Tis The Season - Semester over, Hello Winter Break

Hey-Lo,

Yep, The Fall semester is officially done and dusted, grades given, and that's all she wrote...

No official ties till January... Which is a welcomed thing. I'll using this time to tie up allot of knots!

Expect from me early next year the following:
- The 2035 project.. Including Graphic Novel! (fingers crossed!)
- A Release of Kora Music performed by Dr. Ryan Skinner
- Another release, rearrangement of said Kora Music fused with other things

As far as 2035 goes, I haven't done much work on it, since I haven't had the energy, drive, or musical "light" to do anything coherent or worth listening to... BUT! I'm going to be sitting down after Xmas is over and working on all the tracks that aren't yet loaded into my DAW... like the old fruity loops based "Rebellion" and "Defiance (Just East Of Nowhere)"... Looking forward to reworking these songs actually.. One of the reasons why I didn't just throw myself into them, since I want it to be an enjoyable and productive experience.. Not just going through the motions...

As for the Graphic Novel part, well.. many moons ago I wrote a god awful movie script (yes, it's bad, cliched, and not worthy of any merit), and had the idea for it being a 3 parter. And in true George Lucas style.. I wanted to make a graphic novel of the second part. The 2nd and 3rd parts aren't really written, but would make for a much more interesting graphic novel then the first.. So alongside the albums music, there should be a graphic novel, and maybe one or two music videos too!! I'm pretty excited about the whole thing.. But We'll have to see.. Generally I think I can pull it off... But we'll have to wait and see... I'll keep you updated on how that progresses...

The Kora music I mentioned before, myself and Dr.Skinner walked into the A.U.C PVA Music Studio, and he layed down a whole bunch of music.. which I roughly mixed during the summer, and have been remixing this month and mastering it properly. Alongside the solo pieces, I'll be taking the recordings and twisting and mangling them with electronic elements and other instrumentation.

Hopefully 2011 will be a very good year. So, Keep an eye out for some cool stuff coming your way.

If I don't post before it, Have a very Merry Christmas (and a happy new year!)

DFZ

2010 - $58.37

Hey All.

If you're wondering what $58.37 is.. That's the amount of money made this year from my music sales.....

3 albums, 27 songs, 883 streams.... in 12 months... Pretty weak to say the least.

Is this the sign o' the times? Are people no longer buying music? Or is there simply no room for little fish in this over saturated market....

As I sit here sipping a cup of Peach tea in this cold & dirty apartment... I can't help but wonder... Why invest into this further? I haven't worked on 2035 for a few weeks due to health problems, and am wondering why I would even bother.....

Simple really... It's not about the money, never was...

Actually, I've mostly being taking 2035 slowly, since I really don't want to rush the process of making good music. My guitar chops are in good form, My guitars & tones are happenin', and it's all where it should be. Sadly though, musically, I'm not feeling that creative, and some of the tunes require allot more then fretboard prowess... Especially the more Middle Eastern pieces.

Also I've been working on getting my Duduk playing up to code, since I'd like to have 2035 be as flawless as possible. When I listen to Silent Echoes... I cringe... All the things I could have done better. With Failure To Adjust, the outcome was far closer to what I wanted, and there were very few things I felt unhappy with... so 2035 (which is not really a Dreamfullofzen album but more of a project), has to be a cut above all that.

I'm gunning to have it all wrapped up within the early part of 2011, as for the release though, well, I'm going to hold off, since I really want to make sure the albums probably promoted, something which I've neglected in the past.

Till then, Happy Holidays, Be good...

DFZ