I'm writing and recording a new song every week for a year..

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:20 am

Thumbs way up! I'm amazed/elated that these are on iphone. My favorites are Left To Chance (#2) and Glitter & Stone (#8, I want to hear Neko Case doing this one with The Jesus and Mary Chain)

Jitters · Post by **Jitters** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:03 am

Over Time is cool! I bet we have more than a few of the same favorite records!

Your project truly inspiring!

project52 · Post by **project52** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:25 pm

Thanks again everyone. Week 17 is kicking my ass. 8 min song, what was I thinking?

Favorite albums! Great idea. I just had a friend remind me how great Sebadoh's Bakesale is. Others that are relevant to my lo-fi roots: All Guided by Voices, from Propeller to Under the Bushes..., and Eric's Trip, Love Tara & Forever Again.

How about you guys? Favorite/relevant records front to back to what your doing right now?

douglass · Post by **douglass** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:01 pm

this is pretty inspiring. I'm excited to hear how your perspective on art changes over the next year.

casey campbell · Post by **casey campbell** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:08 pm

project52 wrote:Thanks Casey!

I checked out your songs. They sound great - I love the fingerstyle guitar work and the sound of the MacBook mic. You should check out the Work & Worry Blog. It's a good site from here in Pittsburgh about fingerstyle and acoustic music. You should send Ray your link.

So is there an official name for the new high tech lo-fi?

ha ha cool. thanks for the link.

um, yeah...i think hi-tech lo-fi would be a great name for it i suppose.

SkylerT87 · Post by **SkylerT87** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:10 pm

You should check out a band called The Nadas from good old Iowa, the just got done with there latest record called The Almanac, They started in January 2009 and wrote and recorded a song every month for 12 months. They also streamed lived the whole process to there fans from writing to recording in the studio.

You might get a few idea's from them. It was different way of doing things and really pushed them. Good luck to you and the songs are sounding great.

austin · Post by **austin** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:31 pm

These songs sound great! It's fun to read all the background stories behind making them too.

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:36 pm

Old Battles<3<3<3 my new favorite

project52 · Post by **project52** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:39 am

Thanks again everyone.

rushofblood beat me to it! Week 17 - Old Battles is up now. Nearly 8 minutes and featuring melodica tracks. So far my closest call to breaking the week barrier. I finished the post and went live at 11:45 on Saturday night.

I wrote two songs last night, so hopefully I'll be able to start catching up to earlier in the week.

project52 · Post by **project52** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:37 pm

Week 18 song "Foothold" is now up and mellow. Written and performed mostly with my baritone guitar. Thanks again everyone for stopping by. Let me know if anyone gets a Mikey v2. I'm eager to hear how it performs and how well the input works.

Thanks,

Corey

ghaines · Post by **ghaines** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:28 pm

This is super cool. You guys know that we did an article on David Strackany, who, as the artist named Paleo, who recorded a song a day for a year. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo ) The article was in Tape Op Issue 66. July/Aug 2008.

His instrumentation was not as detailed as Project 52 and the work Corey is doing there, so I don't want to take away from the FULL song recorded per week.

Can't wait to hear more.

GH

project52 · Post by **project52** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:23 pm

Thank you Garrett! I'm checking out Paleo right now. Song a day is super-nuts and it looks like he's still doing songs every week. It's glad to see that there are still dudes out there more insane than me

There are a bunch of song-a-_____ out there, and though each is a little different, it seems that we all had similar motivations/conditions that led to taking it on.

For those of you who don't know Garrett, he's put together quite the force here in Pittsburgh, where Treelady studio has become a really special place. I wish I could go out there play with all of those great toys. Garrett and I both have lineage as planners for the City of Pgh, though his music/recording resume is pretty damn impressive. Oh, and Garrett writes for Tape Op and other publications. He did a fantastic job mastering my rookie sessions when I recorded the last Karl Hendricks album.

Thanks again man for stopping by. I dig the Paleo stuff. You guys should all check it out.

project52 · Post by **project52** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:17 pm

Hi everyone. Week 19 - Island is up and another rocker. It's a more straight up rock tune in the vein of, I don't know, like the Afghan Whigs or Husker Du or something. I don't know, what do you guys think it sounds like. I'm at a bit of a loss.

project52 · Post by **project52** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:46 pm

Week 20 is up now. Stop on by if you have a second.

Thanks,

Corey

project52 · Post by **project52** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:40 am

I just posted week 21 last night. Thanks everyone for following along. I'm really enjoying this project even though the time crunch can be crazy stressful at times. I would've loved to have tweaked this mix a little more, but I had six minutes left in the day when I posted it! Good news is I think the drum sound is coming along.

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