howdy, been awhile eh?
for the uninitiated, my birthday was on the 26th of last month... and.. i turned 26.
Aside from being more crabby and hort fused, i don't feel a tad different. Actually last night i flicked through my old pics.... i sure have aged a lot... not in a bad way... but at certain times... i look waaaay older then 26... maybe i need to relax more..
I've been busy over the last few months working on a soundtrack for a stageplay called "Infinity", which you can find in the facebook groups listings. It's an interesting work, with a somewhat interesting score... including chinese/japanese music, native american music, persian music, generic movie score type cues, and electronica.... all in the same soundtrack no less.
It's been interesting, and something of stretch from the kind of scoring work i've done in the past, which has mostly been background/soundbed kind of stuff. Ultimately i've always wanted to go fully pro with the scoring thing, but nowdays it really is not an option. The market is saturated with people looking to break in and get into the elusive circle of elite that handle 70% of hollywoods blockbusters.
I give credit to Zimmer and Co., they're doing some incredible work, and he never fails to suprise me... many a time i'll watch something and say "i liked the score... who did it?" look at the credits and find Zimmers name... most recently being the incredible "Kung Fu Panda" score... really is an amazing score that one....
having turned 26 i can't help but wonder where i'll be in the next 10 years, since 10 years ago i was in a place so different from now.... my previous life seems almost like a dream....
A large part of me regrets that i became a musician, i say became because i don't think it was a choice i made, it was something that wether i wanted to or not was going to happen. Part of me wishes i'd gone into computers or graphics, something were i could lead a fairly normal life.
But that's how it goes... i'd bet good money that if i did get into computers.... i'd be blogging about how i wish i went into something more cool and fun, like music........
It just gets very tiring in this business.... it certainly has declined to a staggering level, i can't even remember the last time i bought an album by a commercial artist.... i'm not even sure current music is even listenable.......
Plus trying to open doors has become impossible.... people are so corrupt nowdays.... it's ridiculous..... For example, i cannot get the famous Guitar9 distribution company to even LISTEN to my album... yet shredders who are producing god awful wankage get interviewed, reviewed and talked about...... go figure. Funny because they built themselves up from nothing, and now they've acheived status... they're acting just like a regular label (no manager, no marketing, no service).
Unfortunately at this point i almost couldn't care... i don't know wether it's age or just accepting the situation... i never used to be like this though. In the past i'd always find a way and get to the goods... maybe i'm just tired of fighting the good fight.....
on a more positive note though, i'll be releasing the Infinity soundtrack on Itunes, and many other online distribution sites, which hopefully might help turn things around abit.
I'll post more about that when i know more about it. The soundtrack should be done by middle to late september, with an almost immediate release i guess.
Oh, and i start work early september, new semester, new campus, new students, new problems.
ahh.......it's...allllll........good.
