part 6:

Dear Reader,

I know it’s been a minute but I’ve been busy fighting a war of somekind, hope you can forgive me.

The last record I did was made under duress, I wanted the challenge of working with a deadline, & I did manage to deliver on time but it kind of got away from me. I had no confidence in my production skills so I overcompensated with extra layers & junk & I lost sight of the songs; for the most part I was horrified by the result. It was an ugly little record indeed. Still, it was probably a necessary stepping-stone.
A necessary lesson in what not to do.

So when I started the new record I knew I needed to do things differently. I needed to set somekind of boundaries to work within. Some limitations to keep things from getting too beastly.


Some of these guidelines included:

- no live instrumentation
- less layers but work each layer harder. no layers added for the heck of it.
- there will be no song longer than 3 minutes & if a song is to exceed this time limit there needs to be a good reason for it.
- it’ll be word heavy but outward looking. Very little introspective therapy bullshit. Wahwah. Sick of doing it, sick of hearing it. yawn

I feel pretty good that I’ve stuck to these rules.. its still as difficult as always to finish the thing, but its helped to keep me on track.

Ended up doing over 40 songs, I’ll probably record 20 of them & keep about 10. I’ve lined up someone to help with the recording process, I’m pretty excited about it but I’ll keep that under my hat for the time being. Looks like I’ll start recording in a couple of weeks, I wanna record it quick, all the songs’ll be produced & written when I go in, so i’m pretty confident I’ll be able to knock it out fast & lash it together into something semi-coherent. Fingers crossed.

I’ve also been talking bout art with some people & I’ve got a clear view in my head of what it’ll look like. Even though I have no idea how I’m going to pay for any of this. Right now I feel like I would sell some of my internal organs to get it done, or pull a Rodriguez & submit myself to medical testing.. Donations are welcome.

Its getting very close. I can feel it. I’m itching to get back to performing, I can’t even remember what its like.

& if you’ve made it this far I will tell you that the album is going to be called ‘The Department of Human Services’ & it’ll be out before the year is done.

Cant wait to start something new.


Till next time,
good luck
I hope you make it.

ss