Well it’s been a little while since my last blog. I guess I was on kind of a musical slump, just kind of going with the flow and enjoying the end of the summer. I actually almost took a full commission sales job that would have taken a lot more of my time and put my already slack music career even further to the back of the shelf. The day after I had told the IT Company that I was going to work for them, I talked with Tim Roberts the head sound engineer at Soul Haven Studios. I told him about the idea of recording the album I had been working on for the last few years and since that album had been so influenced by Steph’s battle with Cancer I felt that we should give a portion of the album proceeds towards the American Cancer Society. He thought the idea was great and since the battle against cancer was something personal to him as well, he wanted to get started on the project right away. He said he had wanted to do an album with me after working together on a previous song, and now he was even more interested since the project had such a positive and meaningful purpose. After meeting with both the Soul Haven owners Tim and Mike Paleno we decided to take on this crazy project.
I guess the project is finally starting to move. Starting with my ideas and internal jut box, propelled by Steph’s battle with cancer, and backed by the skills and talent of the Soul Haven Project this crazy vision seems to be slowly piecing together.
Next I said a prayer, Got my old job back, and quickly put together a to-do list that seems to be growing exponentially.
- Figure out how we can make this project financially possible
- figure out how this album will benefit American Cancer Society, Soul Haven Studio, my self, and anyone else involved
- Start filling in the blanks on some of my half finished songs
- Start Pre-recording songs on Garage Band
- Practice extra on the Sax and Vocals
- Better define my style of music so we can capture it on this album
- Contact the Local American Cancer Society
- Start putting a Fundraising team together
- Put together something like a Business Plan, time line, and goals list
- Find Musicians
- Etc……………….
Well I think you get the idea. There seems to be a lot to do. I guess I just have to go one step at a time. I guess…..
Peace,
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