Project Inventory
More for me than for anyone else, but I thought I’d write up a quick little inventory of personal projects for this year. Mostly of a musical nature. Some are in progress, some are a flicker of an idea.
Miniature Airlines: The plan is to have some sort of new release out by summer. That could possibly be a full length album, one or more EPs, or something else entirely. I’ve got a lot of mostly unreleased music waiting in the wings, I just have to find a direction and finish it all off. Which is actually more work than it sounds like. I’d also like to create a music video of some sort. This one falls more into the “flicker of an idea” category so far. Oh, and I’d love to update the website.
Superficial Hero: My old indie rock band is undergoing a slow-motion sort-of resurrection, and I’d like to see some payoff for that. We have a bunch of old songs and a handful of new ones to finish, then we need to figure out the logistics of getting the songs recorded properly while living in different states. But I’m getting a lot of ideas for this aspect from my next item…
Droomstyyg: Timm & I have been recording our friend Andrew’s black metal project, Droomstyyg, for a little while, and the results have been great so far. We’re working in a relatively quick and dirty style in Logic Pro, and our goal so far has been to record a song a week, in a 4-5 hour session (including stopping for beer and pizza). I’m learning a lot about Logic’s workflow, and can’t wait to put some of that knowledge to work elsewhere.
Unnamed Synthpop Project: I’m excited about this one, but it’s a little back-burner right now. This is another Timm & Dylan collaboration. We’re planning on performing as a live synthpop duo at some point, with live vocals. We need to finish a lot more music and work out a live setup to make this happen, but I think we’ve got a good chance of pulling it off. I’ve been working on a cover song in this style to get my feet wet, and it’s been going well.
D.iscontent: Our label/crew has been around for about a year now (I just renewed the domain name!). We’ve managed a few releases and a couple of shows in that time, and I’d like to see us busier this year. More performing, more recorded output, more stuff in general (videos, podcasts?). I’d also love to release music by someone (not counting remixes) besides the two of us, and I’d also like to make sure it’s worth their while to do so.
