After 30 years in the music business doing paid, client-ordered soundtrack work, I decided to release some tunes that reflect how I hear music, without client input. I figured after years and years of talk, it was time to do it.
This isn’t about promoting it; very few people here would bother to listen to it twice; it’s not guitar music, and it’s not a popular genre. Unless you’re into electronica and film scores, believe me, you’ll hate it. Hell, I kinda hate it, and I wrote and recorded it!
Being a somewhat sensible person, I have to say that putting out an album is daunting. I hesitated to do this several times. My head was full of potential reactions, like, “This sucks.” I won’t kid myself.
A few days ago, I decided not to bother. Then my son encouraged me, and basically said (I’m paraphrasing) that lots of artists can’t stand their own music after living with it for awhile. I am certainly among them. Yet I moved forward with it.
I don’t know if I’ll think this was a good idea or a bad idea in a few years, but at least it wasn’t expensive, since I have my own studio. I’m not encouraging anyone else to try this, but I guess it felt necessary.
I’m sitting here having a Monkey 47 martini in honor of my somehow coming up with the firmness of purpose to let it out there! Woo! Doubt, pain, goodbye.
This isn’t about promoting it; very few people here would bother to listen to it twice; it’s not guitar music, and it’s not a popular genre. Unless you’re into electronica and film scores, believe me, you’ll hate it. Hell, I kinda hate it, and I wrote and recorded it!
Being a somewhat sensible person, I have to say that putting out an album is daunting. I hesitated to do this several times. My head was full of potential reactions, like, “This sucks.” I won’t kid myself.
A few days ago, I decided not to bother. Then my son encouraged me, and basically said (I’m paraphrasing) that lots of artists can’t stand their own music after living with it for awhile. I am certainly among them. Yet I moved forward with it.
I don’t know if I’ll think this was a good idea or a bad idea in a few years, but at least it wasn’t expensive, since I have my own studio. I’m not encouraging anyone else to try this, but I guess it felt necessary.
I’m sitting here having a Monkey 47 martini in honor of my somehow coming up with the firmness of purpose to let it out there! Woo! Doubt, pain, goodbye.