Update and various ramblings

Hey ho lets go people....

Well the update this moment is that i have new songs and ideas written and i am working on arrangements and some sonic wizardry and hoping the tracks will take shape and become something very special!

I have probably written about 15 tracks so far, but not all of them in one pack make sense so i am trying to make the batch of songs i have flow, and for the album to work as a complete form of art, as far as it comes to singles or anything to share, that will be determined at a later date, right now making and producing something that i am happy with is the first thing on my mind right now. The songs do have some lovely amazing moments and the music is developing into something that i am very happy with, i must warn you this can all change very quickly as i get bored very easily about things like this, i am my own worst nightmare when it comes to matters like this i will write something then hate it then 6 months down the line like it again!

Also i think i have a title for the album, but all that will be revealed at a later date, right now its recording arranging and at some point adding vocals and then finally mixing and mastering the music as you can plainly see from that point i am well behind when it comes to finishing, i am starting to wonder if it will make a summer release?
And then artwork will be next, so yes i have a lot of work ahead of me and i need to get my butt into gear because this is going slow, and i am not sure peoples attention span would be so forgiving when i don't release anything :(

As for other projects such as Subject B and anything else i do watch this space

EVOLVE OR DIE

E

Breakthrough

Hello and welcome once again to the blog of The Calm Project, well since my last blog i have been very creative and been working on new music, i have 4 songs almost near complete and a lot more ideas to come, this could well be a 12 track album i am working on, i wanted to change the sound and ideas from where i have been because as you know people EVOLVE OR DIE!

Okay where to begin, this new direction i am going down is different but also some of the usual flavors are still in the mixing pot :) The Music has evolved into something new, the tracks are a mix of songs and instrumentals using field recordings and found sounds, it is not new to me but i want this album to be a true expression of how i am feeling and what i have gone through this year, as i say all great art comes from the heart and not the ego, as for some acts wanting to be famous takes precedence over the music and for me this is all wrong!

I don't want to give too much away but here are a few song titles :

Nemesis
Voices from beyond the Grave
Broken Chains

The theme is darker and more disturbing than before, here i am pulling out all i know about myself and life into this music and i am hoping people come to understand where it is i am speaking from...
I really can't wait to share this music once its finished and let the world see what it is i am up too, the music will be released by myself and my netlabel Neuroplastic so be ready guys for something new from The Calm Project this year

Evolve or die


E

Feeling like Orpheus

Okay am back and feeling better than my last blog, i think my writers block has gone and i am feeling far more inspired than i did before, the music that i am producing is starting to come think and fast, and it sounds great so far....

I have taken two previous songs i was working on and mixed them up a bit and now have a new lease of life, also i have written some new ideas and in the middle of arrangements and producing the sound quality that i am going for, hopefully this will be influenced by the likes of Amon Tobin and the final product will be something huge and powerful, don't get me wrong though i am far away from any completion and there is a lot more to come and make, i decided this is my sculpture record, chipping away till it feels right to exhibit. So please bare with me!

I have been on my travels again and now in a new place and starting to feel more settled i am still looking for musicians who would like to get involved even if it means using the Internet to make and produce music, its a tool my friends lets use them!

Also to let you know i am now on a netlabel and hopefully the next release will be on that label and soon check the link :http://neuroplasticrecords.com/

EVOLVE OR DIE !

Inspiration

Well for those that bother or actually give a shit, this is a note/blog for inspiration and hope, i am struggling with being inspired and finishing music, and actually just being happy with what am producing, but this goes far beyond just music, as art represents life this is my life and this is my struggle, being inspired not only to make music but also to make life, as everything is pretty much dead until life is given too things, for me right now death is at my door and i can't find life, i don't hear anything good anymore, music is pretty much dead too me, especially in the local scene where its full of rich kids wanting to be famous, or just full of lifeless rock statues who fall into the blurs or cliche and pretty much give you the same old crap, i find the object of creativity and the ideals of being rich the culprit for what is happening today, don't believe the hype and seek the artist because its they who deliver, this is not about playing the guitar its about who gives themselves to art!

The power of music

Okay this is a shortish blog about something that i found amazing and yet inspiring to myself recently well more than recently i have been ill, i have had respiratory problems because of the cold flats i live in plus the mold on walls, i have taken steroids and antibiotics etc and now on inhalers and all that, i recently had a lung function test and the tests came back normal and in some cases above average, due to the singing exercises i have done over the years etc, goes to show building up my muscles and lung function through singing as helped me, and not let my body turn to mush!

Long live singing and music its helped me more times than i can ever think off

EVOLVE OR DIE

E

A Creative peak is around the corner

Okay so not much has been released except for Christmas songs and cover versions and old material, well don't be alarmed i haven't gone cabaret on your ass am not a sell out like most of the contentious people out there or give us the same old drivel!

I am starting a new and the 1st thing to come hopefully soon when i finish the vocals is 4 new collaborations so please stay tuned as the music that i have been given is killer! And i can't wait to add my parts to these amazing musical moments :)

2nd On my list is getting back to my new work, i say work as the idea of selling an Album or EP sounds ridiculous to me, sometimes, especially when no one buys your last album, plus not being represented is difficult as it is, and as no one takes notice of anything i do the idea of me saying am following up an album just sounds funny to me!

Anyway the new tracks are coming along at a slow pace i know but they are coming, the music is a complete 180 directional turn of the last album and style, here the music breaths in a different genre and mood to the last out pourings that i gave you, here new beats and sounds and instruments fit together like a Dali Painting, soon i will add words poems thoughts to these sounds and hopefully songs will be born!!

My other offerings cannot be said yet so thats all your getting.... Though i have thought about making a film?

Anyway its a new year and a new start so stay tuned and tell your friends

EVOLVE OR DIE

E

Something New something borrowed something blue

Okay quick update for all you blog fans i know who you are :)

Well the new project for The Calm Project has begun, i have been collecting sounds and noises for a month now and been writing little motifs to work on, the ideas have only just been coming together and there are a lot of beginnings, lets hope they reach to the end, as the sound and concept is a new direction and far from Ghost Tapes Mood and Sound....

I have asked for people to come play who might play something different from guitars bass and drums, i am looking for new textures and new sounds, so the weirder the better is all i will say right now, so anything from Cello, to spoons will be cool in my books!

I am also thinking of trying some new vocal directions as i would like to perform as a trumpet or flute rather than a singer, words are getting in the way right now and i feel i want to discover something new within myself!

I am always open to new ideas and new music so if you think there is something i should listen too or read or watch then please let me know :)

If you haven't read in my previous blog i have been ill, and am waiting to work on some new music and ideas soon for some amazing musician friends of mine, i am hoping to start work on these soon and have them at least done before Christmas, i just can't afford to make myself ill again so fingers crossed for that!

As for Ghost Tape album download, it seems it reached a small audience and didn't move from there, i will still hopefully be gigging the Ghost Tape material, i still think it has a lot of development in terms of life after the record, but as i don't get offered gigs and have to put my own on, according to a certain person LIverpool music scene for alternative acts is thriving, i say your a fucking joke! So then next gig, who knows? Because i certainly don't!!!!

I would like to end with a small bid to either Ninja Tune or Warp, or any electronic label, come listen and give me some money, "there my first act of weakness" lol

EVOLVE OR DIE

E