In with the new...always

Ok...so the full-length video "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" still isn't out. I apologize for this. Mid October guaranteed.

I have contacted the "make-it-happen-with-creativity-and-spontaneity-crew" to record a single starting in mid October. I will be sending three or so rough drafts of my new songs to Tim to see which one he feels will work. 96.78888% of the time I agree with his decision and within a month we will have a completed song. I am just as excited as I have been for all the songs I have written in the past! I love this period of time in the creative process!  Just knowing one of my songs will be sanded, polished and presented to the public is very exciting! This one will be a doosy! I'd like to be able to belt it out vocally like "Behind the Dawn" with more of an upbeat tempo. I may write a new song tomorrow just to get what I hear and want in my head. The 16 new songs I have on my hard drive recorder may not cut it. You will find out soon enough!

Such an odd day! Smoke in the air everywhere. When I first smelled the air I thought that there was some sort of chemical leak, or massive toxic fire occurring somewhere nearby. A guy I talked to at lunch thought the same. He shut his windows and doors to his business for fear of such an event. Ultimately it turned out to be a fire alright, but in northern....yeah get this.....MINNESOTA! The friggin' Boundary Waters were ablaze! And since a cold front (one of two) hit today, it brought with it cooler air, northerly winds and smoke from those fires! What was odd was that the smoke didn't smell like forest fire smoke. It smelled like cough syrup. Sweet and nasty. Anyway, yeah, that's what it was. Something that just doesn't happen around here everyday. The sunset, I later heard and expected, was amazing! Smoke in mass quantities always does amazing things to the sunsets! Volcanic events as well. Just the way light refracts off the smoke particles A must see!

Ok...I am nearing tome status here. Must go, watch something about space, astrophysics, meteorology, dendrochronology, or something with "ology" tailing it.....

Until we meet again....

Ian

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Video, music and more!

Ok, here's the deal....

The full-length version of "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi. The Making of Phone Call to Infinity" has been pushed back to mid September. I have a lot going on in my life right now that is taking precedence over this labor of love.

My next visit to the studio looks to be somewhere around November. I am planning another 3 song EP that will most likely be released in January 2012.

I am planning another major road trip to the west. This time it looks like the target location is eastern California. Mileage should tally up to around 6,500 miles. Amount of photographs taken during this trip: about the same!

Life is cool....keep those eyes open and stay aware!

- Ian - 

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"Sneak Peek" of "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi: The making of 'Phone Call to Infinity'" released today on ianmusic.com!

Well, it's getting closer to the official release of my full-length video entitled "In the Studio with Ian Narcisi: The making of 'Phone Call to Infinity'".

VIDEO:

Today I have officially released the sneak peek version on my website (www.ianmusic.com). I am looking at mid to late August 2011 for the final release. I will host the final release on my site and YouTube as well.

MUSIC:

My plan is to start recording my next 3-song EP in October of this year. Too early to reveal a release date. I am thinking sometime in January 2012.

Enjoy the "Sneak Peek"! I really am enjoying the video editing process! It's fun and instantly puts me back in the studio every time I work on it!

:~)

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Update...

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY

My video "In The Studio: A Documentary" is edging towards completion. It is looking more like mid to late July until I get this monster molded. I plan on releasing  a 30 second "sneak peak" in the next week or two.

MAILING LIST

Thanks to Mail Chimp  I have created a mailing list! Simply sign up on my website (ianmusic.com) and receive free music, entire CD's and other cool-as-hell deals.

MUSIC

A whole bunch of new music is sleeping upon my Tascam hard disk waiting to be brought to life at Studio Ballistico. I am planning on recording in late August through October with a release sometime in November. Not sure just yet on the amount of songs I will record. All I know it that there will be new material released this year.

- Ian -

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A special thanks to Bob Baker

THANKS BOB!:

Words cannot express how cool it was for Bob Baker to add me into his latest book "Guerrilla Music Marketing Online" (see page 16). Bob is so persistent and dead on when it comes to helping us independent musicians get the word out! He really is making his mark in the world! "Guerilla Music Marketing Online" is saturated with great, well researched facts and is a definite must for any independent musician - highly recommended!

Thank you Bob!

IN THE STUDIO DOCUMENTARY:

The audio/video editing for my upcoming documentary is still in the works. I figure late June, or early July before this is ready to be uploaded. This is my first attempt at editing such a large piece of work! I am enjoying it immensely!

NEXT APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE:

Nothing in stone at this point. I would like to start in June on my next release. I'm planning on the "one-song-per-month" process as this is the most affordable and certainly allows for more time to focus on each song. This process worked very well for "Phone Call to Infinity". No plans at this point to play my music live, but I certainly can't rule this out. I still would love to record Dave, Erik, a drummer, and myself live with the magical, musical mind of Tim.

OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNRELATED:

Spring finally has arrived in Chicago! This past April was like a mix of February and March. May is looking and feeling more and more like May. My storm chasing alarms are beginning to chime again. I would love to get back out to the Plains in 2012! Hopefully I can! It's been since 2006 since I last chased.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's around the orb!

~ Ian ~

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Studio documentary video coming to a server near you

I haven't started this puppy yet, but my ultimate goal is to edit hours of video footage chop them up and neatly place them into a Studio Ballistico documentary video. The documentary video will reveal to the masses how creating a song in the studio is achieved. I picked "Five Below Nothing" from my latest EP "Phone Call to Infinity" (recorded in October of 2010) as the song used for the documentary. The footage will feature Erik Swanson (bass), Dave Bowers (guitar), Tim Sandusky (co-producer/sound engineer), and myself (drums, keyboards, vocals) in our natural habitat. Individual interviews, creative discussions and individual performance clips will all be intertwined within this upcoming documentary.

Not exactly sure when this will be released. I'm guessing late April '11, but will settle for August.

More songs are on the stove right now. Some are completely warm and ready to serve. Others are miles away from even the back burners (still at the grocery store). I'm looking at summer studio time and a late summer release.

I hope all is well where ever you are.

Ian

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My latest physical EP "Phone Call To Infinity" now available at ianmusic.com

The physical CD's (two sided jacket with graphic on CD) of my latest EP "Phone Call To Infinity" have arrived and look fantastic! They are available for purchase from my site ianmusic.com. ($3.00 plus shipping).

These CD's will also be available through CD Baby by the end of this week.

A special, ginormous thank you goes out to my wife Cynthia for all her hard work (graphic layout and design).

Happy New Year everyone! More music to come!

Ian

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