{"id":8150,"date":"2015-03-31T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?p=8150"},"modified":"2015-03-31T18:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:44:26","slug":"2015-march-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/2015-march-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Tape For A Blue Girl, March update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi. If you’re a fan of Black Tape For A Blue Girl and want to support me in the creation of my art, please become a patron at my Patreon page<\/a>. 90 fans – just like you – are contributing; I really appreciate that! Their support helps me create; contact with people who want me to make more music is inspiring me to get up from my desk at Projekt, and work on new material.<\/p>\n

For the last month, I’ve been keeping track of how much Projekt-work I do; I’m color coding it on a schedule. I keep Projekt separate from music. By seeing where I spend my time, my goal is that I will spend more time in the places I chose (art!)<\/p>\n

It’s a mixture of Quantified Self and Wayne Dyer’s “What you think about expands” concept. I’m thinking more about art. And look, I have more art! I’m thinking about people caring for what I create. And look, I meet more people who care for what I create.<\/p>\n

Last week I met UK-based patron Antony for coffee. Antony is a graphic artist \/ videogame maker who visited Portland for a few days. We had a great conversation about music, art, creation, sponsorship, staying true to your inspiration and more. It is nice to put a face to the name of one of the very cool people supporting me!<\/p>\n

Making BlackTape’s music is a lengthy process: the initial creation of my instrumental tracks, adding other musicians, thinking up melodies and lyrics, working with my vocalists. It’s not a one-day process! Making darkAmbient and electronic instrumentals is a good way to warm up. Unexpectedly, I recorded an entire new album from As Lonely As Dave Bowman! 73 minutes of music, with a 37 minute companion release. I will be talking more about this soon – I have some creative ideas for how to make the album available to you.<\/p>\n

I’m also planning to make old-school-fan Randy LeMasters’ Ashes in the brittle air dream a reality; I’m going to have my guy in Canada bake\/transfer the 1989 2-track master of the alternate version of the album. This was the shelved first version, which contains a number of different tracks from what was eventually released on CD. Getting that master transferred at High Res Archival Quality will cost $340 plus shipping. It is thanks to the support of my Patreon fans that I’m inspired to do this.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n

Sam<\/p>\n

If you can fund a little something per month, that would be great: <\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.patreon.com\/blacktapeforabluegirl<\/A>\n

In the next day, Shea will email Bandcamp download codes to the $5+ a month supporters. Check your email for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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