Broke my leg playing hockey over Memorial Day weekend, which led to blood clots and a pulmonary embolism I'm told nearly claimed my life. Can't say that I now feel any greater sense of purpose or anything - but it does so happen that things seem to now be falling into place for my grand plan.
Did some recording with my producer yesterday up in Los Angeles, and floated the idea of creating albums just like Jeff Lynne would do with the Electric Light Orchestra back in the 70s... with a complete (32 piece?) string section. Matt confirmed that this is certainly doable - with an option to record in Prague (phenomenal musicians at a fraction of what the cost would be in the U.S.).
Music being what it is these days, there are some really phenomenal musicians out there who love the idea of working on records they think are cool. I'm not suggesting I'm an amazing artist or anything, but the feedback I've gotten thus far does seem to indicate that pros who have tons of experience working with some pretty successful artists do enjoy working on my projects. I think they see me as a throwback to a different era. Well, whatever the reason - it's amazing to know that I'll have access to the personnel required to create the project that I want. All it will take is some money.
Spent a lot of time last week figuring out a manual algorithm for identifying the most cost-effective flight schedules for nine regions of the country over the course of a year. The idea is to take one extended trip per month (to those nine regions, plus another three that are more local and won't require flight), each consisting of a Friday through the following weekend (10 days) with a target of 45 hours of play during each. The remaining weekends each month will be split among 3 more local regions that I hit regularly - with an aim of getting in another 40 hours per month among the three of them. That total target of 85 hours per month should get me to 1,000 hours per year - and a projected win of over $100K at my simmed winrate. That should go a long way towards creating a base for my recording endeavors.
For now, I need to be patient, as I've yet to regain full use of my broken limb. Hopefully I'll be travelling regularly by the 1st of January.
Did some recording with my producer yesterday up in Los Angeles, and floated the idea of creating albums just like Jeff Lynne would do with the Electric Light Orchestra back in the 70s... with a complete (32 piece?) string section. Matt confirmed that this is certainly doable - with an option to record in Prague (phenomenal musicians at a fraction of what the cost would be in the U.S.).
Music being what it is these days, there are some really phenomenal musicians out there who love the idea of working on records they think are cool. I'm not suggesting I'm an amazing artist or anything, but the feedback I've gotten thus far does seem to indicate that pros who have tons of experience working with some pretty successful artists do enjoy working on my projects. I think they see me as a throwback to a different era. Well, whatever the reason - it's amazing to know that I'll have access to the personnel required to create the project that I want. All it will take is some money.
Spent a lot of time last week figuring out a manual algorithm for identifying the most cost-effective flight schedules for nine regions of the country over the course of a year. The idea is to take one extended trip per month (to those nine regions, plus another three that are more local and won't require flight), each consisting of a Friday through the following weekend (10 days) with a target of 45 hours of play during each. The remaining weekends each month will be split among 3 more local regions that I hit regularly - with an aim of getting in another 40 hours per month among the three of them. That total target of 85 hours per month should get me to 1,000 hours per year - and a projected win of over $100K at my simmed winrate. That should go a long way towards creating a base for my recording endeavors.
For now, I need to be patient, as I've yet to regain full use of my broken limb. Hopefully I'll be travelling regularly by the 1st of January.