RPM: Once Again, Conceding Defeat.
Sigh.
It has become clear to me now that even if the factory was to call on Monday and say that the entire week of work was canceled and I was free to do whatever the hell I wanted, I still would not have enough time to finish work on my RPM album project and have it completed by the end of February.
So that's pretty much that, especially since I don't foresee such a complete shutdown (even though one happened in January).
I can trace what happened - too much time was spent at the beginning of February just searching for small nuggets of interest, tiny things on which to begin draping songs - but nothing seemed to "gel". I've got folders of rough crap that just goes "duuuuhhhh" and is not likely to produce anything worth listening to.
It's only just now that I've managed to winnow out a handful of "sketches" with some promise, and now I can start to see the outline of the album and its songs take shape - too late, of course, for me to finish in time. A couple things look like they might even turn out, well, pretty good. (In fact, I'm a little worried over one song that is sticking in my brain - it's a catchy thing and I'm terribly worried that I've heard that riff elsewhere besides inside my own head and that I'll release the song and get sued by Huey Lewis or somebody.)
In contrast to my 2008 RPM attempt, which sank like a rock when it became obvious I wasn't going to make it, I've still got enough enthusiasm over this forming material to keep working on it - so even though I won't make the challenge, I'm still planing on making that album. Just not as soon as planned. Maybe in another month or two.
Fingers Crossed.
It has become clear to me now that even if the factory was to call on Monday and say that the entire week of work was canceled and I was free to do whatever the hell I wanted, I still would not have enough time to finish work on my RPM album project and have it completed by the end of February.
So that's pretty much that, especially since I don't foresee such a complete shutdown (even though one happened in January).
I can trace what happened - too much time was spent at the beginning of February just searching for small nuggets of interest, tiny things on which to begin draping songs - but nothing seemed to "gel". I've got folders of rough crap that just goes "duuuuhhhh" and is not likely to produce anything worth listening to.
It's only just now that I've managed to winnow out a handful of "sketches" with some promise, and now I can start to see the outline of the album and its songs take shape - too late, of course, for me to finish in time. A couple things look like they might even turn out, well, pretty good. (In fact, I'm a little worried over one song that is sticking in my brain - it's a catchy thing and I'm terribly worried that I've heard that riff elsewhere besides inside my own head and that I'll release the song and get sued by Huey Lewis or somebody.)
In contrast to my 2008 RPM attempt, which sank like a rock when it became obvious I wasn't going to make it, I've still got enough enthusiasm over this forming material to keep working on it - so even though I won't make the challenge, I'm still planing on making that album. Just not as soon as planned. Maybe in another month or two.
Fingers Crossed.