With great pleasure and little fanfare I’m happy to announce the release of It’s Already Started. Arriving on Dec. 27, it’s the third Martin Blasick album of 2010.
It’s Already Started on bandcamp.com. Enjoy full song listens.
It’s Already Started started out as a song a week project inspired by internet sensation Jonathan Coulton. I posted these songs weekly and had a great time exploring internet promotions for the first time.
But to be true to myself I kept going back to the recordings and adding little nuances. The backbone of the album is my Samick Greg Bennett Royale guitar and bass. Being endorsed by them has been really great
The Omnichord became the main source of what would usually be keyboard sounds. I’d learned of it being used on some Bowie recordings. The time and ability to really explore meant the world to me. This is my first one man band album, playing real drums and the rest of the instruments myself.
The lyrics flowed without being pushed in any direction. Writing on the weekly schedule got me into what I call having the the open door to creativity. Without pushing any agenda the words capture where I was at that moment.
Also it was the chance to work with some of the greatest lyricists of all time, the great English romantic poets, Lord Byron, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. I set a poem of each of them to my own brand of songwriting. Every time I sing one of these poetry based songs I get a new meaning from the words. Something to explore further in the future to be sure.
I’m looking forward to taking these songs to the stage. House concerts and streaming internet broadcasts are venues I’m eager to perform in.