News, Again

I'm not sure what this all means... you know?

News

So, this bandcamp posting all my rehearsal material is going.. well, stupidly, a bit more work than I anticipated, but I will continue with it as best I can. Other than that, I'm getting more ideas for... songs? Like, half songs. Its just 3 chords and a chorus essentially, which is what GBV does, but far better than I.

The main question is, can I perform with these? Will people be too turned off, or will the embrace 20+ "songs" in half an hour? There is obvious precedent for this: GBV, other bands who have had various 1-2 minute half songs. But the half songs aren't what people play on stage, though, at least I don't think so anyways, I've never seen GBV live.

I've haven't seen a lot of bands live. I wish that was different, but, alas, that isn't the case.

Anyways, whatever.

How things are

There, I have been putting up my recordings from my practice sessions.

This is completely stupid. Why am I doing this? So years down the line if I become rich and famous, then people can look back at this and be like, "Wow, what a creative genius! Everything he does is so wonderful and insightful." 

Probably. I'm a narcissist like that. I want to be special, I want to be amazing. I want to be something people talk about long after I'm gone.

Is that wrong? I have no idea. I just want to make music people will enjoy... maybe.

Well...

It is up, the first part of the 2AM sessions. Let it be known that this was a horrible idea and a complete waste of resources.

I feel like putting up the album art here:

I don't know why I put up album art, it isn't a physical release, just digital. There is no real need for it, but I made one anyways, why? Cause I could.

Boom.

Anyways, I plan to continue this until the album is complete, and if the first two tracks are any indication: yes, there will be many multiples of songs as they go through the writing process. And no, I don't have names for most of these songs. Yes, Casanova Nights is undergoing another track change. I will no longer be putting up track listings for the album until I have it down to 10 or 12 songs that all mesh together underneath some massive theme. I'm thinking existential ennui brought on by working for a living and trying to find meaningful relationships within constrictive societal institutions. Or beer and weed. One of those two.

Idea

Here is what I'm going to start doing.

I have an album in the process, Casanova Nights. You all know this.

Well, there is a process behind making the songs, and I thought it would be interesting to show my creative process. Or, if not interesting, it would give me something to do. This will involve me recording everytime I practice or play, and uploading it to bandcamp.

I'm calling this the 2AM Series: Casanova Nights. It will chronicle the writing of my songs from now until I complete the album. All the songs will be available on bandcamp until I am forced to take them down for whatever reason. There will be individual songs, not like whole sessions on one file or anything. I have ideas already in place, so there won't be too much jamming this time around. I might even do this for the next album.

It will be very stupid and pointless and no one will care, but I feel like doing it so there.

We will see how it goes.

Bandcamp

Added a bandcamp page to help with digital sales, and to commemorate the event I released an EP titled "Desperate Signals." Why? I don't know. It is just some songs I had laying around and threw together. You can buy it for a dollar.

Got a handheld recorder, now I am able to record in the basement without disturbing my family.

Yay.

Updates

Found out about bandcamp, apparently they host your music and offer a marketplace to sell it. Which would be awesome. They also have download codes, which might actually make my mission from earlier more feasible.

Just stick a download code into someone's windshield wiper, but then again people might be hesitant about downloading something from an unknown person off the internet. Even if it looks legit and from a trusted website like bandcamp, it could possibly be a virus.

So much to think about.... but again, this is all speculation. Just, thinking up stuff to do.

Plans

Long time no post, especially considering the insane amount of updating I did a while back. But, I've been letting things percolate within the old coffee maker, and a decision has been made: to go around the normal ways of distributing an album, I will proceed to make deliver a cd to every person I can in sioux city by leaving them on their car windshields.

I figure out of ten people, half of them will throw it away, while the other half will be curious and give it at least one listen. If even 1 of those people like that album, there is one more fan of PDA.

So, if 100 cds get distributed, then, hopefully, that means 10 people will enjoy the album. The numbers on this are probably off, and it will more than likely be about 1-2 people out of a hundred.

This new method is going to require a lot of effort and materials, materials that I can not afford. To cut costs, the album art is going to have to be put to rest. I'm opting out for plain cardboard sleeves with tracklistings, band name, album name, and email/website address written on it. This will hopefully bring this into the more "doable" range.

All speculation though. Once I get the album recorded and finished up, then we can start seriously talking numbers.

Peace.