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And Then There Were 10
A few minutes ago, I finished writing the 10th song for “Untitled Dailies Record #2.” Catchy title, huh? 10 is sort of a magic number for me. 10 is a record. I’ve been making and burning a Dailies playlist in iTunes, updating it as each of these past 5 songs have been created [...]
Remy, my Muse
Hanging from the shockmount of our microphone is a cheap, plastic, happy-meal-lookin’, Remy the Rat from Ratatouille. I think my daughter got it out of a 25 cent gumball machine, most likely hoping for stickers instead. She was uninterested, and gave it to me. I was totally passionate about the film. [...]
7 Songs in 21 Days — Reaching Into the Void
That’s a new song every three days, for those of you who are mathematically challenged. Erica and I sat down with John (our business partner) last week and decided that we did, indeed, want to have a finished master in our hands by mid-May of this year. As we back-timed a hypothetical production [...]
Maintaining Momentum
That’s the challenge, isn’t it? How does one capitalize upon, sustain, maintain, and further encourage personal momentum? The Dailies had an incredibly productive January. We’ve created functioning songwriting demos of five songs, five songs that we believe in and are ready to now start creating final tracks and vocals and mixes and [...]