A Decision Regarding The New Album
After careful consideration, I have come to a new decision regarding the way in which I will be executing and releasing the music from my current project “The Protector”.
About 8 months ago, I was ready to release an EP of sketches from the project called “Prophets Become Protectors”; however, I ultimately decided to shelf that idea and instead put my focus into working to discover the sound for the album. This task proved to be much more difficult than I expected. “The Prophecy” was easy, it all came so quickly, but this project wasn’t clicking quite yet.
Upon arriving back to Berklee in last August, I began to make plans to do a live orchestral session project with a very talented friend of mine. Our plan was to go into a studio for a full 12 hour day and knock out 2 songs from the album with a full orchestra. This project did indeed happen, and it is still taking shape for a release of it’s own.
My more recent revelations are the ones that have led me to a decision about how to record and release this album.
In December, I played a show where I played through the music of “The Protector” in its tracklisted order - Just myself and a piano - solo. To say this show went well would be an understatement. The reaction I received for days to come after the show was completely uplifting and exciting. The friends and listeners who came seemed to be just as excited about the music as I had been while writing it - It really did help breathe life into the project when I was beginning to doubt it’s viability.
So now in the last 5 days, after careful thinking, I have come to yet another decision about this release that will wipe out all previous plans.
“The Protector” is no longer an album - It is instead a collection of two or three EPs. In the end I may release them as the intended whole, but for now I will focus on them in groups. In the last 2 days I have had a total burst of direction and mapped out nearly the whole entire first EP - Just in time for a studio day next week, where we will hopefully get 2 songs done.
So… Here’s the new plan. I’ve got a couple studio days coming up, and I’m working hard on finishing the bare bones before then. My plan for the next 3 months is to lock down 5 songs (which I have already chosen, and 1 of which is 80% complete) to release as “The Protector, Pt. I - Wicked Ways”.
The songs I have chosen for this EP I’m calling “Wicked Ways” embody some of the darkest moments within the songs of “The Protector”, and I thought it would be a great way to begin “the releasing” of the new material.
So, jump on board and get excited, because I intend to release some of this music I call “whimsipop” very very soon - In fact, I have decided to release the first single, “Magic“ a lot sooner than I thought I would be doing.
Check out the artwork for “Wicked Ways” up above, and stay in tune for release dates and a sneak peak video diary entry with lots of footage of what has been going on the last 3 months.
This is happening, for real.
