Sunny Days - by Jason Silver
Song-a-Day
A friend of mine who is in the music business told me that I should start writing a song a day-- just pump out something, however crappy or trite. He said it would get the juices flowing and that from this excercise great things would happen. It would also be the basis for new songs on my next CD.
I decided to give it a try, and between February and March of 2008, I mechanically produced as much material as I could. Sometimes I resurrected old songs, adding a verse, or just improving them a bit. But most days I found something completely new and creative.
I Missed the Point
The whole deal with this song-a-day excercise is that I would take the top ten or twelve songs, and use them for my next recording. I would then discard the rest as misguided fluff. But I just couldn't do it.
Instead, after writing the song, I would quickly record it and upload it to my blog. When I was finished I had eighteen songs for my "Sunny Days" project, and fifteen for my "Ghost Town" project.
Raw and Unproduced
These recordings are not very good. But some of the songs are brilliant, I think-- even if I am saying it myself. I gave them away for a while, and then decided to offer them as downloads through iTunes and other music sites.
I really need to make the effort again, and just hammer out some new music. So far, I've beeb saying, "Maybe next year."
~Jason