What do you do when you can't find the sheet music for a very old Scottish melody? (You know, one of those melodies that's referenced in multiple old carol books but not notated because everyone knew it, right? Even though more than one melody with that general title exists....)
You listen to two different recordings of it (via YouTube) by two different artists (in two different keys, naturally) and you have staff paper and a pencil and your little ipad keyboard...and you start and stop and pause the recordings a lot as you write down both versions on the staff paper, one using symbols and one using letters. Really high tech, but it's done - I have that melody now. (Might check one more recording for reference sake.) It's been a journey trying to track it down!
In other words, work on Advent 2018 has started! In fact it started officially last month but mostly just research, planning, etc. This month some preliminary songwriting has begun.
This *might* be my last Advent EP, so I'm trying to get a head start on it, really give myself enough time to hopefully make every track how I want it AND actually release it a little earlier.
Do you realize this will be my SIXTH Advent EP? That's right - my first one, with the tracks originally only online as YouTube videos, was made in 2013! That's kinda crazy.
Anyway! Back to work!
(And thanks for reading! :) :) )