Song A Day VII Starts Today!
March 1st, 2011
The premise is simple — for one month out of every year, write and record an original piece of music for every single day of that month. No backlogging of songs, no sketching out lyrics for later use — just waking up each morning, coming up with an idea, exploring the idea throughout the day, recording it and posting it for the world to hear. Then doing it again 30 more days in a row.
Most people would not have the audacity or the fortitude to try this even once — but Sam Keenan is not like most people. He thrives on the challenge that such a compressed time frame offers, and so he begins his seventh annual “Song A Day” contest today.
According to Sam, the point of Song A Day “…is to not only accomplish the difficult mission of all that writing, but to explore directions, genres, and moods without the inner editor stifling the muse. Like a pop Jack Kerouac.” You can check out his progress at samkeenan.org, where he will be posting his songs every day. You can also hear the madness that was Song A Day V and VI as well.