Sunday, March 27, 2011

A quick State Of The Project report:

As we entered the heart of Tax Season, and it dawned on me that 2 weeks after tax season, I'm moving out of my apartment. 4-6 weeks after that, I'm moving out of the Midwest.

Needless to say, I'm not finishing these songs at a rapid pace.

It's been suggested to me that I just phone it in, and write a lot of fast songs on the spot, the way I tend to when I'm drinking or hanging out with family with a guitar in my hand (I believe my ad-libbed song where I managed to find a rhyme for Zettek will go down in the annals of family history as my finest moment). The thing is, though, as much as I love those songs...they just won't work here. I want all of these things to be special in a way that I've never really put on the table for folks before. This takes a lot of work.

I have been working, it's just slow going. I even disassembled an Air song to build the beat for a rap song. That part was easy, now I have to figure out how to rap convincingly. I think my style will fall firmly between Lyrics Born, J. Davis Trio, and Kermit The Frog.

So, at least we've all got that to look forward to when I can get some work done.