CD Naming Mystery
Why do I skip around in the CD numbering, for instance releasing CD4 as my second CD, and where are the missing CDs like CD2 and CD3? Basically I am frequently recording musical ideas, some of which would be considered for inclusion on a CD and some not. Recording a CD - realizing the demo tracks as finished material - is a long process, a process best undertaken (at least for me) when I am ready to dedicate some serious and continuous time to getting it done. Then there is the fact that it can be more fun to work on coming up with new material as opposed to all of the engineering and just plain work that goes into turning demos into fully-realized productions.
A CD is sort of a cohesive snapshot of where I am in one space, place and time. The songs may fit together due to the general sound of them, the mood and situations I was in while composing, the general time frame (such as Fall 2009), or even focusing on certain pieces of musical gear, which can give the music a certain sound.
If you were to hear a demo track from say CD2 (and I may break one out from time to time as sharing is a good thing) it could sound anywhere from a pretty rough demo to almost like a completed CD track. But don't be fooled. Even the tracks that sound fairly complete still require a lot of work, and it is that last 20% that takes most of the time. The various tracks I have compiled for CD2 would not sound like they belong with the tracks in the works for example CD5, and that is why I want to release the tracks for CD2 together someday, instead of just throwing in some favorites from it on on CD5.
A CD is sort of a cohesive snapshot of where I am in one space, place and time. The songs may fit together due to the general sound of them, the mood and situations I was in while composing, the general time frame (such as Fall 2009), or even focusing on certain pieces of musical gear, which can give the music a certain sound.
If you were to hear a demo track from say CD2 (and I may break one out from time to time as sharing is a good thing) it could sound anywhere from a pretty rough demo to almost like a completed CD track. But don't be fooled. Even the tracks that sound fairly complete still require a lot of work, and it is that last 20% that takes most of the time. The various tracks I have compiled for CD2 would not sound like they belong with the tracks in the works for example CD5, and that is why I want to release the tracks for CD2 together someday, instead of just throwing in some favorites from it on on CD5.