ARRANGEMENTS
I often have to take breaks from creating things that were meant to be a finished product. Why does something always have to be a product? Why does something always have to be “finished”? This is the concept behind my SoundJournals project, which will go till I stop breathing probably. It is my feeling that as an artist it is sometimes important to embrace the spirit of “play time” — making things that were never meant to amount to anything. Several of my SoundJournals eventually turned into finished products, while some of the project files might never be opened again. The point is to not only switch over my brain to the pure mentality of simply making music in the moment without worrying about conventional deadlines or the question of “where am I taking this?” The point is that it doesn’t matter in this, or it’s not really supposed to.
So with my this “Arrangements” thing I’ve been working on, I’ve been grabbing MIDI files and deconstructing them, then re-imagining them into something completely different. It’s been a fun project to work on because I look at myself as taking a small break, but that doesn’t mean I am stopping making music all together. I’m just not writing an album, set to release a track, or trying to hit a deadline with a client. This is purely just me remaining active in my own way. For me it’s a wonderful way to keep my music muscles active but also explore new concepts in all the musical factions and departments. Plus I get to learn the compositions of music I love along the way.