Writing An Album: Take 2
Creating an album is a daunting task, especially when you're doing all of it by yourself.
That means you have to not only write, but also create every note yourself. It's a painstaking process. Maybe I'm a masochist. I already hate winter enough, and then I decide on a whim to put enormous pressure on myself to create a cool album.
Maybe that's what drove me to make this. In a recent PM to Trollheart, I said something to the effect of, "I don't plan on making music like this anymore". And then right away I decided to compile an album.
A lot of the work was already done over the past few months when I made little tracks off and on. I love ambient electronic music, and making it myself is a blast. I worked tirelessly for several days to fix up some of the older tracks I had and make some new ones to bring the album together as a cohesive work.
I even finished sooner than I expected, and was more satisfied than I thought I would be with it. I didn't even take the easy way out like most ambient electronic producers do by just making a whole album out of a couple simple ideas. I took those couple simple ideas, and made it a two minute song rather than a ten minute song. There's a lot of unique content here that I worked hard on.
I think the album is a perfect representation of my peace of mind. It's a winter album. Cold, bare, minimalistic. Wistful. Constantly building up as it trudges through the deep snow and bitter cold that lay outside the warm doors of where we're most comfortable. I hope someone here grows to appreciate it the way I appreciate what I managed to create.
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