Has it really been 4 months?

Hey there,

just thought i would check in today and noticed it has been 4 months since my last blog post, suppose I've just been busy with things (as most people tend to be these days)

To be honest I'm not even sure what I'm going to type about today haha, it was only because i have had a rare "lazy Sunday" i decided to catch up on some web activity.

If any of you read my blogs then you will know they tend to be about my music but also general goings on, I'm never one to speak out about personal life to the world and its more of a therapeutic thing typing stuff out on this here blog (whether anyone reads them or not, its a good thing to do i guess)

So....
errrrmmmm...

Everything has been going great with regards to music, "The Project" album is finished and its all set for its release date 11/11/11
We are all so excited about this one, it features some excellent songwriters and some pretty kick ass musicians too.
In my previous post i talked about our experience in the studio whilst recording the album, its so hard to believe that was 4 months ago now.
The overall experience has been such a good one (tough at times though, mainly due to working to its release deadline)
The music had to be finished at least 3 weeks before its release date in order to leave enough time for digital distribution uploading, all the artwork and music files can take anything from 3 to 6 weeks to upload to the database.
Everybody worked so hard on this record and Kev Bayliss (singer) lived on the breadline to make the whole project happen, its such an honour to have been asked by Mr Bayliss if i would contribute some of my songs to this project. Not just that... i have some excellent musicians feature on them too!
We all spent many hours in the studio mixing the songs to a standard everyone was happy with, many mornings we would leave the studio blurry eyed around 4/5am.
Every second of every minute of every hour was worth it, we all couldn't be happier with the way this album has turned out.

The album will be available from here on 11/11/11 http://kevbayliss.bigcartel.com/products

I have been working on so many different things I'm starting to get dizzy with all the spinning plates haha, there is also something else that's been waiting in the wings for some time now though!

Raven Falls is a project that was put together by Rob Clutton many years ago, it originally started as a co-written project between Rob and my good friend/Drummer Kevin Bartlett a very long time ago (yes.. its length in existence has become something of a legendary story now lol)
The music has taken on many shapes and forms even before it was presented to me, myself and Mr Bartlett dived straight in and re-demoed every single song but also worked up a new piece for the album called Zion, its very progressive at times and features some pretty impressive bits of musicianship.
Rob had this collection of songs (co-written with Kev) with all the vocals pretty much there, to be honest the music wasn't really my bag but because they were open to having a new outlook on the songs (having built up a great musical relationship with Kev) i dived straight in and reworked the lot.
Once everything was recorded, the album went through many different mixes but nothing seemed to go our way.
It was being tossed about here and there and it didn't work, so just like people say "if you want a job doing right, your probably better off doing it yourself"
We have decided to book time in with Steve Eastment (co-producer and mixing engineer at smash rooms) as he did such a great job working with us on "The Project" album.
That way all 3 of us can sit in with Ste and mix it just how we want it to be, no compromising anything and incorporating everything.
The album features over 70 minutes worth of music ranging from pop/rock ballads to full on metal, of course... there's everything in between too.
There isn't a release date confirmed just yet but its something that has be anticipated I'm sure!

On top of that i have my own music of course, I've decided to take a long break from collaborating to focus on what might possibly be another 3 album release but we will see.
Definitely step back in to writing and recording another instrumental record (well i have started a few demos already) and another pop/rock venture similar to "Tokyo Rules"
I spoke to Kev today about banging our heads together and knocking up another possible concept for another concept album similar to "Project 8105"

all albums available from: http://www.luckysinghonline.com/

We are also looking to record an album for VCustoms motorbike accessories shop, they have a couple of outstanding stunt riders and we will be looking to provide music for there events which will probably turn into an albums worth of music.

The music is still flowing so I'm sure next year will be as big if not bigger then this one, just like life itself.. We will just have to see how things pan out.
All exciting stuff though!

There isn't really much more to say to be honest (all though i have said a fair bit already, surprise surprise its all music stuff as well haha)

Well... Xmas is almost here so i guess thats another "Expense" to look forward too lol, fortunately I've landed myself some work so earning some extra cash which is always great.
Still trying my best to get fit too, training 3/4 times a week and a 6/7k run every Saturday morning (plus a 20 minute walk home every night from work)
Planning on getting down to an ideal weight by my birthday next March, fingers crossed hey!

Other than that not much has changed, I'm still me and I'm still here so i guess that's all that matters right.

That's about it for now then, will try post here a little more often in the future.
Just amazing how fast 4 months can fly by you, even a year can just disappear!

Hope you are safe and well, whoever you are hehe!

Lucky :-) xx