The project
This project started in January 2006.
At the onset, I had some general objectives.
- Write my own songs and lyrics
- Do a variety of styles to reflect my various musical influences
- Not pander to any commercial interests,just do songs the way I want.
- Try to get like-minded musicians to work with.
- To complete the album by December 2006.
So now it's October 2007, the album's finally out, and should be available in online stores by the 1st week of November 2007. About 22 months of work, thousands of hours spent trying to get the job done. Social, family life in ruins!
After my last band broke up I sort of lost the energy to form a new group. It seemed pointless, just spending so much effort to do the same thing over again, in an environment where bands are only allowed to play cover songs and anything original is frowned upon.
With this album project, I'm taking on and enjoying a whole new set of challenges. So OK, they come with a whole new pile of headaches too, but the important thing is that I'm doing something new and it feels great to be right in the middle of a big creative project.
It would be good to get an occassional e-mail, just to know what anyone thinks of all this. Thanks.
