Well, I’m sitting here with a cup of tea, considering what I have done today. Mostly, I have been reading a lot lately, which is great. I have gone through a few books in the last month, which has been nice.
After some thinking one night, I have decided to attempt to write an album. Of music. I have planned out most of the songs and their content, and have begun preparing rough tracks that will guide the recordings. Even if I never finish the album, the project has been good for me, already. Normally I write somewhat aimlessly, if a song comes to me, then that’s great. Trying to put an album together as a whole, though, having pre-planned the songs,… it guides the content and feel of each songs.\, and yet I feel it guides and hones the creative process, a swell.
It will be quite some time, I think, before I get to the recording stage (if I do). At this point I am planning to do at least the electric guitar parts myself. There are a couple of people I will try to include in practice and recording for vocals, bass, acoustic guitar; and another friend is willing to do drums. So far, no piano/keys have come into the songs.
I think that’s it for now. As I develop more of the album, I might post a bit more about it’s feel and content, which I am also quite excited about. I would actually appreciate your prayers, too… pray that I can stick at it despite working full-time somewhere else, pray that the album as a whole comes together as I am hoping it should, and that the band would be able to work together well in creating, practicing and recording.