I spend a lot of time writing music and
recording it on the computer. Recording under the name D in Conduct, a series
of projects are combined to make a CD with labels and box art. I only burn a couple
of copies and just put them away.
I don't try and sell them. I don't send them off to record companies. I just
have a couple to give away in the unlikely event that somebody knows I write music
and, even more unlikely, actually wants one.
I take the working files off the computer when they are done and resolve not
to touch them again. I use Cakewalk Sonar for my digital audio workstation and
I found that loading older project files into a newer version of Sonar
often causes trouble, so the removal process consists of exporting all the actual
audio takes I used and archiving them. But after
a year or two I feel that I have learned more about mixing and mastering, so I
create new project files from the archived audio and work with them
some more. However, I don't usually create any new audio. I work with what was made
originally, just for the challenge of it, not that anybody would know... or care.
I also spend time working with video. The only
video I have completed was done with software that requires a very long trial
and error process. The images for it are all snatched from the internet, so I don't
have any publishing rights to them.
Since I never learned the correct way to
pronounce "genre", my songs don't fit into one. They tend to cover several
different styles.
Finished Albums
Stick 'em With a Fork
Hearts Touch
D in Conduct are:
Lead Guitar:
Dennis "Bloody Fingers" Kent
Bass Guitar:
Dennis "Stinky Fingers" Kent
Harmonica:
Dennis "Sonny Boy" Kent
Drums:
Dennis "Jungle Boy" Kent
Keyboards:
Dennis "One Finger" Kent
Vocals:
Dennis "Key? What's a key?" Kent
Cello:
Dennis "Yo Yo" Kent
Violin:
Dennis "Skreeky" Kent
The second album I recorded is being remixed and mastered at this time.
It should be up here in a few weaks.
