The subject title is my proposal to all the bands/artists on here.

Recently I have been inspired by a friend of mine who is a digital artist, and he is planning for 2011 to have 1 JPEG posted every day. The discipline and challenge behind that fascinates me, so i decided to make a project of my own to try stick to for 2011. Instead of 365 songs (that would just kill anybody), I plan on doing 1 song a week for 52 weeks. I feel that the challenge to this is exactly what I need to end my procrastination. I post this because I wonder how many of you would be up for this?

If so, I'm following a set of rules to make sure I don't take an easy way out.
A) A song must be a minimum of two minutes in length.
B} Vocals are optional for every song.
C) Monday is the start date for a new song (no early starts) and Sundays are the absolute deadline.
and D) Every 8 tracks makes 1 EP, except for the last which will be 5 tracks.

So who's up for the challenge with me? I plan on starting January 3rd (first full week of the new year), and I am done on December 30th.

52 Weeks, 52 Songs... 2011 will be a busy year.

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Also a small side note, I'm an independent artist by the name 25:17, and I actually just recently released a new single. Click the link to check it out. The song is called "Entity, Leaving", and you can find it on Facebook, MySpace, PureVolume, ReverbNation, SoundClick, and YouTube. Sorry for the shameless self advertising, but i got to get the word out some how.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2010 04:27PM by twenty57teen.

OnslaughtSix posted:

I write a bit of a song. And if it's not cool enough, it goes in the trash. It

I'm the same way, I can never be satisfied with my work. That's why I'm doing something like this, for that much needed push.

lol I do this every YeAr good luck with it! Its not too hard...

I'm a big procrastinator as well, I've thought of doing one song a week before as well, and from the beginning of the year. It would be a good way to get a bunch of demos together for an album in which you could focus on the best of your year of work. Its just a matter of getting into a routine. One week isn't unreasonable at all per song, it would be a great motivator. I'm gonna try this myself

Some people can only be assed to create if they create on a schedule.

Not just that, but I believe songwriting and making music is a muscle, and it must be exercized regularly to keep it going. I couldn't write for a year because I...wasn't writing frequently. Once I sat down and started writing, I *couldn't stop.* So much to the point that I wrote two albums.

and let's not forget ..trent creating some of his best work in the past few years (to me)

after working with a deadline and being pushed to create something...not on his own time and terms.