Missed a day!!

Sorry everyone... I missed a day yesterday.  My family is in from out of town and we celebrated our holiday season with lots of food and gifts.  I'm hoping to get one done today... Don't worry, I'll get 365 straight days if it kills me!

New pics of my studio

The other picture is where my studio used to be... I've moved it since then to the other side of my house.... Here are some updated photos... 

My Gear

Some of you might be wondering about the gear I'm using in my studio so here it is.  

On the piano... which is an acrosonic spinet by Baldwin... I have a combination of a few different mics-- a matched pair of Peluso small condensers, an SE Electronics R1 ribbon, or an SM57.  I have a Rode K2 Tube Condenser that I use for most of my vocals, but for this project I'll be using an SM58.  That mic is easier to set up at the piano. 

 I'm using a combination of different Preamps-- Presonus Eureka channel strip, D.A.V. Electronics Broadhurst GDNS No.1u stereo preamp, and an AEA stereo ribbon pre.  

I have a Digi 002 running into a home built PC that's running Pro Tools and Sonar.  I switch back and forth between the two... don't ask me why... I like both programs!!  I have way too many plug-ins to type so there's that too.

Other gear I use...Korg Triton, Korg Ms2000, Nord Electro 2, Warp Factory Electrix Vocoder, Stanton Belt Drive Turntable, Yamaha Oak Custom Drum Kit, and a beautiful mint condition 1977 Yamaha Electone Organ with the original bench--I got that for $150... lucky.

First Few Songs

Ok... I'm really beginning this blog with 4 songs.  I'm going to try and upload a new song every day.  We'll see how that goes...  You all can check out the new songs from my Last.Fm flash player.It will either be at the bottom or the top of my blog.  If you click on the link to Last.Fm, you can download all of my tracks for free--    http://www.last.fm/music/Write+Before+Right/Write+Before+Right---       You can also listen to the tracks in their entirety from Last.Fm   Here's what we have so far... 

Shoot Me In the Head-- 12.19.08

Jefferson Sings-- 12.20.08

Ghost-- 12.21.08

The Sad Story of Elmer Jacobsen 12.22.08 

                                                                              ... Here's a great story I came across in a Magazine called 'Found Magazine'--- Someone found Elmer's entire life story in a Dumpster and published it in this magazine.  I thought it was pretty fascinating.

Hello To Everyone!!

This blog is about my process of writing and recording a song every day for the next year.  I have 3 rules: The song has to be at least 2 minutes long, it cannot be an instrumental song--it has to be lyrically driven, and the song cannot be about the process of writing a song.  

This blog is not intended to show off my abilities as a songwriter.  In fact, I'm committing to this project to allow myself to write bad songs.  Experimentation is key.  My sole intention is to document the process of becoming a better songwriter.

I will post ideas, links, audio, and video about my process.  Comments are welcome... I hope to create a community of interest within my project.  Enjoy!!!