TAYLOR ROSS™|MUSIC

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Today was an absolute mess.

I failed to have prepped a space for recording before July 1st, so I was left to run back and forth between possible locations more than once, reorganizing without making any real decisions.

Tomorrow will be better, as I've lined out my options and weighed the pros and cons - here's a parable about a Different Ass with the Same Problem - and in the face of indecision, any action is usually better than none. 

Prioritize and execute.

All my equipment is organized and ready to be rehoused in a more comfortable location with more space, and less people; Something I'm finding more and more, is a necessity for me. My objective is a large recording studio in the woods with bunks for housing artist residencies, complete with a sauna (that I built) and a meditation garden. I've looked at property in Boise County and a few other places, but I'm not there yet, and I have to start somewhere. 

So I'm starting here, and now.

I managed to complete the editing on a piece that was a priority to finish before beginning on anything else; Psalm 23 - a TTT/BBB (Tenor/Bass with a three part splits), a choral work ca 3 min, for my grandmother who turns older than the planet on July 17, '23. I had it in my mind that I would have it done and performed by then. I will record myself doing all the parts so at least she can have that; this takes priority before I start working on the album.

Here's a spreadsheet of other works I have in mind - There's always more but again, the album is really the main objective pearl in the mouth of the dragon.

I also wrote for 10 minutes today. It's what Berklee Songwriting Professor - and teacher of Gillian Welch and John Mayer - Pat Pattison calls, "Object Writing," in his acclaimed songwriting book, Writing Better Lyrics. It was a good one today, I managed to come up with some descriptive prose describing the face of a desert canyon's gold-brown walls as, "a radiant smile, perched on the cheekbones of the earth," but I've been doing 10 minutes of object writing everyday since May 26th, and I'd like to not rely on that for, 366 Days of Making Art. 

Here's a .pdf of the choral work I finished today, and I look forward to showing a demo recording of the work by July 17th - Priority.

Moving forward I also plan on including more information about my daily schedule (I love my routines) and the books that I read (I read profusely. See, Atomic Habits), on a separate resources page here on the website.

What did I sign myself up for?

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Canyons are formed deeper, and more often, by the consistent erosion of a relentless river than by the sheer force and will of any singular flash flood.