it's day number one...

well, it's actually a few weeks after day number one...

for the past few weeks i've been taking the first small steps on my journey for this portion of my life. i've started to record my first album...it's going to be a six-song album with two bonus tracks of variations of two of the songs on the cd. i guess you could call it and ep (even though that term originally meant 'extended play'). it's been interesting thus far.

the first time i met with my producer...that's right...i have a producer...we just talked through the logistics, then the next time we met i played all of the songs i've written that i would like to consider putting on the album. it was really exciting to have my producer (matt) pick almost all of the songs that i would want to record. i don't know how many of you have heard me play...seeing as how i didn't do much performing-other than classical-until i arrived here in omaha (which is another blog entirely). But, if you have....the songs we decided on are:

Crying Alone
Why don't you
Before
Johnny
This is love
Lady Monday
Bonus: Acoustic Why don't you
Acoustic Crying Alone

This album is seriously going to rock my face off. The first four songs will be full band songs-with drums, bass, guitar, strings, and piano...and whatever else we decide needs to be added. This is love will be a type of orchestral arrangement...and Lady Monday will be me and piano only...sorta a live feel. i'm going to be able to play a grand piano while recording the last four songs on the above list....it's going to blow my mind.

So, after that...i went in and scratch recorded those six songs for the musicians that will be playing for me...eh...i found out i'm no good at playing to a click track....and i play too many sixteenth notes when i accompany myself...

ha...

ok, so last night my drummer, matt (who also happens to be my producer) laid down the drum tracks to three of the songs. i was blown away....is this really happening? are my songs that i wrote really being put on a recording? am i really a musician?

i guess the appropriate answer to all of these questions is: yes.



So, as i go along....doing this whole music thing....you can find my thoughts here...sometimes they'll be scattered...sometimes they'll be funny....sometimes....they might even be...well, we'll just have to see won't we.


for now...that's all i have...

thanks for reading....


jessicalindsey

(i would like to say thank you to my friends melli and mari...i have been inspired to do this because of them....so, thanks guys)