As I begin this week I’m recognizing two significant markers: Thanksgiving & Week 12. I would like to be further along into the project than I am right now. I wanted to have the songs written by Thanksgiving, so I could focus on recording in December. But now that I think about it, I must not know myself very well. I can write & record at the same time. Plus, I’m not the kind of person to have things done ahead of time, just because it would be make sense. I’m a deadline pressured person (even if I wish I wasn’t).
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Earlier this year my father traded in our piano that my sister & I used when we were growing up. Given that Megan & I are out of the house & neither of my parents play, it seemed like a good idea. He arranged a trade for store credit at our local music store and then passed it on to me. What a deal!

I ended up purchasing a Fostex MR-8HD with his store credit. It’s a very simple digital multi-track recorder with a 40GB hard drive. It can sync up with the computer to dump mix downs or individual tracks to a PC for further tweaking. It’s a nice little toy and has gotten me thinking in a new way for this Walbum project.
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I hate all my tunes again. I’m totally stuck on development issues again. It’s like I forget how to be creative. It makes me a little sad when I think about. Have I really become that uptight?
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I’ve got one tune just about ready for recording. It’s about 3.5 minutes in length and feels like a good tune for the beginning or end of the album (it’s kinda spacious). I wrote most of it earlier this month. Now I’ve got to think about the solo. I’m thinking something majestic or uplifting. It just feels like one of those tunes.
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As I end this Thanksgiving week I want to make sure to give thanks for this project. It’s got in me a frustrated place right now, but my compositions are coming along and my playing is getting better. Resistance is always good.