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Sit back and enjoy the ride

I can't make this thing go any faster, so it's time to sit back and enjoy the ride. Between COVID and the rest of the unfolding 21st Century, it's time to chill.

Status remains steady-as-she-goes - Downtime S2 is on, Stormcellar album 13 pending Le Revenue, Stormcellar Collective 'Live Downtime' recordings are in post. Theo is swapping out better recordings as they arise.

Stormcellar Collective's first studio album is still moving forward...slowly...Sadly we missed the boat for the Neon Nights who have a show on now so it's back to the drawing board for some backing stuff and I am still wrangling White Fire. I think I have spoken with 10% of the keyboard players in Sydney in an effort to find the right combo.

There's a backlog of songwriting, so no shortage on that front (in 13 years there hasnt been), I would kind of like to finish a few of these existing tracks so I can get them out of my head.

Meanwhile, Space Engineer is putting out 1 new track a week! Dang it! MUSH DOGGIES! MUSH!!!

Videoclip still is pre production (OMG) and oh yeah it looks like we have more shows in the wild coming up. Great, we could do with the cash!

Things are going at their own rate. Big Ups to Coggers for ongoing outstanding technical stuff.

Also a shout out to Friend Of The Band Ms Rebecca for showing me around the streaming setup she has going on at the Powerhouse.

I get the feeling that there will be a cascade of completion at some point. Like waiting for the kettle to boil. There's no shortage of good stuff going on, it's just taking the time it takes...:)

Slow Mode Enabled

Nope, this thing won't go any faster.

I am barely getting on top of the backlog of songs for development.

'Sanctuary' is now moving towards late mixing and fixing. Theo seems to think a month or so.

'Awakening' is at 60% on production and well off post, unless we go track by track. Which, come to think of it...

Downtime Season 2 is now up to 9/13 eps for the season.

So yeah we're still moving. I'm hanging out for the latest Collective guide tracks and mixes.

By the end of the month we are hoping to get a videoclip into production.

Mean while, Space Engineer is racking up the tunes.

We gotta crack on with it!

Not sure if we're doing downtime this week. It's still a crazy COVID time.

We're working here and we cannot keep up wtih the Space Engineer!

Guide tracks today! New stuff! We're cracking on with work.

And I get home and Terry has another damn tune already.

I don't know if there is a more productive australian songwriter at the moment than TA Lyndon.

Respect to the Space Engineer. We're are legit having trouble keeping up with the prodigious output of the prolific professor of pop. https://soundcloud.com/spaceengineer

Space Engineer · Winner in a Game Show

Every river runs at its own pace

It might seem like going faster would be more fun. Nah.

I for one, am enjoying the heck out of our current...ok I'll say it....slow progress.

Yes it's methodical, yes it's taking AAAAGES and yes it's great.

We're still on track for the right outcomes, and what a time it has been, right?

The first Downtime Album is almost at 7/10 completion.

The first 'Collective' Album is in production, pre production, and mixing - track by track.

Downtime was great last week. It also is a format that allows us to deal with the very variable times we live in.

Calm? Yes! Relaxed? Heck yes.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......so easy.

New gigs coming in. Stuff happening. I'll tell ya when it does.

I'd say more if we were doing more, but there are always things we're doing.
Ah yes, last weeks downtime is worth sharing

Error tolerant systems

The good thing about Downtime is that it encompasses the limitations of our current times. We lost a session to Floods (omg), Vaccination (necessary!) and then general life. We still have 6 eps for this season, we're on track for this week. We'll see.

Instead, last friday we converted to a song session and got another guide out. Productive.

Still tempted to stream some of these...we'll see.

We may be workshopping some songs with our friends in Neon Nights, that'd be a good one to try and live stream.

Big ups to the folks who joined us on Saturday. Still some kinks to work out on the PA and good to see the return to the stage of Mr Wizard, who joined the collective for the second set.

In other news, Things are not happening quickly...hoo boy ok maybe thats an understatement. At the same time, they are happening, and they are happening on a regular, scheduled basis. Sort of. As long as we're flexible.

Sort of scheduled chaos. I could get used to this rhythm.

I expect there will be some additional live shows at some point. Meanwhile I am still catching up to our good friend TA Lyndons output level, so work continues. These really are the best bits.