Longing for the day ...

Multi-album setlist

Riffing on this a lot lately. Thinking the setlist will look something like this:

1. Red Hot
2. Simplicity
3. She Don't Want Your Love
4. Raindrops
5. Cry to Heaven
6. When It's Over
7. Forever Mine
8. Home Free
9. Whiskey and History

Also wanna get some songs from other people in there. Thinking about some of my favs from Wax Lyricals:

1. Spider, by Jason Maynard
2. The Angels Came, by Ann Leung
3. Devil's Highway, by former JMC students Tristan Rowley and Tahlia Knights

I'm not comfortable doing these as the other guys do them. I think all three can be improved with a re-write and my personal touch with them ... have to be diplomatic about approaching the songwriters, though.

In fact, now that I look at the posted versions of my songs, I don't play most of them like that any more either. Perfect illustrations of the development I want to highlight. This project has definite legs ... :-)

Watch this space ...

Multi-album project update

OK, so been thinking about this idea a lot. I reckon I can do four versions of the same songs ... start with a worktape and finish with a full production, anything goes sort of thing. About a dozen songs ... not all mine, need to share the love. Gonna be a lot of work but I reckon it will be awesome.

I can then use the song versions to show people how they developed ... maybe a workshop ... maybe an online course ... not sure.

Needs a snazzy title and some hooky album names. I started doing a follow-up to I am leaving! back in 2008 but it got stuffed up by my divorce. Feedback from the shows I did in the USA - why am I performing solo when the album is full-band? Think I'll finally make that abum ... got lots of new songs now ... and call it Alive and Alone, since I've been missing for quite a while. Gives it a come-back sort of feel ... :-)

Need a setlist next ...