Friday, May 19, 2006
The Killer Stuff is at the End.
A short update on my life...
Studios don't last forever...
...but we can sure make it seem like it.
Inner Sanctum Studios is picking up business bit by bit. I'm excited to finally see it happening. I suppose that several months of studying marketing and finally getting to impliment what I studied is started to pay off. We're having a massive change over soon, so the "buy-out special" we have going on right now makes me think I'm going insane - It's over 75% off our previously advertised price. Hopefully the new ad for the special will be up this weekend.
I'm highly looking forward to the change over. The new company, The Music Company, is a full production company. That means that it operates not only as a recording studio, but also as a record label, independent producers, and generally like the old days of A&R. That's back when the record label was mostly hands off, while the A&R Representative found, developed, recorded, and overall helped artists do what they love most. Since the terms A&R Rep, Producer, and the like have since come to mean something completely different, we're opting for a more "all-around" term, Liason.
The new website, www.themusico.com, isn't up yet, but it is pointing to our current myspace until we can get things going. A few samples are up there as well, including a band I produced personally, U and i. I'm less than happy with myspace, however. It's a crude interface, often comes across as more of a dating service than an online community, and is generally slow to update things I've updated in the background (I've been waiting 2 days for a song I uploaded to process).
Where's the killer stuff?
It's coming. But right now I wanted to touch on something just as personal. This Sunday is my 31st birthday. I'm not yet sure how I feel about it. Looking at my life, I'm generally happy with where I am and where I'm going. Not many people pursue their dreams into reality, and that's something I'm seeing happen in my life.
In a way, that takes me back to The Music Company. I'm negotiating a record deal with 4 different artists right now. One of them I wouldn't exactly call negotiation though, but it is the one I'm most excited about - myself. I'm finally writing again. Damien Rice, being close to my age and style, inspired me to pursue that part of me that I had almost given up on. Sure, I had my compositions, soundtrack-oriented stuff, and some of my heavier stuff I still mess around with and plan on releasing via the company. What I haven't been able to do until recently, however, is write lyrics for my acoustic music (guitar and piano). Out of all my music, I find this genre my most passionate. I'm glad to be writing again.
Maybe Killing is a strong word...
...But it is pretty hefty news. If you didn't read the above, and merely skipped to this part, you missed a great deal. But all's fair, and if you know me, then you will eventually hear all of that anyway. So now for the reason why we're going to wait until January to move to Boulder... I wish that I could have told some of you in person, but either you don't live anywhere near me, or it has been nearly impossible to get with you. Nadine is now 18 weeks into her pregnancy! Next week we'll find out the gender! Perhaps some pictures from the ultrasound will be in order. And I look forward to sharing them with you.
fin
