the (musical) year ahead
Looking back on 2011, I can't help but feel a little slack -- in 2010 I released four new original tracks, but 2011 saw just two -- but I think I'd be doing myself a disservice to judge my productivity based solely on numbers. Both of those tracks, move along and Texel, took a lot of work, and I'm very proud of how they both turned out. I also spent a lot of time working with pre-release and often quite buggy software, filing bugs as I ran in to problems, and while that slowed me down I'm glad I was able to do it.
So far this year, I definitely have been slack; I spent half of December in the US on a working holiday, and combined with the usual holiday season shenanigans on my return, I've been spending more of my downtime gaming (Jamestown and Gratuitous Space Battles have been particular favourites) rather than making music (or blogging, for that matter!). Now that things are calmer, I'm looking forward to getting some music happening.
The plan is still to work on some more tracks in the same lo-fi downtempo vein as Texel and push out an EP of tracks that'll hopefully sound like they belong together. Realistically, that might take all year, but if the tools continue to improve at their current rate, there's a good chance I'll be done sooner. Either way, I plan to stick with it!
