For my next trick . . .

I thought I'd give an update as to my plans for future projects. It's been a while.

I'm still waiting on my guest singer to find the time to lay down the vocals for "Travelers." She's pretty busy and with the holidays it might be a while. After she does that I'll do a final mix and upload it to the usual places. I'm sure you'll dig it.

I also want to do another song, one that was inspired directly by my goddaughter--who is getting a co-writing credit on it, since she came up with the whole concept, bascially. Only seven and already knows all about rock and roll. Anyway, that'll be next.

After that I'm planning a pretty big project I'm calling Dagon for now. That may change. It'll be six or eight songs, most of them instrumentals, most of them dark and scary I hope. Another attempt at a soundtrack for a film that doesn't exist. The music that's going through my head now for it is quite powerful and a little complicated--this one is going to be a bit tricky. To be honest I'm a little intimidated. It's going to be a lot of work. But it'll be incredible if I can pull it off.

Problem is, I'm going to be moving in March. So, I'm not going to really get started on it until maybe April. I don't want to get half-way through it and then have to put it down for a couple of months--I know from experience that I can't just go back and pick up somewhere after staying away from a project for more than a couple of days. So, while I'll be planning and writing away, I won't actually start tracking until next spring.

And since this thing is supposed to be a unified whole I probably will upload all of it at once instead of incrementally. So that'll take even longer before you'll be able to freak yourself out with it.

So, in the mean time, you can listen to the stuff I have out there now. You'll find a good mix of heavy, dark tunes, and lighter, introspective stuff, some instrumentals . . . something for everyone. Keep an eye out for the two new songs, and maybe a few others if any stand-alone ideas occur to me in the mean time.

And have a happy holidsy!

And now, for my next trick . . .

My friend has read over my script for Seer and said she has some notes--I'm sure I'm going to be doing some serious rewriting on that project as soon as she has a chance to get put everything in an email. That's probably gonna be a long email. Heh.

But in the mean time I'm actually feeling like working on another musical project, now that Cold Iron is out of my system. The next song cycle won't be quite as personal as that one, and it'll be instrumental-heavy, too. And it'll only be six or seven songs, probably. It may be a while before I get it all tracked and uploaded, and I still have some lyrics to write, planning to do, etc. In other words it may be a while before anything new appears. Feel free to visit http://www.reverbnation.com/jfranklinevans to hear the stuff that's there now.

I'm calling the new one Far From The Sun. Here's the potential track list--subject to serious channging before it becomes finalized.

Artifact 420
This Is Who We Are
From Different Tribes
Far From The Sun
Lilly
Marked
The Night, Sideways

Here's what's next!

Next project on my agenda is this TV show--an idea that sort of popped, full-blown, into my head about a week or so. I've got some minor details to work out but I think it's a great idea. In a little while I'm going to discuss it with a friend who knows a lot more about the industry than me and we'll see where we go from there. I may actually write a story or two set in the millieu first, just to kind of calibrate.

Musically I think I'm going to bring the Mythophobia song-cycle to a close. Those were all songs inspired in one way or another by the spec script I was working on. Since, at least for now, I'm done with that I think I'm done with the songs, too.

Next is another song-cycle I'm calling Ashes and Bone. No, these won't all be inspired by the TV series idea--that's not what I'm going to call it, for one--though I will include a tune that would serve as a theme-song of the new series. If it in fact becomes a new series. It'll still be a good song, in any case.

Medically, it's official. I'm old. Got to have some minor surgery, but not until my blood sugar gets under control. I'm supposed to have a full physical next week---who knows what undiscovered horrors lurk in my rapidly aging body? At least the prostate indignity is behind me for a year--already got that out of the way. And the problem I had is officially not cancer. There was only something like a 10% chance that it would be anyway, but it's good to be sure.

What am I listening to? Tristania's new CD, Rubicon. You really need to check it out. They are wonderful and thought provoking--lots of fodder there for a receptive imagination, looking for inspiration.

OK, now what?

So, I've done the rewrites on my spec script and sent it off to a friend who knows a lot more about screenwriting than me. She'll look it over and give me her feedback when she gets a chance--she's rather busy at the moment.

At this point I need input on it. I've read and reread it until I'm not actually seeing anything when I read it, except what I expect to see. I need somebody else to look it over with some detachment.

So, until I get her feedback, what do I do? I can't really make up my mind. I really need to be working on something or I'll go out of my mind.

I think my Mythophobia song cycle needs one or two more songs, and there's another song cycle I want to start after that--more on that later. Maybe I'll work on that now. Also have an idea for a story or short film--maybe that's next. All that still needs some development, though.

Now that I've actually written it down I think I'll work on the music for a while, get a few new tunes out. I've done a couple of tunes I'm extremely happy with lately--"Inside" and "Take My Breath"--and those took a lot out of me. I'm not kidding--I was exhausted after those. "Inside" is my "biggest" tune since "Necrotopia"--I don't think I've ever had that many tracks before. "Take My Breath" is just an intensely personal song for me, and that made recording it draining. But, as I said, I'm happy with both songs, and maybe now that it's been a little while I have built up the reserves necessary for me to do some more music. Click one of the links above if you want to hear those tunes, along with several others.

So, stay tuned! Let's see where I go next.