Dan Hewins: The Deck » welcome http://thedeck.danhewins.com 52 songs in 52 weeks: A Deck of Songs in 2009 by Dan Hewins. A song-per-week project. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:54:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2009 dhh@hewins.org (Dan Hewins) dhh@hewins.org (Dan Hewins) music 1440 http://thedeck.danhewins.com/dhh/img/deck_144.jpg Dan Hewins: The Deck » welcome http://thedeck.danhewins.com 144 144 52 songs in 52 weeks: A Deck of Songs in 2009 by Dan Hewins. A song-a-week project. 52 songs in 52 weeks: A Deck of Songs in 2009 by Dan Hewins. A song-a-week project. Daniel, Hewing, songs, deck, cards, spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs, weekly Dan Hewins Dan Hewins dhh@hewins.org no no Halftime Assesment http://thedeck.danhewins.com/general/07/09/halftime-assesment/ http://thedeck.danhewins.com/general/07/09/halftime-assesment/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:40:15 +0000 hewins http://thedeck.danhewins.com/?p=168 So, there are 26 songs so far. I'm going back and listening to some of them again so I can asses what I've done so far. Here's how I see it:

I think there are about 6 categories that these songs could fall under: guitar and voice songs, acoustic-based instrumentals, ambient, rock songs, African-influenced songs and instrumentals, and 'other.'

Guitar and Voice Songs:

Acoustic Instrumentals:

African-influenced Songs:

Rock Songs:

Ambient:

Other*:

* Concerning the "other" category, I'm not really sure what this thing is but I like it. If you want to get to the meat of this one, skip ahead to about 2:56. In fact, in listening back to a bunch of these songs, I've learned that a lot of them reward listening to the end. If you don't you might miss something interesting.

]]> http://thedeck.danhewins.com/general/07/09/halftime-assesment/feed/ 0 This is The Deck http://thedeck.danhewins.com/general/01/01/this-is-the-deck/ http://thedeck.danhewins.com/general/01/01/this-is-the-deck/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:00:28 +0000 hewins http://thedeck.danhewins.com/?p=3 The Deck is my attempt to create a lot of music in 2009. The plan is to put a deck of songs together made of songs I write and songs I didn't write, but record a version of. The songs I write will be the black cards:  spades and the clubs. The cover songs will be the red cards: diamonds and hearts. The goal is to have two decks by the end of the year. Or at least two decks'-worth of spades and clubs, because I am going to concentrate more on original songs. I'll fit in the covers as I can (I'll take suggestions for cover song ideas as time goes on).

Ten years ago, my friend, Michael Zapruder, wrote 52 songs in one year and I would say that that is definitely part of the inspiration for doing this. Another inspiration is that I really wanted to force myself to make music this year and something structured like this is the only way I know how.

I really don't know what's going to happen, how well it will work, if I fail or succeed, or what any of these songs are going to sound like. I have no set agenda of making any number of any kind or genre of song. I may or may not end up with a group of songs that could later become an album. Some songs will have vocals, probably most, and some will be instrumental. Along the way, I will probably have friends play an instrument or sing on a song or a few. I am as in the dark about what the results will be here as anyone else. So, off we go!

I will start posting the songs here very soon.

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