Closer to Completion
Only have 3 lead vocals tracks to go! I think about a handful of harmonies and then it's on to refining production for the entire 20 song project. It's been really nice to dig back into some of these songs to see how they mesh with the new material both from a sonic perspective as well as lyrically. I actually have an additional 6 songs I originally intended to create as bonus material but I've resigned to move forward with new material perhaps coming back to those some distant future from now.
From here on, I'm going to let this blog be a little more loosie-goosy. I want to be a little more personal and I'm going to attempt to open up a little more. Okay, now since I've said that! Let's talk more about the why I want to do that, and that's the music!
I've had many struggles in trying to complete this album as the music affected me greatly. I kept having to put it down, focus on something else, and try to pick it back up again at a later date. I had once created an end point already as the story line thread behind the inspiration had been mostly summed up. But along the moments of life the story changed, more was experienced and then the album needed more. More needed to be told.
What I was originally trying to say shifted as the years passed on. My art, as often is, was a reflection of an internal experience but something began to evolve. The intent behind creation evolved. Onwardly it beckons the fires of inspiration. Even now I feel a need to place just a few more songs but I've already come to a better idea.
Well, as I wind down this blog it is my hope that the music I create connects to a place in you. Sometimes I absolutely must write for myself for I will be compelled in it's creation but other times I just like to write to make you either feel or enjoy something. I'm going to keep on working towards that goal every time.
Till next time!
-Bryant