Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way I make music and the way I share (or don’t share) it.

I’m in the midst of finishing my new record right now, so a lot of this is at the forefront of my mind.

Although I’ve made a great deal of music both before and since my first album, “Cutting Exercises”, that record is really the only music I’ve ever publicly released. That was almost three years ago, as of this writing. I have a completed album (made prior to “Cutting Exercises”), another album that I stopped working on about 85% of the way through to make the current one and tons of, sort of, derelict, homeless songs and instrumentals all over the place. This, not counting the ambient album I’ve been working on here and there since Nov. 2008, or the special, limited edition project I’m planning for release in the summer.

Planning a new release also has me revisiting all sorts of thoughts about music delivery formats. Their past, present and future. The way they affect the creative process of making recorded music and how they’ve shaped the music we’ve grown up listening to. (More on that in another post.)

These thoughts, along with my frustration at the infrequency of my releases vs. how much music I actually make and my thoughts about how much differently I, and many others, listen to/buy/acquire music now, have made me decide to try something a little different. Not different for the world or the internetz, but different for me.

I’ve decided to start releasing music regularly via podcast (for lack of a sexier way to describe it).

Some of these podcasts might only be a few minutes long, some might be a few hours.  Some of the music in these podcasts will only be available in the podcasts; some will eventually appear (perhaps in a different form) in physical releases; and, in podcasts where I feel it’s applicable, I’ll probably make individual songs/pieces (or CD-quality versions) available for separate purchase and download as MP3 and/or FLAC.

I think the freedom and immediacy of this format allows for the kind of musical cohesion that I love about albums, but in a way that would never make sense for physical releases. It also allows me to share something with you easily and more personally.

These podcasts won’t be posted on any regular basis. Just whenever a new one is ready. So please subscribe or bookmark the feed if you want to give a listen.

I’m going to start this off with a piece I made in an informal collaboration with artist Casey Roberts. Casey’s work is just amazingly beautiful and really means a great deal to me. So, it’s an honor to be associated with him and his art in any way.

You’ll find it here.

Yours,
Jon