Back at the keyboard

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it today!

I went to bed late last night and had a momentary diarist’s bout of conscience for not having added anything to the pile here yesterday. And yet I was writing all day. Have been, really, for at least a week now. I’m trying to get a bunch of things done before I start my new job (more on that in due time) and one of them is to build the website for the forthcoming record.

website draft copy:
per song credits:
- Piano on "Saint Lucifer", "Moses Took Us to the Water", and "Down to the Mountain"
- Synthesizer on "Carnegie Hill" and "Some Other Time"
- Organ on "Carnegie Hill" and "Dirty Ol' Sunshine"

Notes

Without Dan none of this would have ever happened. I have learned more about how to write a memorable song from Dan than I have from Robert, Elvis, Joni, Townes, or Bonnie. The...

Aside from assembling all the track information, links to streaming, how to buy, and so on, I’m also writing notes on songs, contributors, the record itself. This turns out to be a lot! It’s tiring. After I’ve written a few entries I tend to need a break. I’ll be asking the Reverend Bill to edit the copy before we have our “hard launch” so I won’t be linking to the drafts just yet, but I love the way the site is coming together (thanks to the work of designer Mel Choyce) and can’t wait to unveil it.

In the meantime I’m up a bit early after not quite enough sleep, and trying to catch up on a few more things before we head down to the Monterey bay area to see family.

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2 responses to “Back at the keyboard”

  1. Bill Avatar

    It’s also 4/20 ya know.

  2. xian Avatar

    I’ve heard it’s always 4/20 somewhere.

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