OT-"project"

I apologize up front for anyone who takes offense because of this message. It is not intended to be offensive in any way to anyone.

I'm thinking about the next project, because I finished the colab with Jan and Jon and have to pick one. And there are dozens... Some new (a passle) and some old?

And I started thinking about my old analog stuff. Songs I recorded starting in 1990 on a 4 track cassette analog recorder, with a Casio FZ1 sampler and some sequencer I can't remember.

It's 8 songs, and they all have stories (literally) and it was my first journey in to writing and recording. So rather than work on one of the new ones, I think I'm going to try to do this whole CD.

It's on cassette now, but it's 8 songs... It will be a project starting this weekend, but not ending next weekend... That’s going to take a year for me (God willing I’m still kicking this time next year) and that's if I work at it. I'm kicking it off 2morrow.

Is anyone else working on "a project" that is bigger than their next song? I mean something big? Something that will take a while? Or that’s just “big” for whatever reason?

**please note, this does not mean that your next song is not a monster hit, really good, or the best one you have done yet, please do not take it that way. It should be considered in the spirit presented, considering the thread as a whole.**

I wish! I've been struggling both personally and technologically with two current tunes. The first being painful to complete over the last two months, the second only on it for the last day and I like it better than the first one. Part of me wants to just move on and part of me wants to go back. I think it is wise to go back and not junk what at one time felt like it was something worthy of creating (in my own mind anyway). I have four or five tunes I recorded on a Tascam digital 8 track before I moved on to computer recording. I never went back to those recordings, but it probably is worth exploring. I think it is great that you are going for it. I'll watch and listen and hopefully be inspired to do the same.

When you're a one-man band such as I, each and every song is a "big project".

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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/Douglas Kirby


“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
-Erich Fromm

Same here, bro.

James, I'm fealin ya...
"I guess my point is this: my favorite songs are moments in my life that I captured in the moment. "
Great point.. and on being a one man band? Welcome to the club! We've got jackets!

St. Nick, don't give up on your dreams.

Taylor, I agree being a OMB has it's challanges, but it has it's rewards too :-) No one to ***** at but your own self!!

Nope, I've done that before though. Basically a "concept album" - took me about a year. I started feeling kind of trapped by it, like I was confined to working on material that fit a certain style. But it was a real sense of accomplishment when it was done. Look forward to hearing your progress as this comes along!

Dave

www.soundclick.com/steakbone