As is the case around the end of the year, some things are slowing down to a crawl and other things are picking up speed. Creatively I have a lot going on but none of it has made it to the blog. Following the release of Nothing Of Consequence I started something in an entirely different vein. It was good to put myself into something different and I’ve gotten together about five tunes. I did a little digging and have found a couple of people who wouldn’t mind singing on a track or two and collaborating with me. That’s really good news as it’s something that I miss. Along those lines, I’m starting up another site to host those collaborations. More on that as events warrant. Which is to say, until I get some free time or there are three or four tracks to share, I’m too busy to build.
Speaking of building, after finishing the lute I ramped up work on my first guitar. I’m down to a few nitpicky bits and it should be strung up shortly! It ain’t pretty, but it’s beautiful. And if I can knock that out before the end of the year it will be quite an accomplishment psychologically. Two instruments and an album in one year is pretty good for someone with a full time job. To be fair, most of it happened in the last half of the year which means that I could have done a lot more. I don’t do new year’s resolutions but if I did it would center around raising the priority of my musical output and upping the ante on building instruments. Maybe I should be all hip and make an end of the year list so that I can track my shortcomings over the next year. I love arbitrary deadlines and mind games, so I might just do that. Let’s see…
1. A new album of solo material.
2. A collection of collaborations.
3. More covers with friends.
4. At least one new instrument.
5. Something super-secret.
6. Come up with a magic bullet for pimping my tunes.
7. More time with the blog (relates to #6).
All of those seem pretty reasonable. But don’t all lists?
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