I'll be the first to admit, my blogging has been rather sparse lately. So I thought, how better to commemorate this momentous day (not least because of the inauguration of an icon but also because of the birthday of a man who writes better blog posts than me) than to write another post.
That isn't to say there's been nothing happening: I've been working on several new songs; I handed in my thesis and await the results (in June/July..); I turned 21; and last night was the first William Echo band practice ever (which went extremely well). A Carnival of Black seems to be the first song with real progress, and I'm looking forward to working on the rest! Turns out I've been extremely lucky and have sourced a brilliant guitarist, brilliant drummer and brilliant live sampler to help me out.
It kills me that everything has been so quiet. My MySpace page looks abandoned, and I just want some more songs to put up on there (god knows I have plenty). But, I'm waiting until this band is sorted and all practiced so I then know what to record - and don't make the mistake I made last year of recording everything myself and then discovering I can't play it live, by myself. So, this is an exercise in self-control, keeping away from the studio.
Still, it helps in getting everything into perspective, looking at my long-term goals and planning out a route. Sounds all very clinical, doesn't it? But I've learnt that to survive in the music industry you need that plan there and to make sure everything falls into place.
Either that or you just get lucky. Which one will it be?
w.x
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3 comments:
hey thanks for the link and birthday shout out.
hope all is well.
no worries!
Can't wait to hear the band play... and Fear! (!) Love it... let me know how everything progresses ;)
Pots,
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