Hello Hive, it’s been a while. 24 days to be exact. The longest I’ve ever been away.
Truth be told, I am not spending as much time in front of the screen these days and when I do it’s almost related to music. Editing videos, organizing and promoting shows and all that.
Today I confirmed the artist for the album cover and got back into recording mode after a 3 week hiatus from working on the album.
Initially I had planned to be away for a week but due to 2 shows in 2 weeks, I ended up needing much more practice than I had initially planned, and the shows went fantastically well.
The turnout was a little underwhelming on our side since both were far away from our base of operations, but the bands who invited us made sure to fill the place up both times and everyone who came seemed to really enjoy it.
Both shows had jams at the end. I haven’t seen THAT many shows where the two performers jammed at the end. I know it’s somewhat common in the jazz scene but in the indie rock or punk or ambient or even art rock scene it isn’t all that common, so I’m glad everyone is up for it. It’s my favorite part of the show.
I’m starting to see more attention on social media. Not a ton but enough to feel like this thing has legs now. Videos pick up new subscribers and some people comment nice things that make me feel like it’s not a waste of energy to post there.
As much as I had planned to organize shows this year, the album made us way too busy to think about it, but then friends and bands we had played with before came through and invited us to play so we wouldn’t have to do most of the thinking. Sadly we had to turn down our first show outside of the city because we are taking a trip at that time, and it was in a restaurant with a stage known for folk music from India and Kazakhstan and Tibet and experimental music too which is such a perfect fit for us. Hopefully we will be invited again.
Today between work, I got some paperwork and housework out of the way so I wouldn’t have it on my mind this week and set up my space for recording again then practiced my song a few times.
By the time I finished everything it was 10 pm, too late to record so I finally downloaded Cyberpunk 2077. I don’t know why I had no desire to play it for the first few years I was aware of it…ah it’s cause I don’t like shooters. But then suddenly I had a really strong urge to play it. Maybe I will be alright with shooters after finishing my first in decades, Control.
It’s probably not the best idea to start a new game right when I’m about to get back into recording mode but I can’t record and mix all day every day. I will try to use it as motivation to get the difficult work out of the way early.
I have a lot of work tomorrow so I’m not sure I’ll get to recording but at worst, Thursday and Friday are mostly free so I plan to get a lot done before the weekend.
I will try to not let another 24 days pass before posting again. Miss you all 🌞🌞
This song will keep evolving forever