Release Date, Cover Art, Final Track Listing...

Here Nor There, the new album by James Gillice.

Tentative release date: September 28th, 2010

Final tracklist:

1. Take Our Chances
2. This Moment
3. By And By
4. Castles In the Sand
5. Drifting Away
6. The Enemy Is Me
7. Wherever You Go
8. Dear Friend
9. Take Our Chances (Again)
10. Here Nor There
11. Comfort Me

Check out the newly created Here Nor There album page. Also listen to the new track, Take Our Chances (Again).

Artwork, Songs, Layout...All New, All Coming Soon...

Greetings fine people of the internet.

Where in the heck have I been with this blog lately? Good question. I suppose I've been letting the updates to my facebook and bandcamp pages suffice for a while. But as easy as that is to do, I really do miss the more in depth distribution of information that the blog allows for.

You may have seen the new artwork on the bandcamp page. This is in line with the look and feel of the artwork for the upcoming Here Nor There album cover which will be finalized shortly and posted here. To keep things consistent, this blog page will be getting a visual overhaul as well in the very near future.

As for the music itself, it's getting ever closer to completion. All but 2 songs are completely finished now. It's been such a long time coming, I'm almost more excited for the NEXT album, for which I already have many songs written. I PROMISE that one will not take 5 years to finish.

The Logical Choice

It's a new year...has been for a while now. There have been some big changes around here. After 7 years of using the same computer for recording all of my music, it was well beyond time for an upgrade. I was hoping to finish the new album before this upgrade was to take place, but it is just taking too long and couldn't be put off any more.

So I've made the long awaited switch to an iMac. And with the introduction of the new 27" model, it seemed like the perfect time. So of course with a new Apple computer, it was necessary to upgrade my recording software. I am now using Logic Express for all of my recording and mixing. This really opens up quite a few new possibilities for my music and I have spent the last few weeks learning this new software and getting my music files transfered over.

It has been a set back of sorts, but it should mean that I will be able to get a lot more done in a lot less time, and it will all sound a lot better. I've been working on a new mix of "Take Our Chances" and I am finally getting somewhere with it. I am hoping to have a mix worthy of posting to Bandcamp very soon. Stay tuned.

Take Our Chances...Again and Again and Again

So I have reached the point of total frustration. The song Take Our Chances is just not working. I'm not sure what is wrong and why I cannot get it to sound good no matter what I do. It might be time to just do a complete overhaul and start from scratch. This track is supposed to be the opening track for the Album and as such I'm trying to get it done first. If it doesn't work out I may just scrap it and keep the second version that ALSO appears on the Album as the penultimate song. I'm just not sure what to replace it with as the opener.

I'll keep you posted on the progress or lack thereof.

Dear Friend...Check it out!

Hey Everyone!

Yes, as a matter of fact it has been a VERY long time since I've updated.

I'll have more to post soon on the album progress, but for now I just want to make you aware of my new web site that is pretty dang awesome. You can easily listen to ALL of my music, read lyrics, order CD's and/or download songs you like for a reasonable cost.

There are 3 new songs posted as well as all old albums.

Be sure to check out the BRAND NEW song Dear Friend, which will be on the new album. It's a song that was written 8 or 9 years ago that I rediscovered and decided to record. It really turned out to be quite good I think. A tinge of darkness musically, and a bit sad...but not completely hopeless. It should be a great addition to the album. I've mentioned the song before in this blog, you may remember, but now you can actually hear it. Unless you hate it, be sure to come back and let me know what you think.

"Drifting Away" Indeed

Nearly four years ago...

I had just completed my second album "Making It Right Again" over the summer of '05. Because of the huge amount of time that was demanded to complete that album, I subsequently took a few months off from songwriting and recording. Later that year I picked up the guitar again and began writing my first "new" song in quite some time.

That song became what is now known as "Drifting Away"...and last night, almost 4 years later, I did some recording and put the final touches on it. 4 YEARS LATER!!!

If anything around here is drifting away it's time.

Slight Change of Plans

So...sometimes it's ok to change plans.

My original idea was to complete 14-15 songs and choose the best 10-12 for the final album. At this point I have 10 songs that are near completion. All of these songs are good enough to make the album. So do I continue to try to finish more tunes so I can have the best of the best?...OR...do I accept the songs that are closest to being finished as the final songs? Because of time constraints I am going with the latter option. With a little more recording and some final mixing and mastering this album will finally be finished. Don't get too excited, that's still probably months away...but that's better than years away. The songs that get left behind will serve as a starting point for the next album.

So the tracklist as it stands now is as follows:

1. Take Our Chances
2. This Moment
3. By And By
4. Castles In the Sand
5. Drifting Away
6. The Enemy Is Me
7. Wherever You Go
8. Dear Friend
9. Take Our Chances (Again)
10. Deep In the Heart

I'd say those first five songs are a lock...the rest could still change as the songs are finished and as I listen to them in order a few hundred times. There may even be a short instrumental or two added just for good measure, seeing as how all of my previous albums have those. We'll see if that works out or not. But rest assured that this baby is nearer to completion that it's ever been before.