2000

Well this weekend or maybe Monday I should be hitting 2000 plays on RN.  A good number of those are from this blog.  I'd be willing to bet that this blog generates more listens than any other way.  Not only that but the exclusive blog songs do very well considering I don't announce them otherwise.  So I have the readers here to thank.

What does Reverb Nation mean?  I'm not sure really.  Ideally my songs would be heard by a wide range of artists who would potentially cover one of my songs.  That would be the big goal.  I'm not sure if that will happen, but in the mean time I am getting heard.  Most importantly I have met online a number of talented artists and learned much from the experience.  It's also a bit humbling to hear so much great music.  It makes you wonder why certain songs get picked over others.  There's just so many great ones.

I'd like to do something to celebrate 2000 listens, like create a special tune pak but I've got my song links all over this blog I'm not sure it would carry much meaning.  So instead I'll just say thank you.  I really appreciate that you all listen.

Don't Bet on June (Acoustic Blog Exclusive)

Well  it's time for another Acoustic Blog Exclusive.  For new readers this means I don't announce it to non followers.  I like the idea that it can only be found by people who are looking.  So here you go.  It's a little dark but I like it.

Don't Bet on June

Waiting for the songs to start playing
Waiting for this cold wind to end
Sleeping so long, the nights have been too long.
Waiting for the sun to come again.

Sinking deeper into this sweater,
the snow is piling up outside
have to dig so far, to find a sign of life
Waiting for the sun to come again.

Don't bet on June
to end this winter
Don't bet on warm days ahead
But if that sun starts shining like it did
I won't waste another summer day.

There are places I could be going,
there are people who think of me
but I'll just melt into this frozen sea
waiting for the sun to come again.

It's so cold in this fire,
so tired in this winter
each frozen dream that turns me in my sleep
waiting for the sun to come again.

Don't bet on June
to end this winter
Don't bet on June
to come again.
the wood is low,
and the fire fades away
Don't bet on June
to come again.

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_3842705

Beautiful spring.

Well it's a nice spring. Things are good. Track is going well. My high jumpers are coming along. The new jumpers have a way to go but it's a long process. As you correct things they get tentative for a while. You can't be both explosive and tentative. I guess there's a lesson there for the real world too, huh. I'll have to think on that one.

Music is good, Annies got a little air play which was way cool. I have no idea how many people heard it as it was on a community Internet radio way off in the UK somewhere. It could be three people or thousands and I wouldn't know any better. But I did get to listen and it was really fun and exciting to hear.

I'm considering making Annies my first song for sale. I'm still thinking on it. I do want to see how the process works and I guess I need a guinea pig. I guess it's something I should do.

Writing is going slowly, mostly it's being hijacked by the recording process. I feel as if I can't write until I finish the project I'm on. And I'm working OT now and coaching track. So it's hard to work on the current song. The new song will be pretty decent. It's taking a little longer as I'm adding a couple of steps. I'm writing a bit more comprehensive drum track, and once that is done I plan on doing another set of dubs to sync it all a little tighter. So basically I doubled the length of the process. But I learned with the last two songs how much value there is in dubs. It's kind of like cutting a paper heart and every time you go around it gets smaller. Except in this every time you go around the song develops a bit more and gets better. Provided you're not adding, then it just turns to mush.

I'm also hoping the dubs and more dynamic drums get a little of the sentimentalism out of it. It's a little too gooey for me now, but I can't seem to get rid of it. Maybe it's just the song.

For you long time readers, the book thing is totally on hold. No time at all for that, i think I'll resume directly after track season. Tis all for now.