The End is Usually Just Another Beginning

So, that project I was working on, that was supposed to be done in January, then February, then March? Well, it's April and the project is done...recording. What I didn't think about was how I was going to distribute it. There are so many options, most of which are not profitable. But then some could be, if I'm willing to invest time and/or money into promoting. The end of production is taking it to market, and I'll be completely honest, I don't really feel like it right now.

Besides that, the project turned out almost exactly how I wanted it to, and the title is fitting. I came up with the title "Well Planned, Poorly Executed" months before I even knew which songs or how many of them it would consist of. That sounds like poor planning or even like planning to fail, but I actually did plan well. I selected the songs I wanted to record, the order I wanted the tracks to be in, and how I would go about recording the tracks. I even had a loose recording schedule at some point, but that is incidentally where the "poorly executed" aspect comes into play. I never recorded when I planned, and I didn't record some of the tracks using the method I'd planned. I stuck to the order I chose, but before I could record the final three songs, my microphone died and I had to borrow one. I thought that was going to be a huge blow to the consistency of the project, but as it turns out was only a minor setback. These are the kinds of problems I foresaw when I came up with that title. Statistically, things in my life are not likely to go according to plan.

I have to say that I am pleased with the project overall. I sent the files out to two friends and my sister. None of them have gotten back to me on what they thought of it. It doesn't matter, though. Whatever the say, I'm slinging this EP out to the masses, or at least the section of the masses whose attention I can get. That is, whenever I figure out what channels I will use to distribute it. You know, marketing'n'shit. I'm absolutely sure I will use digital, and physical media is a possibility if I'm willing to splurge. I'll get back to you on that (even though no one reads this blog).

50 points for reading. 100 points for staying on the lookout for whenever I release it. 2 million points for listening to it. Double that if you pay for it.

JOSH, THE SHERM