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Sep. 23rd, 2005 02:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puddlesofunMy youngest brother is in a band, and they are playing at the Annandale some time between 12 and 3 on Sunday. Hurrah!
Aaargh! My faffing about has crippled my plans yet again. There seems to be no way I can get into any of the uni courses I was interested in without having done a bridging course, and that ship has already sailed. Grrrr. There is a TAFE diploma course on the subject of my career that recognises experience, so in theory it wouldn't take me long to finish. But although I like what I do, I don't really feel any desire to make it a bigger part of who I am. To tell the truth, I'm not sure how much longer I want to do it. I've seen kids go from little to teenagers and go off and do their own thing, and played some small part in their lives, which is extremely satisfying. But I'm not sure it would always continue to be so. Because for the most part, once they leave, they're gone.
I should be sensible about things such as a career and education, but my will will have it's way. I have to follow my various dreams.
So I was thinking, instead of Nano this year, I could record an album in a month. Then I thought, why wait until November? I can do it in October. Maybe I can even still do the novel thing.
So let me see, I guess I should set targets. Fifteen songs minimum, written and recorded, by the time that October is over. One every two days sounds just about do-able, even with the first week of the month being made up of ferociously tiring vacation care work.
With such a schedule, I may run short on inspiration, so I am hereby calling for suggestions on the following:
a) Subjects to write songs about.
b) Genres to play them in.
Also anyone at all who wants to play instruments on, sing on, or even write lyrics for the project will recieve love by the bucket-full.
To do:
Clean my room.
Get the following:
Batteries for the loop station
A new guitar (eep!), and possible some sort of non-crappy sounding effects processor, if such a thing exists.
My e-bow back from Nick
Hard drive?
Talent
Aaargh! My faffing about has crippled my plans yet again. There seems to be no way I can get into any of the uni courses I was interested in without having done a bridging course, and that ship has already sailed. Grrrr. There is a TAFE diploma course on the subject of my career that recognises experience, so in theory it wouldn't take me long to finish. But although I like what I do, I don't really feel any desire to make it a bigger part of who I am. To tell the truth, I'm not sure how much longer I want to do it. I've seen kids go from little to teenagers and go off and do their own thing, and played some small part in their lives, which is extremely satisfying. But I'm not sure it would always continue to be so. Because for the most part, once they leave, they're gone.
I should be sensible about things such as a career and education, but my will will have it's way. I have to follow my various dreams.
So I was thinking, instead of Nano this year, I could record an album in a month. Then I thought, why wait until November? I can do it in October. Maybe I can even still do the novel thing.
So let me see, I guess I should set targets. Fifteen songs minimum, written and recorded, by the time that October is over. One every two days sounds just about do-able, even with the first week of the month being made up of ferociously tiring vacation care work.
With such a schedule, I may run short on inspiration, so I am hereby calling for suggestions on the following:
a) Subjects to write songs about.
b) Genres to play them in.
Also anyone at all who wants to play instruments on, sing on, or even write lyrics for the project will recieve love by the bucket-full.
To do:
Clean my room.
Get the following:
Batteries for the loop station
A new guitar (eep!), and possible some sort of non-crappy sounding effects processor, if such a thing exists.
My e-bow back from Nick
Hard drive?
Talent
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Date: 2005-09-23 11:52 am (UTC)Anyway, your month of album-writing should be called ChriMoAlWri... or something. You need to own the month!
I like to sing. Some people tell me I sing well. I should've taken Carnatic music lessons back when I had the opportunity.
Joining in on would be fun and interesting. Pick me!
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Date: 2005-09-23 01:20 pm (UTC)But yes: snowball.
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Date: 2005-09-24 07:43 am (UTC)