August 26, 2007
Right now I have about five songs I consider decent. Admittedly, some are leftovers from earlier, aborted projects from the past few years.
Other than that I’m starting to set up my work area so I can record some stuff without too much difficulty. At this point I’ll just lay down a rhythm guitar track so I can build some drums around it.
Meanwhile my ears are distracted by other thoughts, such as the Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls soundtrack, the new Crowded House, and whatever Suzanne Vega is up to these days.
August 12, 2007
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been mulling over some ideas for the next batch of songs, and think I’ve settled on something easy to accomplish but also rather fun. I’ve been listening to Sam Phillips’ last two albums (A Boot And A Shoe and Fan Dance) which are very stripped down acoustic demos. But likewise, I’m considering returning to a standard rock band approach of guitar, bass, and drums but sort of retro like Big Star or Television.
So I’m thinking about doing both, but by recording the same five songs, each getting the opposing treatment. I might have the melodies be the same but with completely different verse lyrics.
Anyhow, it’s just an idea I’m mulling over.
August 4, 2007
Hey. So my name is Jason and I’ve been recording music I’ve written… ever since highschool. As of this writing, that was an awfully long time ago.
Anyhow, I have self-produced seven groups of music over the years - I guess the oldsters call them albums. I have a life goal to get up to nine. Therefore, I’m hoping to record one last group of ten songs, do a wimpy “greatest hits” thing… and then call it quits.
But I figure I should get some Internet-mileage out of my old material and my last musical project while it lasts - hence this site.
Through this musical blog I’ll be revisiting my favorite old tracks and also documenting new ones as they’re created. Hopefully it will be entertaining.
To start, please browse through the albums on this site.
Thanks for visiting!