I just realized that it's already been a year since I made my last post. I'm not exactly sure how that happened or where the time has gone, but apparently I'm having a hard time these days keeping track of how fast time flies...
Where to start?
During the last few months of 2010, I was working intently on finishing up my long-awaited solo record. I managed to get about 90% there, more or less. So I guess a legitimate question would be why it's still not finished 4 months later. I wish I could say it's because I'm such a perfectionist that I have spent all this time fine tuning it, but the truth is I don't even really know where the last 4 months have gone. I haven't had a chance to work on it further, although I plan to try to do so in the near future. That's all I can say for now, although we are nearing something, at least...
In other news, Jason William Walton of Agalloch just informed me this week that Self Spiller's debut album entitled "Worms in the Keys" is finally completed. I am contributing on two songs, along with the incredibly talented Mirai Kawashima of Sigh and a lot of other amazing musicians.
In a surprising turn of events, I somewhat unexpectedly found myself back in the studio in January with one of my oldest and dearest friends. In many ways, he is the one that channeled me into the musical paths I have taken in my career for the past 10+ years, and it just felt completely right and almost like "coming home again" to work together in the studio after so many years. And I quickly came to realize how much we click creatively, and that without even much planning, we still had a unified vision of how we wanted to, this time, truly build an album from the "ground" up, laying the foundation brick by brick, step by step, shaping it and forming it into what I know will be the start of something truly great. In fact, I thought it would be several more years before I could even think of undertaking this. And it may yet take several years before something comes to surface. But at least, I'm happy to say, the creative process has begun! More to follow as things develop.
Lastly on a sad note, a good friend, actor and director Larry Holden, unexpectedly passed away in February at the age of 49. In addition to directing his own films, "My Father's House", "All Sun and Little White Flowers", and "Under the Leakingest Roof", Larry was perhaps best known from acting along side Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Cameron Diaz and others, in films such as Insomnia, Memento and Batman Begins. An artist in the true sense of the word, he will be missed, but hopefully also remembered by many through his contributions in both mainstream and independent filmmaking.
That's it for now. I hope to write more as soon as I get a chance!
Regards,
Andy
Where to start?
During the last few months of 2010, I was working intently on finishing up my long-awaited solo record. I managed to get about 90% there, more or less. So I guess a legitimate question would be why it's still not finished 4 months later. I wish I could say it's because I'm such a perfectionist that I have spent all this time fine tuning it, but the truth is I don't even really know where the last 4 months have gone. I haven't had a chance to work on it further, although I plan to try to do so in the near future. That's all I can say for now, although we are nearing something, at least...
In other news, Jason William Walton of Agalloch just informed me this week that Self Spiller's debut album entitled "Worms in the Keys" is finally completed. I am contributing on two songs, along with the incredibly talented Mirai Kawashima of Sigh and a lot of other amazing musicians.
In a surprising turn of events, I somewhat unexpectedly found myself back in the studio in January with one of my oldest and dearest friends. In many ways, he is the one that channeled me into the musical paths I have taken in my career for the past 10+ years, and it just felt completely right and almost like "coming home again" to work together in the studio after so many years. And I quickly came to realize how much we click creatively, and that without even much planning, we still had a unified vision of how we wanted to, this time, truly build an album from the "ground" up, laying the foundation brick by brick, step by step, shaping it and forming it into what I know will be the start of something truly great. In fact, I thought it would be several more years before I could even think of undertaking this. And it may yet take several years before something comes to surface. But at least, I'm happy to say, the creative process has begun! More to follow as things develop.
Lastly on a sad note, a good friend, actor and director Larry Holden, unexpectedly passed away in February at the age of 49. In addition to directing his own films, "My Father's House", "All Sun and Little White Flowers", and "Under the Leakingest Roof", Larry was perhaps best known from acting along side Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Cameron Diaz and others, in films such as Insomnia, Memento and Batman Begins. An artist in the true sense of the word, he will be missed, but hopefully also remembered by many through his contributions in both mainstream and independent filmmaking.
That's it for now. I hope to write more as soon as I get a chance!
Regards,
Andy
