How do we document our craft as it moves along? Do we?
tyc...@mchsi.com
I think it is great that this project is Album. And seeing the enthusiasm is
just great! I have signed up for NaSoALMo the last two years and then just
sort of blew it off. Not this year. I will make it I am I am.
I was thinking it would be nice to present visually how we put our works
together. That is to say what do the pieces of paper look like that we have
scribbled on as our works move along. I have always wondered how somebody like
Les Paul, the man, kept all of his tracks fixed in his head and on paper back
in those very early days of recording ON TAPE. Or say Sam Phillips at Sun
records. Maybe we could find a way to present JPEGs to one another in a common
area. Ideas welcome.
Wouldn't it be great to have a look at the documents that Sam Phillips kept as
Elvis was recording his first ALBUM? Probably not too complicated as it was a
single take deal for the most part.
I want to do a cover of Robert Johnson's Steady Rollin' Man. Or a Mel Bay
cover.
Best of luck to all!
Randy
---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
From: "Cort Stratton" <cstr...@gmail.com>
To: naso...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [nasoalmo] Re: not much banter here eh? everyone too busy writing music?
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:29:38 +0000
> Hi Matt & Evan -- welcome aboard!
>
> It sounds like you're both in pretty good shape, at least compared to me. I
> have rough ideas for six ~5-minute tracks, and a few snippets of lyrics.
> However, I have yet to write or record a single note (it was a busy
> weekend). Hopefully I've have some better news in a few days.
>
> Last year (my first), my approach was pretty simple: produce at least one
> minute of new material every day, with several songs in the pipe
> simultaneously (so that if I didn't feel inspired by track X, I could work
> on track Y, or start a new track Z). That worked pretty well; for every
> track that just never went anywhere, there was another that would
> practically write itself once I got started. But I'm pretty sure there are
> as many successful methodologies as there are entrants; some people have
> surely already finished their album, and will spend the next 27 days
> designing kick-ass liner notes. Whatever works for you!
>
> - cort
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 2:13 PM, matthew <matthew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > As a first time NaSoAlmo-er, I'm curious to hear from some previous
> > graduates. Any advice?
> >
> > Also - I'm curious how many songs people have gotten so far... I've
> > written 2 somewhat complete songs and 4 sketches that range from total
> > shite to barely having potential. Anyone else want to comment?
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> > -Matt
> > >
> >
>
> >