Projects

2 WEEKS 3 HOURS (2009)

Ok, so what’s this 2 Weeks 3 Hours all about?
I’ll tell you. It’s about creativity, it’s about about getting things done, it’s about emotion, consistency, abstract paintings and time & space. It’s about trying to do something creative, interesting and worth wile.

Here’s two points about what all that really means…

I like Albums, evocative, evolving, emotional. A good tune is fine, but nothing beats a good solid album, an album should take you for a ride. An album should not contain 14 hit/chart songs imho, that’s what Best Of Albums are for.. I’m old-fashioned like that.
used to paint abstract paintings and I like abstract paintings. To me an abstract painting is emotion, and when you start painting an abstract image, at least when I did, you sort of capture the emotional state your currently in, not everyone will perceive it, but it is about what it means to you. So what I’m getting at is, by limiting my time and making one tune a day, I hope to get some sort of emotional snapshot of these two weeks. A 14 days x 3 hours sized abstract painting of magOwl in audio form if you will, complete with accompanying pictures.

How:
I will have 3 hours every day for 2 weeks to make a new song, it can be a remix, an instrumental, hip-hop, jungle, everything goes. On top of that I’ll make a picture for it, photo/collage/painting/whatever. After the tune and pic is done I’ll post it here for everyone to hear and see.. no censure, I’ll put it up even if I don’t like it.
After all is done I will go through the lot and fix any things I really feel needs fixing. Once I’m happy with the tunes and pics after that I’ll make a cover, put em all together, and hopefully they’ll all fit together as a whole, that’s the idea anyways. We’ll know in a couple of weeks.

Why:
Personally I’ve been slacking off a bit lately, so one reason for doing this is to jump-start myself back on track. Another one is to see if I can actually make something coherent and consistent with limited resources and time, call me a masochist lol. I wanna see if I can pull it off, without making any complete duds.
And why add pictures on top of that?
Well.. I’ve done photo jobs off and on, graphic design on occasion, painted a lot, and I hardly do any of that any more.. I miss it. So I thought this was as good a project as any to get my ass on those things as well. Plus I don’t think that you have to be an EAM musician collaborating with either a modern ballet company or a quasi-performance artist to bridge the gap between art-forms. I’m not saying I’ll make fine-art here, or everyday things for that matter, what will come out will come out.

See you on the other side.

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