A '5-year plan' writing songs?

[denalihighway]

LOL

Its only May - and already my travel / accommodation plans are causing a stir. This is becoming a tradition!

Hopefully it will be the dreamliner and not the nightmaremaker

[TheElement]

Good topic Gareth. So what is supposed to happen after 5 years? I always hear about the 5 year plan. I guess I should take the 5 year plan class next rally.

[denalihighway]

On day number 1,826, you awake to find Casey Hurowitz at the end of your bed, wearing a toga, clutching a pitchfork and a harp, and a briefcase swollen with 100 dollar bills. He then offers you a blue pill or a red pill. Don't take the blue pill!

At least that's how I understand it. In other peoples' versions, he may be wearing less. But the toga will quite enough for me.

[VanderBoegh]

On day number 1,826, you awake to find Casey Hurowitz at the end of your bed, wearing a toga, clutching a pitchfork and a harp, and a briefcase swollen with 100 dollar bills. He then offers you a blue pill or a red pill. Don't take the blue pill!

At least that's how I understand it. In other peoples' versions, he may be wearing less. But the toga will quite enough for me.

HA!!

I'm on year 3.5 of the 5 year plan. I'm starting to have visions of Casey in his toga, surrounded by Dave Walton, Mazz, and Matt Hirt, with Matt cooing sweet nothings in his soothing accent.

Aside from those hallucinations, things would be going along quite swimmingly if it weren't for the fact that ASCAP takes about 9 months to pay up on royalties. Better make mine the 5 year and 9 month plan.

~~Matt

[eeoo]

After 5 years I'm still on year 1 of my 5 year plan. It's going exactly as planned.

[denalihighway]

Apologies for the visions Matt. That new scene you're setting is like a Taxi version of the last supper or something. Mr. Laskow in the centre clearly.

I guess you're pretty much on the 9-month plan right now though yeah?

Ethan you're not really a cues man are you? Sometimes I forget that some songs have possibly hundreds of cue possibilities...another thing on my to-do list, to butcher up existing songs for cues. Staring us in the face sometimes. Good to hear yer stayin' on track though man

[eeoo]

I do instrumental cues but I'd rather work on songs. But the vast majority of my placements are instro cues on reality shows so I'll keep on feeding the beast as best I can.

[denalihighway]

Hmmm...I see.

So there it is. I can hear you saying. "Just STFU and get writing cues Gar...for the love o' god"

I'm not adverse to this at all by the way. But not writing songs would kill me. What I'm doing these days is choosing and developing songs that I feel have something, whether its controversial, or weird, or super catchy, whatever. Gone are the days really where I will develop and spend time recording a breezy stream-of-consciousness type tune. Unless required obviously.

Just back from a screening of some film shorts, some of which I scored - so I'm back interested in film composing. While I was there, I agreed with one of my composer buddies that we'll go back to college for 9 months of game audio in September. Can you see a pattern here? LOL

We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the input as always gents.

Gar

[TheElement]

On day number 1,826, you awake to find Casey Hurowitz at the end of your bed, wearing a toga, clutching a pitchfork and a harp, and a briefcase swollen with 100 dollar bills. He then offers you a blue pill or a red pill. Don't take the blue pill!

At least that's how I understand it. In other peoples' versions, he may be wearing less. But the toga will quite enough for me.

ok I see.

well I gots a way to go yet...1 yr 5 months into this 5 year plan..

[denalihighway]

I hear ya. Well you're well of the mark Gav.

The way I'm going I'll be a gardener or something by year four