What a year this has been. I swear, I believe that those who oppose my musical mission must have some sort of Darkstar voodoo doll on me. Yes, there have been many setbacks... Like the other week, I took off work on 12/10 and 12/11 to go back into the studio, but the night before, my Engineer tells me that the boiler broke, so that means there would be soot and banging all during recording... Let alone no heat in the whole place. Then there's the financial constraints this year... But I'm looking past all that materialistic crap. MMV did bring a few good points. I've gotten some headway with the songs planning and recording. The latest project (Consecrate) is more than a
concept or an idea now...
It's starting to take shape. The second secret site for the Epical movement is coming along nicely (but that amusement park is not officially open yet). I got somewhat of a raise at work so I can afford to invest a little more time into getting things moving faster. I'm going for a more streamlined plan now (you might call these "resolutions":
Year MMVI:
Change everything I hated about Consecrate from what I hear in it now. Add new harmonies. Retool all the music tracks.
Re record "Darkside" from the ground up. Make it slower and clearer, yet with an even cooler drum and bassline.
Pick the third song for the demo project and record it.... Fast.
SELL SELL SELL the demo project.
Get into performance weight/shape so I can fit into my pithy cool outfits.
Take new head shots.
Re-tool the stage image.
Possibly quit smoking.
Get a vocal coach. Possibly Tony Harnell from the metal band TNT. He's a vocal coach in Manhattan or Melissa Cross, famed vocal/scream coach to the stars, also in Manhattan. Or maybe I'll just buy her dvd; "The Zen of Screaming".
Incorporate my recent penchant for Quantum physics/mechanics into the Epical movement.
Finish the tomes of the Epical and fill the secret website to open it to the public and advance the musical movement.
Like Bill and Ted, I need to be excellent to those who matter and whose opinions I would come to trust as an inner circle.
Finally fix my friggin car, Sinistar.
This year, I want things to become organized. I'm tired of saying the same shit every year and never getting it done. I'm about to hit one of those milestones in my life and I'd like these done and accomplished beforehand. It should not have taken over a year to get Consecrate done. It should not have been a year in between the first recording session and the second. There can be no mistakes this year.
End of line. More in MMVI. Stay tuned true believer!
Posted by Darkstar at December 31, 2005 09:22 PMThe Muse should get her own one. She's special.
Supplicated by: Unemployed Muse at December 31, 2005 10:27 PM