"My Very Educated Mother"
-S-u-n-n-y- Rainy California
Original Concept:
A celebration of the solar system.
"One Word"
El Granada
Original Concept:
A cycle of emotional states, each named by a single word. Probably gonna be instrumental. We'll see :)
Artist Post-Game:
I started with great intent, ideas for a set of tracks to put together forming a quirky evolution of sound, tied together by a common letter -- Healthy, Happy, Hurt, Heavy, Heal, Hope.
Then, I had to drive home. And that drive home can be tiring. Most nights, by the time I was home I wasn't in the mood to do more than stare useless at the computer, never mind picking up an instrument. It didn't help that my "studio" is covered up and blocked behind the stuff I have to move out of the garage to make room for thin mints.
So lesson learned: make sure my gear is accessible, and make sure to do it before the month starts. Once a week goes by, it's disheartening to think about it.
There's also the ever-present perfectionism -- that worry that whatever I record will be crap, or that I'll spend time messing with gear/sounds/settings/etc. instead of making music. I know,completely missing the point of JoCoAlbMo -- recording something that's crap is perfectly acceptable.
Maybe I need the constant reminders. "3 weeks left! You should have 11.2 minutes recorded by now!"
Or a collaborator. *sigh*