So far I’ve done a lot of brainstorming, and that has yielded lots of unorganized raw material–and not much of it worth listening to. Tonight, however, I managed to put together an almost coherent three minute song. Right now it’s just two guitars and a drum loop, but I hope to develop it more before the end of the month.
I think I’ve decided on a name for my little solo project: The Incoherence. I’ve also done some work on the album! Maybe not as much progress as I would like, but progress is progress.
I’m going to bed. I still have to work!
So, I have managed to gather up enough courage to record a solo album. Why would I do this? Well, with the help of National Solo Album Month, I’ve found some artificial motivation to get over some of my self-critical tendencies. I’ve always felt enourmous difficulty writing lyrics that I didn’t think were cheesy. And then putting those potentially cheesy lyrics to a (potentially silly) melody seems like putting a monkey in a dress. Not that the monkey wouldn’t be cute, but no one would take him seriously. Certainly not his monkey friends. Definitely not the monkey board room.
As I have been building up my project studio at home, I have been learning the ropes of digital audio recording. I think I may have just enough equipment to put together a decent little record. I will post it here to share with anyone who would like to take a listen. Tell me I’m great, or tell me that a monkey could write better lyrics. Either way, I’ll have a good time, and if someone else like a song or two, that’s just icing on the cake.
So look for more posts as I display my horrifyingly-bad-monkey-lyric-ridden songs. Maybe I’ll post some intermediate song files while I’m at it. And pictures.