"JUUUUDAS!" Ha.
In all seriousness, ladies & germs, since my last post there's been a dramatic mixture of nothing and everything going on, culminating in my return from Ireland last night clutching in one stygian paw a shining, circular vessel of sonic missive. Found lingering on that mercurial archive, among other curiosities, is this: a new demo containing five songs, including this one - my first serious attempt to transplant my songs into something like a "band" format.
SO in the coming months I'll be putting together a fully-featured new demo of songs with full backing arrangements in a band format. The above track is just a preliminary experiment, knocked up in 2 hours with me playing everything except bass and percussion, which the producer handled himself. This new project has me re-energised and my enthusiasm has recovered significantly since my rather mopey last post.
It's finally sunk in that this is a real long-term project I've got on my hands here. A lot of today's respected singer-songwriters are pushing 30 by the time they really get noticed. A year ago I'd have seen that as a waste of 10 years but now I understand that if that's what it takes, them's the breaks. This is what I signed up for.
Let me know what you think of the track. I've also uploaded 4 other newly recorded songs in the old solo format. Won't be playing any gigs with band accompaniment for a good while probably as it's simply not practical, especially considering I've just had to get myself a job to stay fed and sheltered.
Keep it lit
JBN
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In all seriousness, ladies & germs, since my last post there's been a dramatic mixture of nothing and everything going on, culminating in my return from Ireland last night clutching in one stygian paw a shining, circular vessel of sonic missive. Found lingering on that mercurial archive, among other curiosities, is this: a new demo containing five songs, including this one - my first serious attempt to transplant my songs into something like a "band" format.
SO in the coming months I'll be putting together a fully-featured new demo of songs with full backing arrangements in a band format. The above track is just a preliminary experiment, knocked up in 2 hours with me playing everything except bass and percussion, which the producer handled himself. This new project has me re-energised and my enthusiasm has recovered significantly since my rather mopey last post.
It's finally sunk in that this is a real long-term project I've got on my hands here. A lot of today's respected singer-songwriters are pushing 30 by the time they really get noticed. A year ago I'd have seen that as a waste of 10 years but now I understand that if that's what it takes, them's the breaks. This is what I signed up for.
Let me know what you think of the track. I've also uploaded 4 other newly recorded songs in the old solo format. Won't be playing any gigs with band accompaniment for a good while probably as it's simply not practical, especially considering I've just had to get myself a job to stay fed and sheltered.
Keep it lit
JBN