new ideas
Thursday, June 12th, 2008I’ve moved all my recording equipment back to my parents house, so I won’t be able to add any new songs for a while, not that I’ve been adding any recently anyway. It’s been pretty difficult to record new things while having a full time job, which is why I’m quitting in a month and moving home to record a new album!
Actually, 2 albums. I want to split up the sound so that I can focus on things more efficiently. I’d like to do one album of all folk songs, with singing and cello accompaniment, but keep it pretty sparse.
The other album would be instrumental and more heavily focused on layers with beat production. I’ve been really inspired by the band Ratatat lately, and I’d like to do something in that vein of electronic beat production with live cello on top.
I’ve been finding tons of cool old folk songs and cowboy/western songs that I want to adapt for the cello. I think I’ll probably include some original stuff too, but it’ll be fun to rely on the traditional stuff since it’s so rich.
I haven’t decided if I’ll include vocals on the electronic album. I’m just excited about the possibility of being able to perform both in acoustic and laid back environments, and louder more club like venues.
