Monday, July 21, 2008
Wednesday's the day!
Oasis has shipped my CDs, and they'll arrive sometime Wednesday!
First out the door will be pre-orders, to those individuals with the discerning taste necessary to get theirs ahead of the crowd. :)
Second will be disks for CDBaby, so I can get set up there and start the wheels in motion for things like iTunes.
Third will be all of the Trop Rock DJs and a couple of folks who are likely to review the album.
And I will, of course, have copies along with me at Migration.
I'm excited.
First out the door will be pre-orders, to those individuals with the discerning taste necessary to get theirs ahead of the crowd. :)
Second will be disks for CDBaby, so I can get set up there and start the wheels in motion for things like iTunes.
Third will be all of the Trop Rock DJs and a couple of folks who are likely to review the album.
And I will, of course, have copies along with me at Migration.
I'm excited.
Labels: CDBaby, iTunes, Migration, new album, trop rock
Friday, July 18, 2008
Posters
Well, the first shipment is in from the duplicators, and it's my 11x17 posters for the new album. They look good, and I'll have to see about posting one somewhere online for the morbidly curious. :)
No sign of the CDs yet, which isn't necessarily a bad omen. Theoretically they were supposed to finish today and ship UPS 2-day. So if they ship Monday, I'll have them Wednesday. Needless to say, with Migration coming up next weekend, I have my fingers crossed. They could even show up on Thursday and I'd be good; I'm not planning to leave here until after rush hour Thursday evening.
I've added the songs off the album to my iPod mix, and they fit right in with the rest of my tropical mix. That's good.
No sign of the CDs yet, which isn't necessarily a bad omen. Theoretically they were supposed to finish today and ship UPS 2-day. So if they ship Monday, I'll have them Wednesday. Needless to say, with Migration coming up next weekend, I have my fingers crossed. They could even show up on Thursday and I'd be good; I'm not planning to leave here until after rush hour Thursday evening.
I've added the songs off the album to my iPod mix, and they fit right in with the rest of my tropical mix. That's good.
Labels: Migration, music, new album
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Deadlines in the sand
Sometimes the best way to get something done is to just tell the world when and how you want it.
If you've been following what I'm doing at all, you know that I've been working on an album for most of this year. You've also heard me say "any time now" quite a few times. Well, the end is in sight.
There's a Parrothead "phlocking" coming up in Las Vegas the last weekend in July called Migration. Two days of music, socializing, drinking, and having fun, and a prime place for me to let people know about my music. And I really, really want to have copies of my album there.
Well, last week I got off my fundament and got in touch with the duplicators, and asked them how much lead time they'd need. They told me. I turned around and shared that information with my producer, who told me when he needed the final tracks in order to be able to meet that deadline. And then I checked in with Tom and told him when I needed the rest of his sax stuff.
And presto, the sax is done and in my producer's hands, and I'm starting to see final mix candidates. And the album art is likewise moving forward on a parallel track that will be ready when I need it. Nobody was holding anything back; there just wasn't much urgency until I created and communicated it.
So here's the scoop: Official release date is August 1; unofficially I'll have CDs a week before that and will be taking them to Migration with me.
The "official" album page for Every Day's a Holiday will be up within the next week or so. I'm revising song insights, to give people an idea of what it's all going to be about, and I need to compile and tag the lyrics. Samples will come a bit later, after the final mixes are done.
We're on our way, and it's gonna rock.
If you've been following what I'm doing at all, you know that I've been working on an album for most of this year. You've also heard me say "any time now" quite a few times. Well, the end is in sight.
There's a Parrothead "phlocking" coming up in Las Vegas the last weekend in July called Migration. Two days of music, socializing, drinking, and having fun, and a prime place for me to let people know about my music. And I really, really want to have copies of my album there.
Well, last week I got off my fundament and got in touch with the duplicators, and asked them how much lead time they'd need. They told me. I turned around and shared that information with my producer, who told me when he needed the final tracks in order to be able to meet that deadline. And then I checked in with Tom and told him when I needed the rest of his sax stuff.
And presto, the sax is done and in my producer's hands, and I'm starting to see final mix candidates. And the album art is likewise moving forward on a parallel track that will be ready when I need it. Nobody was holding anything back; there just wasn't much urgency until I created and communicated it.
So here's the scoop: Official release date is August 1; unofficially I'll have CDs a week before that and will be taking them to Migration with me.
The "official" album page for Every Day's a Holiday will be up within the next week or so. I'm revising song insights, to give people an idea of what it's all going to be about, and I need to compile and tag the lyrics. Samples will come a bit later, after the final mixes are done.
We're on our way, and it's gonna rock.
Labels: album, Migration, music
