The Story I Haven’t Told Yet.
So if you happen to visit this website frequently (even occasionally), or you happen to follow me on Tumblr, you’re probably wondering something:
“Where the hell is your new music? Are you EVER going to release something new?”
It’s hard to say what exactly happened, but let’s just say that 2011 was a year of growth.
Let me rephrase that. 2011 was a year of discovery.
Sometimes I wish I had musical reading glasses, so that anytime something seemed out of focus or distant, I could just slide the glasses onto my nose and re-examine things.
Well, needless to say, this “newfound perspective” came at a most inconvenient time. I was in the middle of some serious musical work/production, and asked myself:
“Why am I doing this?”
By this, I don’t just mean music. I’m talking about the kind of self expression thats explored in a composition. When an artist has to compete with things like… dare I say… Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj, to say what they want to say, it’s easy to lose sight of where the “pretty/self-indulgence” ends and the music begins.
I was working on a project, and I was a couple of tracks in when it hit me:
I’m not saying anything.
I was basically wasting my, as well as everyone else’s, time. A song is much more than a groove and a slangy phrase, people! And an album is much more than a playlist to party to… I thought I wanted to make money. I don’t.
I want to make records.
All that to say, I almost released something that wasn’t real. And that is one of the biggest mistakes I could have ever made. I’m very happy that I caught myself beforehand.
So where did I go? Back to the beginning. I dug deep. Called off the nonsense, and wiped the slate clean.
This is where the discovery begins.
Because what you’re about to hear in the coming months are stories I have yet to tell. And they’re all very, very real.
With love for you and a love for real music,
Chase
