Dancing between projects at the moment. Certainly the trip to Europe is the main business, but there’s quite a few re-issues as well. I have covered Cuisine, that’s been sent over to the record label at which point I have no real input. Elvis has left the building.
So then to Rhine – recorded 2013-2015. That was a thumb drive, appropriate at that post-CD era – it included several versions of the album, bonus tracks, video clips and so on. The label offer is to create a CD – now the antique container. Hmmmm. So how do we market a smaller version of the original format… that’s the puzzle. Could be a double CD, but really the issue is who has a CD player these days? Who has a computer that can load CDs these days?
I did a small non-scientific survey on Mastodon. The bias here would be to techie people of a certain era – but it is better than nothing. Actually most people look like they’d rip the tracks straight off the CD.
The album is up on BandCamp already. So all this adds up to a severe case of value-add. This will have to be Rhine++ with much more on offer for the 10th anniversary. The label agrees – it makes no sense to make a CD+ when the internet already ate that idea back in 1990 something or other.
At the top of this page you might see a tiny little symbol up in the menus. No use clicking it now… you’ll just get a page missing. But that’s where Rhine++ will go some time this year.
I already mentioned that the 2013 code name for Rhine was My Puppy Dog Face, and there was a track under that name. (It was a phrase I heard some of my university students use when admiring a certain actor). I have located the rough of that ditty. It will be heard. There are many out takes over those years. Some of the Adelaide performance in 2013 was from Rhine. There are videos that go with some of it. Perhaps we could have a binaural edition – some already was on the ATMOS album. Will it be pay walled?
All of this takes time especially as there’s live shows to rehearse. But I just want to get across that there will be much effort in making this worth your while. Ask any questions… guide the process …
I marvel at the fact that you’ve spent decades complaining about SH and how it needs to die, then you kill SH, then you spend all of your time curating SH. Get over yourself and just be SH, do SH stuff, give people what they want while you make a few ducats for Xmas dinner.
Let me untangle your marvel, Anonymous.
Creation is only part of the work. You can create and create and create and fill up a big box with stuff. But unless the ‘stuff’ is organised, maintained and made accessible it may as well be in a dumpster.
* Example: There was an LP called EAR BITTEN made back in 1979. You might be able to find an old copy for a few thousand bucks. Better that I work with a label to produce a reasonably priced reproduction. That takes time, effort, collaboration – in itself part of a creative process.
* And there was an album called Rhine that first appeared as numbered thumb drives. BandCamp means I can let people have a good part of that for cheap – and now perhaps as a well made CD and bonus parts. That’s worth doing – it deserves to live past the moment.
* Every year there’s new people who tell me they missed out on something. To the extent that I am able to return the something, with some improvements if possible – that’s PART OF MY JOB.
* It’s not exactly clear what ‘getting over myself’ means – it sounds like you want a egg laying chicken in your barnyard. Perhaps laying an album a year followed by tour etc. etc. *why* when the last thing I made was a motion picture soundtrack. Why would I want to keep doing the same thing?
Hi Tom,
I’m a very big, long term fan.
I saw you walking down Oxford St, just after Taylor Square, yesterday and fought my urge to rudely invade your day to tell you are a legend.
Anyway, you are a legend!
Thanking you for all the wonderful music, vids, images and ideas you’ve created.
All power to you!
Kind regards
Sean
Very kind to the elderly.