Joseph Gergis

I spent most of today reviewing some atmospheric sounds I need, and reorganizing what I had for the song layouts. The last song is as yet unstructured, and although it is a reprise I am still not sure this is the correct direction for it. Unfortunately I think I’ll have to write the rest of … Continue Reading »

The album may have found its voice, finally. During this compositional session I was able to reorganize a few things, and I think I managed to rescue one song from oblivion. The new problem is that I haven’t been able to come up with the last song at all. For those who don’t know: I … Continue Reading »

There is a saying. “Sleep on it.” This served me well. After having constructed the various example sound files full of all the bleeps, bloops, blips, and sweeps I thought would work well on this album, I slept on it. When I woke up today, I could see the structure of the album starting to … Continue Reading »

The competition began at midnight. This time around, I actually stayed up and decided to symbolically begin work, unlike previous years. I finally called it quits after 2AM, having laid down several sounds and harmony lines in the first of my files. After some much needed sleep, I took up the work again. All in … Continue Reading »

In a little less than 16 hours, it begins. I’ll be writing my third album during the month of February. I’ll be going into seclusion while doing so; I’ll post, but I won’t be reading comments or chatting with people much. I’m nervous, excited, scared out of my wits, predatory, giddy, and a whole host … Continue Reading »