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| From | Ronald Sanchez Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> |
| Subject | Re: Length of Time Between Releases Con't |
| Date | Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:15:41 -0600 |
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Unless you are Bob Pollard, most bands aren't going to be putting out an
album a year.
It'll be 4 1/2 years between Donovan's Brain albums. We'd been putting
stuff out at a pretty good clip, but we were working on our third when
the first one came out... then started the next one before we even
finished #3.... A month after #4 was released, we started work on the
Defeat Of Echoes....
The same week our last one came out in spring 2005, I was in Seattle
starting work on a Roy Loney album, which took the best part of the next
couple of years. We began writing songs in 2006. In 2007, we started
recording, but those songs ended up being used for a film. We regrouped
at the end of 2007, looked at some more new songs, and started work in
Jan 2008. Over the same period, Deniz Tek was out doing the Radio
Birdman reunion tours and album, and Bob Sutliff put out an album.
We did our record when we could. I set a long term goal, which we only
missed by a month. I think all the other overlapping projects only
helped us when we got down to business. We had a lot of songs when we
started and four more were written once we were underway. A few things
got set aside, and a couple of old tracks got pulled off the shelf and
redone for this record. Everyone was on the case, so I feel like we
ended up with a solid record. I never want to be trying to finish three
records at the same time again. I've been recording nonstop for 20 years
now, my stuff and others, including most of the label artists.
Now that the Brain record is done, and the Soul Movers is set to be
released (we did two gigs last week) both Deniz and I have realized we
finally have cleared our schedules. .. not for long, I'm looking in the
vaults at some tapes that need to be archived and remixed. I sent two
songs over to Deniz that we started for an album that never got done. He
figures it's seed material for his next solo album. I took my song from
those sessions and dropped them in the the Brain stack.. I also held on
to one of the songs recorded during the sessions for the new Brain lp. I
always like to have something to get me started on the next one... So
that's at least two for Brain #7... While looking for a phone number, I
found an old note book of lyric fragments....I'm ready to get working.
I love making records, but it's a lot of work, and it costs me $$$ to
put them out. I need to release my music at a reasonable pace, but that
doesn't stop me from always moving forward.
I haven't heard the new Shazam yet either. I look forward to comparing
my thoughts to some of yours.
rs
Mark Bacino wrote:
> I can see how length of time between releases could prompt the dreaded -
> "It took them how long to make this!?" syndrome but speaking from my
> (meager) musical perspective, length of time between releases indeed
> doesn't always mean that the artist has been working on said album for
> that length of time. I can say that really hasn't been the situation
> re: my album releases. Case in point - My last release ("Million Dollar
> Milkshake") was back in '03. I didn't begin proper recording of my
> newest till fall of '06 and finished it early winter '08. Lots of stuff
> occurred in between and since - some industry stuff but also a lot of
> other work, babies being born, general life stuff. I think people can
> forget sometimes that in the end, artists who makes records are, of
> course, just people first; sh*t happens that takes them away from the
> music. Also, I can't speak to Axl Rose's record making
> process/time-line, I don't have that kind of scratch/time (and maybe I'm
> wrongly assuming he does) but I suspect a band like The Shazam is
> probably not that far off from my own situation - lives, families, maybe
> day gigs, limited immediate recording budgets, etc. Not to defend the
> new Shazam record (I haven't heard it) but I always feel like when indie
> or semi-indie bands pull off professional quality records at this level
> of the playing field it's generally viewed in my mind as a minor
> miracle. There are, more often then not, many, many obstacles/sacrifices
> to overcome in the making of these little gems, monetarily and
> personally. I think if I/we were sane we probably wouldn't bother but
> I'm always glad in the end that we do ;-)
>
> Best,
> Mark
> (Who's now dreading the "it took him 7 years to make this?!" when his
> album releases in a few months ;-)
> www.markbacino.com <http://www.markbacino.com/>
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