My vision for this site is for it to be something different from the normal industry path. I want this site to focus on individual songs. For years, I’ve had long debates with friends about what to do with my work. The most common advice I get is that I should do the following:
* Pick 15 songs
* Record a CD with professional musicians
* Put together a band
* Perform the songs in clubs
* Sell that CD on various websites (and also while touring)
* Rinse and repeat until something hits
Make MONEY!!
Piece of cake.
In short…that’s just not my vision. Not only does that upset my existing life, but nothing in the above list is conducive to continuing to write good songs. And what I’ve cared about is whether or not I’m producing songs that can resonate.
If someone ELSE wants to take some of these songs and follow the above path, all good. I’d love to see that happen.
For me, though, I’m determined to find another way, even if it means I fail at this. Frankly, even the underlying technology itself for an everyday, individual website isn’t flexible enough to do what I want to do. That’s actually battle #1 in the next few months.
I want this website to be different. I want this site to be about each song. One by one. Updated every week. Constantly changing. Constantly engaging. An ongoing discussion. A place someone can come to every week for something unique. It’s a different model, but let’s see how that goes…