Underground

Well, it hasn’t started yet, but it will, so I’ll head it off now:

I’m not dead yet

From time to time, I really have to stop what I’m doing and focus on my music.  Right now, I’ve started some preliminary work on my fifth Jamendo album.  However, I’m nowhere near ready to run with it.

This summer was hard on me.  I’ve moved to another state, and now, I’ve started teaching at a new school.  For that reason, my posts here on WordPress have been kind of scarce.

Whenever this happens — and it has to happen, or the music won’t improve — I get mail from folks who are concerned about what happened to me.  It’s ok.

I’m somewhere beyond the Woodshed right now.  I call it “Underground.”  (A bit of a sight gag, since my new studio is on the 4th floor of our townhouse.)  As in, “I’ve gone underground with my music.”

I’m shooting for something special.  When I look back at my albums, the most popular one so far has been handmade.  However, the one that really sticks with me is La vie sous la mer.  There are some songs on that album that take me away to another place.

I want that again.

See, there’s a reason I do Creative Commons music.  It’s about freedom.  I may not make much money at it, but I have the luxury of not caring.  I do it to make something new and worthwhile.

And until I’m ready, I’m underground.

Like a sequoia seed.