Write and record an album

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I am having a problem with getting myself disciplined enough to write and record a few songs. Well, I do have a few songs I have written that I think are really cool, but then I have to find a sound that fits with them, samples that should spice things up, a beat… basically, every time I attempt laying down an instrumental track in hopes of laying the lyrics on top of it all, I find something in the track that sort of turns into something else that sounds cool, and the track that was supposed to be this song turns into some other thing all together and I never get my songs recorded that I wanted to record. Anyone have advice for this? Also, I am having a hard time making decisions. It seems as if I like too many sounds and rhythms and ideas that I try and fit every variation into the song. It really gets out of hand.

I decided at the beginning of 2008 that this was my do-or-die year. This means that on January 2, 2009, if I don’t have an album ready, my gear goes on sale.

Since that decision, I’ve embarked on a project called “52 Tracks in 52 Weeks”. So far, I’m way ahead of schedule. I’ve written 19 tracks so far this year, which is nearly 2 per week. Most of them are ambient, but I’ve found the experience of blogging what I like about them and what I don’t like about them valuable.

Apollo Lee – 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks

Not getting very far, but give me a few months and we’ll get going again.

I’ve been arranging songs I admire in an attempt to allow the music theory that contributes to them sort of… sink in.
All the music I’ve written is mad lame. I don’t have enough time to figure out instrumentation, and it doesn’t help that I don’t have a band on hand. I’m aiming for a classically-influenced jazz thing.
Goddamn this is a lot of work.

I’m currently in the recording process with my band though we are just doing a short demo, not really an album. I write the music and play guitar, however i don’t write the lyrics. I have another project in which I perform solo for now, however I can’t seem to write and hold on to any lyrics. I’ve only have written one song in my life that I can actually stand lyrically.

And it seems that the more songs I write, it’s harder to keep up writing lyrics for them.

i have been writing alot of songs
if anyone wants to hear them, just email me at anniec0429@aol.com
i need criticism so be honest
im not sure if my friends have been…
oh!
and you have to be into like flyleaf and mcr’s type of music cuz thats what most of my stuff is

Of course, the first step of recording an album is putting together a band. I play guitar and sing. I’ve already found a second guitarist and a drummer. All I need now is a bass player. I’ve written lots of songs and in about two months, I’ll have enough to buy a Tascam portastudio.

Learned alot. I have a world class home studio. It is not hard to do and not to expensive either. Well worth doing.

I think i will learn to play the piano or guitar first (or both), so i can jam and put my lyrics to the music i will make.I often make songs and tunes up but lose some because i don’t record things,
today i thouth of a few lyrics and wrote them down.

something like…

Jewel

think it sounds similar because i listened to her today on my laptop.

And i am a girl who writes poetry etc.
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