That has to be one of my favourite lines from any song.
To bastardize a hoary old cliche -- and something I've previously written of -- the project is about the journey and not the destination, and it's a damn good thing too as the more I research and the more I think about things, the longer and more complex this journey becomes.
It has started to appear that to speak with some of the people that I would like to speak with, I will need a publisher. However, I don't think I will realistically be able to get a publisher until I have either a manuscript, or a considerable amount of published writing under my belt. I probably will not be able to write a proper manuscript until I am able to speak with everyone I wish to speak with. But I won't be able to speak with everyone I wish to speak with until I have a publisher... argh!
Quite the conundrum, non?
I am currently toying with the idea of contacting Exclaim! to see if they need another writer. Ideally, dealing with the history of CanCon rock. I should drop them a line tomorrow and see what I can turn up.
Along with things to do tomorrow, I am going to have to mail off an application and a cheque to the Canadian Association of Music Libraries as I'm becoming a member. Where better to find a forum for like minded archivists professional and amateur alike?
Random observation: The in house muzak system which had previously this evening assailed my aural sense with the horror that is Michael Bolton (a song which I have not thought about in literally a decade or more, popped into my head about 10 minutes before it came on the PA) has played two consecutive CanCon songs. . . Bedouin Soundclash doing "When the Night Feels My Song" and Great Big Sea's "Sea of No Cares."
My current method of vinyl digitization is proving far more inadequate that previously thought. Playing Magic People by The Paupers on my Crossley produces a skip and stick in the middle of the song, preventing it from being digitized in any meaningful way. I suppose I could edit the bit that skips out and insert a bit from another part of the song, but that seems far too complicated, and not at all a realistic option. I took the LP into the Village Idiot for their professional opinion, and after a good clean and a spin on his quality turntable, it played fine and was good to go. However, back home I was still getting the skip and stick, leading me to the only reasonable conclusion that the problem is with my turntable. What to do? What to do? I should head down to the local audio supply store and see what they recommend in the way of a turntable that won't break my budget.
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