An Album. Are You Serious?

Yes, I'm serious.  Or at least I'm going to give it the old college try.   I've tried the RPM Challenge once before, but it wasn't really a smart timing choice.  This time I'm prepared.  I've got my 10 tracks written, and everything in place to just press record in February.

Even if I don't make it, I'll have a good handful of new tunes for my live show.  It's somewhat liberating to compartmentalize writing and performing.   I've also taken a new approach to instrumentals; basing them off of poems and reflections from my journals, rather than improv sessions.  This is great for inspiration, but chaos on titles.  Some of my favorites include: Bucky's Wing Shack, Djibouti, and Sparkle.

Regardless of the outcome, I'll post the finished album at some point this year.

Acoustic Music and a Return to Electricity

I'll be breaking in my electric kalimba next month at Saxbys - mixed in with the normal selection of acoustic instruments.  It's a great sound that I've been playing with for some time, built in electronics just make things easier.  And I still think it makes the ultimate poor man's hand pan drum.

Following that, I hope to pull out my electric for some retrospective music in June.  I've been working since January at building an Ableton Live set of all the music I've written in the past 10 years, that's never been played live.  So all those recordings are hitting the road.   More info on that as summer begins.