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Walbum – Week XIV
I think my colds are gone now. I’m starting the week with ideas of multi-tracking in my head. I bought some strings for my uke, and I’m thinking of incorporating some piano into the recordings. I’ve...
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I began this week by pruning my song ideas. After throwing some things out, i have 17 scored tunes (or tune fragments) and 2 or 3 songs that i haven’t written out yet. – I’ve been suffering from quite...
View ArticleWalbum – Week XVI
This week had a couple big gigs and some last minute Holiday pressures, so in order to give my hands a break (that they needed) I’ve put this project on hold for a couple days. I think I’ll still be...
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Walbum – Week XVII
I brought my Fostex home with me for the Holidays, and as the week begins I’m thinking of downloading some editing software and finishing this album on my family’s computer. I have a couple tunes that...
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Most of this week involved traveling and getting back into the swing of things here in Boston. I dumped the contents of the Fostex onto the computer late in the week, and today I did a lot of editing....
View ArticleWalbum – Week XIX
This week is the performance debut of the WAlbum music. If things were going as planed, I would have had all 10 songs written, recorded, and published online by now. As it currently looks, I have 6...
View ArticleWalbum – Week XX
This week’s big adventure was the concert debut of the WAlbum music. I had a great time taking the tunes out for a test drive. Valerie sat in as guest cellist and we both had a blast. A recording from...
View ArticleWalbum – Week XXI
Procrastination is becoming an understatement to describe my adherence to a production schedule. This week was mostly editing and re-recording. I’m a little behind (as usual) for recording all the...
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The official page for the WAlbum Project is: http://www.brendanburns.com/walbum06 All the recordings and scores are up and available. Final thoughts will show up on Sunday.
View ArticleWAlbum: Final Reflections & Observations
A week has past since I finished the WAlbum project. With what little distance I have from the experience, here are some thoughts: OBSERVATIONS: This was a lot of work. I’m proud of some things and...
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