songs

the last two days (and weeks..i guess) i've been trying to sit down and work more on my music. the plan is to hopefully record soon. so i'm trying to get all organized and make decisions about my songs.

so far i have 11 songs that i'm planning on including on my first album.

i've had a lot of these songs for over a year or two, and have never made decisions about certain things. and i have many demos for several songs, so now i'm trying to find all my demos (which are saved in weird places on my computer-so i keep finding things i haven't heard for 6 months or a year) and sift through them and decide what i want for the recordings.

i know that once i'm in the studio, with some extra instruments i don't normally have (and friends helping), experimentation will happen and things will change. i'm excited for that part. but looking through all my songs, i've just felt kind of overwhelmed and like there's so many directions one could go, but i'm not sure what to go with. and since i'm trying to have as clear a picture as possible so i can help explain how i want things it's tricky.

writing songs on a casio with 8 tone options and 8 beat options, and then trying to think about real instruments and all the other possibilities is sort of daunting, in a weird way. like i've rarely thought about drum beats or other instruments like guitar or bass... so i'm trying to figure out a nice balance between casio and the rest of the musical world.

but it's been good to talk to musical friends who've recorded before (and my friends who are going to help in the studio). my songwriting teacher is always helpful, especially at being a 2nd pair of ears for my songs.

it's really exciting because i've had these songs for a long time, and they're important to me, and i know i've done well with my demo recordings for how little i know about recording things. but i'm excited to work with some friends, and learn more about recording.

i love hiss, and have had a lot of it with my Voice of Music microphone from the 50s, but being able to hear things a bit clearer will be nice. like more intended lo-fi would be nice.

i'm really thankful to have a summer off school and work to focus more on music, but at the same time i'm worried about paying for school, and my parents thinking i'm a good kid. haha. so it's a toss up, but for how stressed out i've been the last 4 years, it's been really amazing to let some of that go, and i've been keeping busy.

we haven't started recording, but i can't wait for it to happen. i'm kind of nervous about it, and i'm excited about it.
i never knew 3 years ago that i'd be at this point, or have people who like my songs, or have played 2 shows, or anything. so i'm really thankful it's happened this way and that i have encouraging friends who have helped me get this far.

it will be really nice to have recordings that i'll feel more ready to share with people. like a cd i can actually mail to someone. and i've been wanting to work on some new songs soon, but i feel like i haven't done justice to my first ones yet, and these are all the classic upsidedown cat songs... so i'm really excited about it.

hooray! and i'm really excited about the album art. i can't wait!!! yay!