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Now or Never
Every first of the year I love listening to my song Now or Never and remind myself of the most important goals in my life. Here are the lyrics! Hope it inspires you! Now or Never Morning breaks, another day, today we start the new year here we go, once again, every year's the same we start out with goal setting, dreams anticipating in a week or two, go back to the same It's now or never, each year you get older don't wait forever, this lifetime you keep it's now or never, when you look back …
This Song Reminds me of 911
Checkout the lyrics to this song I wrote about 15 years before 911 called "Wrong or Right". When I wrote the song I was thinking of a fictional war, but when you read the lyrics, it has a familiar sense to them. We just finished recording this song. It really rocks! Wrong or Right They didn't stand for reason, they didn't stand for right. It wasn't a question of their freedom nor question of their rights they left it up to leaders who couldn't see the light blinded by their …
Working on the Next EP
We started working on the new 6 song EP called "Never too Late" a few months ago and have completed 2 songs already. This time we are going for a blended East-West sound in the pop genre.
The first song "Your Eyes" is a nice ballad and is sounding great. The second songs is a remake from an old band song called "Prisoner of Love" with totally new musical structure and also is sounding great. This time we are working on one song at a time and just enjoying the process of creativity and having a lot of fun! CD Copies are in!
I received the actual CDs in last week. It's official, the project is competed. For a limited time, you can download my music on this website for free.
CD Sleeve Design completed!
Just received the proof of the CD sleeve design today. Shan Wallace, is an awesome graphic designer. Shan Wallace also sang the background vocals on our CD. He has an incredible voice! Thanks a bunch Shan!
We went Live on itunes Yesterday!
You can now officially download RJs full Carpe Diem CD on itunes as September 7th, 2010! We are still waiting for the pressed CD copies for another couple weeks, but the music is out there in cyberspace for the world to listen and download. Very exciting day for me. Also planning a CD launch party of some sort. Still trying to work out the details. Stay tuned!
Mastering is done!
I just got back the mastered copy back this week. We got our mastering done thru Richard Dodd in Nashville. Richard did a fabulous job! He has also done mastering for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Martina McBride, Dixie Chicks and many, many more. My sincerest thanks to him!
Shan Wallace is finishing up the CD insert with lyrics and we should be ready to send it off to get copies printed by next week. We also hope to have the digital copy on itunes by end of next week too! This is really exciting for me. Can't wait to share my songs with you! RJ When is my "CD Baby" due?
I met with Dr. Jered and Dr. Hector last night and asked them when are you going to deliver my CD-Baby? Our expected date for final remix date is Aug. 3rd. That is when they will have the new mix for me to listen to. Once, that is done, we may have small revisions, then comes the masterning. So... basically, we could be looking at Sept. before it is ready to be complete. I guess it is going to take full year for the term of this project.
Oh well... it's not like I have pressing deadlines. But it will be nice to have completed a project that has been on my "to-do" list for such a long time. Visit with the mastering engineer
I never realized what all goes into mastering and how much it can effect the overall mix of a recording. I found out yesterday that mastering engineers have a specialty that requires years of experience not only as mixing engineers, but also need very specific educational background. Mastering music makes it so that no matter where you play it, whether it be in your car, internet or on a state of the art music system, the basic sound quality is the same. Yesterday we met Larry …
Going as far as I can see...
When you work on a project like the "Carpe Diem CD" many things go through your mind. What am I going to do once this is complete? Is anyone going to like my music? Is there a potential for a hit song in the CD? Do I have what it takes to promote this?
There was a nice quote I read a while back that said "Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you'll be able to see further". This kinda stuck with me. Right now, I can only see to the distance of finishing this CD. I have no idea what I am going to do afterwards, but I am keeping myself open to the possibilities. It is more important to me that I am able to finish this project than what the outcome will be. All I know is that I am having an awesome time doing this and would like to do more of the same. It's a good thing, I already have other ways of making a living, or I'd be in big trouble. LOL |
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Photos
Phil and Jered at The Lodge 
RJ Jammin on the Drums 
Combining my drum kit with Hector's. 
Phil Rogers 
Jered Schuerman 
Phil, Jered, Hector & Rajesh 
Rajesh Pretending to know what he is doing. 
Shan Wallace Belting out the vocals 
The Sound Lab & Murray Studio. A $1M board. 
Phil & Jered doing some serious mixing. 
Phil, Hector, Rajesh & Jered. 
Doing some vocal tracks at The Lodge. |
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