Huh — what??? Oh yeah, my AOR project!!!
*** SO WHAT’S GOING ON WITH AOR …? ***
As many of you know I published my first book this month last year. I am nearing completion of my second book and juggling the rest of life ….. “LIFE” partly meaning I have been blessed with the company of a WONDERFUL Lady during this past year and I am once again busting my hump to get a day-job … among other things.
As for AOR …
Recording the various unusual and even fairly normal but always amazing sounds I enjoy capturing remains a love of mine — however, AOR is a side-project for me. As far as how this comes into play with LIFE today, let me explain how AOR comes into play with Amazon….
Something I’ve learned in the book-biz, and having published through Amazon’s KDP service, is that once you’re listed on Amazon you get noticed better if you have multiple products on their site. ‘Good’ books — even ‘decent’ books — don’t get written over night …. so getting my second book completed and on Amazon requires time, labor, more time, a number of late nights, and a lot of labor. A faster way of getting an additional product on Amazon is to offer something you’ve already completed or doesn’t take much more work (or time). PROJECT
(FYI the e-book is also available at Smashwords.com)
My Celtic-rock band — bagpipes, drumkit, and No Energy Held Back!!!
The easiest and quickest thing to do is to get my Nae Regrets “Alive at NW Folklife 2009” CDs listed — I have a big box of them in my closet! The next-fastest products I can make available are my AOR albums. First among these would be “Wind & Harps” — everything is done and I have a box of these in my closet. However, I would like to get these converted converted from a demo-style CD to a full jewel-case album. These other albums could soon follow …
- Motorcycle Rally (Anacortes, WA 2012)
- Hummingbirds (Clinton, WA)
- Thunder & Hard Rain (Clinton, WA)
- Water Drums (Snoqualmie Pass, WA)
These have been entirely recorded and waiting for me to have more time to finish them off as albums. My projection is that completing these would take 20-40 hours of work — hopefully less. It’s a matter of selecting and arranging the audio, rounding out the liner notes, getting graphic art made, and then the final CDs produced.
All that said …
The employee your boss always wanted — Cubicle Shiva!
I have not forgotten or in any way dropped Archive Of Resonance — I’ve just had to prioritize and put AOR on hold. From my previous experience I know that I do well when on a M-F 9-5 work schedule. With some diligence and luck this will become a reality for me soon. Working on the projects of my passions fits in well around a regular schedule.
So …. Fingers Crossed!
~ Don
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