I bumped into a friend today who I haven’t seen or talked to for at least a year, probably longer. He’s also a musician and composer. We geeked out on recording equipment and methods for a short time while he told me about his latest song and then he played it for me from his laptop.

Roman’s song is inspiring, sad, hopeful and has mad hi-fi qualities. We talked about his process of recording these days and I talked about where I’m at and what I’ve been up to musically. In yet another incident of synchronicity I’ve been thinking lately that I need a kick in the ass creatively, something (or someone) to help me stay on target and focus on creating new music on a regular basis. So while chatting with Roman I told him my idea of writing a song a week and using social media to keep me on track. He said he thought that was pretty damned industrious of me. But why not?

I’m turning to you, my dedicated readers, to help me be more productive. I promise you and myself that starting this week, I’m going to produce a song a week. These might be pieces of music destined for someone’s film that hasn’t been shot yet, incidental sounds for a theatrical backdrop or even singer-songwriter bliss.

So my first deadline is Saturday, October 23rd. That morning I’ll submit what I have to my Soundcloud account and tweet either the link to the music or a blog entry here talking about it. Whatever the state of affairs of the work is, even if it still needs more work, I’m going to stick to the song-per-week deadline. My hope is a body of work that will lead to album releases, music library placements or simply having more of my work available.

You can learn more about my friend Roman at his site, Roman Rocks.