On the road again...

After clearing the decks here in the homestead and the studio, things are somewhat settling down. There are still plenty of open action items, but now I can  shift gears a bit to work on the to-do list for LPHovercraft. Aside from the always-going sound design and general music making, there’s a ton of logistical work that needs to be done roughly in parallel to the creative. Well, I’ve been putting that off for a while and now it’s time to get that on track. And actually, it feels good to have some of those things either under way or out of the way. I’ll be wrapping up an agreement for digital distribution of the stereo mixes of my work, and have everything in place for using DTS format for rendering the surround mixes. With that kind of “housekeeping” under control it feels like more room has been made for the creative/fun part of the job – but in truth something else likely takes its place after too long. For now I’m enjoying the moment and trying my best to capture musical ideas as they come flooding in. Some I’ll keep, some I’ll change, and some I’ll toss away. It just feels good for “the spigot ” of ideas  to flow after a brief hiatus to focus on the “mundane” life and woodshed on keys a bit.

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There’s also progress on the artwork/graphics front – for producing web site and album cover art for LPHovercraft. That’s another task that will take some time to completely bear fruit, but it’s good to have the ball rolling in that area, too. Marie Meier, the French rock-and-roll artist that I’ve hired for the intial phase of LPHovercraft’s public face, has been swamped with other commissions – which is certainly a good thing for her! We just had a meeting via email and our schedules will start to mesh in the next few weeks, so some focus will come to that part of the project. There’s nothing to show, yet – but as things develop I will do some visual “hinting” on the LPHovercraft web site as those works get closer to being production-ready. Also, Marie is consistent in sharing her in-progress works online, so there will be a steady diet of visual material along with some audio snippets on the LPH site as the songs mature and get closer to being ready “for the wild”.

Also, on a completely unrelated project – I just got a call from a friend on a small film project that seems like it’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s a promo piece for a museum and theater here in California – and they’re also talking about cutting a longer version of the piece to circulate as a short film for the festival circuit. It has both spoof and straight-ahead music in it, and so far the schedule is a good fit. Like just about everything else – not much more I can say about it at the moment, but keep your eyes and ears peeled and I’ll update everyone as soon as I’m able.

And if I eat a sprout

You gotta eat a sprout

You gotta suffer too…

It’s a shame I didn’t have my phone camera out sooner – since the two banners that I first saw are now hidden behind the palm trees in this shot. Whoever paid for that is getting their money’s worth, since I got to stare at them for a few minutes as I was crawling along in pre-rush-hour traffic. Bravo to them for pulling out all the stops to promote the ensemble! It’s definitely A-list exposure.