First you’ve got to write songs (many, many, too many). Then make demos, great, really great demos. After that, find people that like your songs to work with, get opinions from independent listeners, but don’t take them too seriously. It’s just so you can skip the worst.
Now it’s time to work with these new people, be social and find more people. Realise you suck and realise you are the best, it’s a rollercoaster ride, believe, have doubts, have ups and downs, laugh, cry, drink, don’t drink
Time for rehearsals, learn that you don’t have the ability to learn your own songs. Pick out the best songs. Start tracking, find out that you have the wrong bpm, start over.
Try to get everyone’s focus, receive tracks from your colleagues, and mix. To your surprise everything is wrong; one is in love with the demo, one is in love with their own instrument, one hates their own playing. Sigh
Re-do, re-boot, fuck fuck fuck.Give up!
Re-birth, get a gig!
Rehearse for the gig, find out that no-one has time to rehearse. Do what you can.
Get a mastering guy (or gal), know your limits and realise that you’ve got pretty good ears after all (no-one else can hear the differences the mastering did anyway).
Come up with some album cover art, try to be artistic. Do a photoshoot of reflections in water puds.
Make a video, use whatever you find on your phone and make more material by filming yourself walking round the house with a flashing bicycle light.
Ok, so for the gig, organize it with fellow bands, spend approx 80 hours on preparations and promotion. Go insane.
Then came the end of the year and still no album. You’ve released some singles, spent hundreds of euros on weird curator sites, had some radio plays and what not.
Get this shit done now, I want to do more. Well, there’s still parts missing. I’m going insane. I should have patience, but it’s been 8 months already, 240 days, all but 2 tracks ready for release. Ok. Just fastly make this work. work work work.
Check done! Sent for mastering. Hope you’ll like it!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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