Groundwork

I'm trying to finish off a single right now, because it's been way too long since I released anything. I guess that's not entirely true, since Perestroika was somewhat recent. But I don't feel like I've had a real "project" to focus on in my music. All ideas, no follow through. So I'm trying to bring a pair of songs to completion in the near future, for D.iscontent.

I've got one song that I think of as the B-side, that came together really quickly and I'm really happy with. The mix is jiving, it's got mood, it's a really fun track that's about 90% there. The track I've been thinking of as the A-side though...it's been kicking around for ages, and returning to it, I've found that I'm needing to drastically rethink it. The melodies are solid, some of the sounds are good, but it doesn't mesh. Everything is competing, arrangement and mix -wise.

I did some work on it last week, stripping everything away and reconfiguring the sounds. Replacing a synth with a piano, reigning in the super-compressed distorted drum track...then forgot to save and crashed my music software. So I left it alone for a while, but I think I'll go back and try to recreate what I was doing. It's tedious work, but it was yielding results. And if it means I can get some new music online again, it'll all be worth it.

This is all jsut a ramp up to my next real project though. Still ahven't nailed down the details, though I figure I've got about half the material written that I'll need. It's either going to be a full length album, or a pair of EPs. At least that's the idea at this point in time. We'll see what happens as it shapes up.