philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
I released my second album 10.5 years ago and soon after started thinking about a third...because I still had a lot of songs with only demo-like recordings. As of today, that album exists. A fun point is that 9 of its 14 songs didn't exist when the third album concept first arrived.

Of course, I now have "songs with only demo-like recordings" in numbers that dwarf the count that existed back then. But I also have two or three projects that need work before I'm allowed to think, "What if...?" again.

https://philmills.bandcamp.com/album/every-season-passes
philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
I now have six songs that include all the new audio tracks I intend for them to have. That leaves eight more to beat into that condition. The process should consume spare time for four or five days...I take long breaks. After that, fine-tuning and enough of a mastering pass for Bandcamp.

My frequent problem, and source of slowdown, can be phrased as, "That sounds really nice and it would be a shame for it not to be heard, but I can't convince myself it fits into this song as I currently envision it." I'm completely open to the idea of my songs being reinterpreted in varying styles, even doing it myself, but one style per recording seems like a good goal.
philkmills: Phil and guitar (Default)
I'm at a point with my third album where having a name for it is becoming important. Even if it's only to be a Bandcamp release, I'll want appropriate "cover" art. The disk folder where it all resides is known as CD3 and I hope that's not the best idea I can come up with.

My approach with previous albums has been to take a phrase out of one of its songs that feels representative of the collection, but nothing like that has seemed right yet. For me, naming an album with the title of one of the tracks doesn't appeal much, drawing too much attention to a single song.

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