January 5, 2021
Studio
- Dropped off Taylor at music shop for repair.
HH Musical
- Focused songwriting continues. I organized all of my quick cell phone audio recording ideas.
- Started refining the suite in Act I, Scene 5. That song will take a few days.
Hatchford Hotel
January 3, 2021
HH Musical
- Focused work on the songs now. About 2/3 of the songs are written – roughly.
- I printed out the lyrics for those and am rehearsing and refining them now.
- This will probably keep me busy for the next week or two.
- I’d like to have all the songs written but I know I’ll do better working on them in a two separate chunks. Don’t want to get overwhelmed.
December 23, 2020
HH Musical
- Last night and this morning I finished writing the song for the opening scene. Very pleased; it hits all the notes I wanted to hit.
Adam Rabin
- Been practicing vocals for “Winter Song” in hopes of being ready for a stress-free tracking session this weekend.
- New Year’s Eve release?
Groundhog Day
- On a whim, remixed “And Comes in Dreams” and “Salsa #5” the last couple days. That’s some weird stuff.
December 5, 2020
HH Musical
- Another excellent 90-minute writing session with Greg.
- Finalized a new small spoken passage that helps round out the leading woman’s story arc.
- Further refined the song list including removing 2 or 3 proposed songs. Ahhh, made my job a lot easier.
- After the call I finished writing “B.O.P.” song by adding a couple verses and tweaking the dialog between verses.
December 1, 2020
Comedy
- Practiced for “No Idea!” improv show on 12/3. Getting some chord progressions into my brain.
Mailbox
- Released new “What’s In The Box?” mix
HH Musical
- Reacquainting myself with the script. Reassessing where songs could/should go.
- Began smoothing out lead female character’s arc. It changed slightly throughout the first draft process so I needed to tweak a few lines.
October 11, 2020
HH Musical
- Greg and I reviewed the final scene last night. Minor tweaks and then we called it. Done. (Though, changes happen)
- Greg put his professional project management skills to good use by assigning me the task of making a spreadsheet of the whole play and all the possible songs. Did that today. Good way to see the whole story at a glance.
- I’d say 2/3 of the songs are at least started already. Some are very close to done. This is my winter.
October 8, 2020
Elephants of Scotland
- Wrote music for a new song. Working title: Europa Irish Ballad. Because it’s kinda Irish-y and sad and uses a riff from an old instrumental of mine called “Europa”
- Needs lyrics. Greg suggests I write about a “man who is in love with an octopus and must find a way to tell his children.”
- I’m tagging this as EoS because it definitely will need John and Bob to help me flesh it out.
HH Musical
- Finished the book!
- Going to review with Greg on Tuesday which will only yield improvements and even more ideas.
Studio
- Fixing an OSB wall that I stupidly glued carpet tile to. Removing tiles took quite a bit of the wall with it. So, spackle and paint.