Well, I know I said April 1 folks, and I'm doing my best to get there. But it may not happen. If anything it'll be close.. within a month, two at the most.
Truth is, the biggest reason I haven't completed things is that I've been lazy. But on top of that there has also been a big move to Texas and a lot of crunch time at Obsidian that preceded the move.
On top of THAT, the laptop I've worked on was work owned so I have to transfer all my projects on to a new one, and as mentioned previously, without knowing exactly which DAWs and plugins you use (I take my stuff from a repository of things stored on DVD), you can wind up doing a lot more prep work just to get back to where you started!
Seriously, my friends, I've struggled to cope with change, but I have to accept it. I'm not writing music 24/7 anymore and it is hard to find time and energy to do it now. Believe me I don't love it any less but it just ain't like it used to be. This also culminated in my last post, declaring my desire to put a lot of duct tape around my gear and mark it "DO NOT UPGRADE, EVER". The Fatman did that at one point and man, did he have a good idea!
So tonight I plan on relaxing with my wife and taking it easy. Tomorrow I plan on delving in to the album. I've delved into my back catalog of MODs and found quite a few that would be great to finish / remake. There's also the three or four other projects (such as one called Earthscape that will consist of pieces that will all be written only on the Clavinova and be something of an homage to Mannheim Stemroller) that I need to figure out.
Top that off with my elusive interview with Miki Higashino (Gradius), Spencer Nielsen (Ecco) and a few other cool old game music bits, there's a lot to do. And I sincerely appreciate your patience.
Alex, im just glad you are taking the time to make music. Your work is very inspiring to me and i hope you continue. I use listen music all the time when I am working on my videos. I dont know if you have ever played the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. But I am working on screen play for a film adpatation of it and Im hoping someday, when I finish it, I can have you work on some of the music.
Posted by: Scott Larson | February 17, 2009 at 07:31 PM
I listen to your music all the time when I am working on...
Posted by: Scott Larson | February 17, 2009 at 07:32 PM
Awesome, Alex. Wasn't aware you were working on an album. I'll look forward to it, and of course keep the demoscene posted!
Regarding Miki Higashino, if you haven't finished your work already, don't forget her work on the Suikoden RPG series. It's my favorite game of all time, and one of the best soundtracks around. Let me know if you want to hear it.. it's some amazing stuff!
Shoot me an email, man. Let me know how things are going.
Posted by: Jayson | February 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM
The best news I've had in ages. You'll send a reminder by e-mail to the people who purchased you previous album, yes? Wouldn't wanna miss the day this is released. Hoping for some badass old school Brandonian tunes.
Good luck with the composing.
/asker
Posted by: asker | February 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM
It was a pleasure to finally buy Era's End today. I'm in love with all the tracks. It's one of your best works. Great to hear your new tracker compositions, explore the music for influences of other artists as well as your own fantastic style. Hope you'll release a new album soon. It mustn't be on 1st of april, but let it be soon, as I want to support one of my favourite artists.
Posted by: Johnny | March 19, 2009 at 05:50 PM