August 2006 New Album Update
Hullo, m'friends...how's everyone doing? Hope you've been having a great summer (unless you're in the southern hemisphere and it's winter, LOL!). I've been having a pretty good one - somehow, in the midst of working on this album and various other things, I've found time to make a few trips here and there and enjoy it. I remember when I used to be a very reclusive guy and never seemed to get out and do anything all summer - things have surely gone the other way since then!
I have eleven new songs recorded now. I think I have enough variety and scope in the material at this point to make a good, nicely-balanced album (unless I decide to do "just one more" at the last minute - it's happened before, hehe). It's always a bittersweet thing coming to the end of a project. It's definitely exciting to complete another collection of songs and be able to share them with everyone, but it's also hard to cut myself off - I think I always feel like that "ultimate song" is still in me and I'm always wanting to take one more stab at "getting it right."
The new album will be called Go, deriving its title from the newest song I just recorded (which will also likely be the opening song and first single/video). A similar thing happened with Reality Show - "Out of the Closet" was written in a last-minute burst of spontaneity and ended up becoming the album's "flagship" song. It's kind of a cool thing that seems to happen at the very end of a project - you look back at everything you've done for an album and suddenly feel the urge to ramp it up one more notch by doing something really cool and different.
At this point, I'm going back and tweaking the mixes on everything, fixing problems and making subtle improvements to get things more ready for the mastering stage. I'm also driving myself halfway insane working on cover concepts; I wavered back and forth and agonized over the graphics on Reality Show quite a bit and this time is no different. With any luck (and as long as I don't decide to record that "one more song"), I should be able to have the new CD out in October. Most likely the "Go" single and video will be released a week or two before the album itself.
That's the news for now. Off and running again. Have fun and behave yourselves (or at least be good enough to stay out of jail!).
David
