Purpose Brings Inspiration

I'm excited to announce that I have entered my new revised version of my song 'Hypocrite' in the Blue Microphones Songwriting Competition. It is interesting how a concrete goal can change your perspective on a creative project. What was once a passable song, I found myself rerecording, and rerecording again, changing the drums, changing the key (I know right!?), changing some of the instrumentation, and so on.

I hope the new version is much better. Please, check out the entry and see for yourself. It can be frustrating at times, but also very rewarding, working as I do in the "home studio" with the level of recording equipment I use.

For you musicians, if you like the recording, be encouraged knowing I'm using the cheapest of cheap stuff: A Shure SM58, Xenyx502 mixer, Echo Darla card (old and outdated interface), Cakewalk Music Creator, $15 Sony in ear headphones, and some free VST plugins. For this song after mixing down, I tried the trial version of the Auto Audio Mastering System.

Listeners and readers, I really could use your help in this competition. This contest will have a listener voting period from Feb. 8th through Feb. 22nd, then the winner will be picked by the judges out of the top entries. You can listen here, and I thank you so much for your vote!