labels, this release will most likely be self-released. yeah, and i’ll struggle endlessly about it not feeling legitimate… and start feeling like a total hack, again. but doing nothing would make me even more crazy. so the idea is, make less crazy.

so that’s that. an update. as i get firm dates set for tracking, i’ll drop another update here.

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So This Is The New Year?

yeah quoting that amazing song from dcfc.

happy new year everyone. hope things go well for everyone.

that is all.

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These Fine Artists

could use some help. the band, arms and sleepers, is trying to raise some money to tour and fund new releases, and turning to their fans for some financial assistance.

let me tell you about arms and sleepers, if you don’t know them. they are, for the most part, local (to Boston) and while i am a new admirer, i feel like i’ve known them forever. their music mixes so many elements of post rock, electronic ambient and jazz that each composition is really a treasure. an instrumental band not afraid of vocals, an ironic twist.

anyway, they work really hard (after seeing them perform this past august with caspian and actors & actresses) you get a feeling how much they give to their craft. so, this fund raising effort is an opportunity to give back a little, or at least lend them a helping hand, so that they can continue to make contributions

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New Designs for Your Consumption

so i spent some time and cracked open photoshop and made a few new designs for shirts and whatnot. yeah i don’t know why i bother, it’s mostly because i just like to make things. part of the programming really. it sure isn’t about the money (even though making a few bucks to help pay for the next record would be nice) in that i make about $2USD on each shirt sold.

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Looking For A Reason

I’m working on a new song. Its called, as the title of this blog entry would suggest, “looking for a reason.” there’s something i struggle with almost constantly with sky flying by. its the absolute and total, all encompassing feeling of illegitimacy. i don’t feel like a legitimate artist, just another wannabe hack who’s kidding himself that the music i produce is real. i don’t mean to disregard the dozens of really nice people who have gone out of their way to say nice things about the material i’ve posted.

hell, its those kind folks that lend me just a fraction of legitimacy. i’m really going to be working on this. one thing i am going to be doing is going to a friend’s recording studio (dirty water sound and music) and track drums and some guitars and maybe get some help with my mixes so that at least the stuff i produce doesn’t sound as amateur as it does now (probably the more significant source of frustration i have and what consistently fuels this feeling of illegitimacy.)

another aspect is the fact that sky flying by is not a real band, i can’t tour, or play live gigs. mostly because i’m intolerably difficult to get along with. no, not that i have a huge ego and everything must be done my way… not in the slightest (in fact, i have very little ego, it got snuffed out by years of self deprecation and trauma)… but what the issue is, i’m not very good at human interactions, and i usually make people feel pretty awkward and uncomfortable, so that’s why i’m not part of a band.

so this new song i’m working on is a reason to keep truckin. i know i’m not a real artist, and i know sky flying by isn’t a real band but there has to be a reason i keep doing this. i don’t know what it is, but i’ll keep looking. and when this new song is finished, maybe i’ll be another step closer to finding that reason.

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