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Coming Soon: Vinyl!
For several years now, many of you have asked me to release my music on vinyl. This year, I am turning your requests into reality. The...
Kevin Keller
Apr 18, 20211 min read
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Update: It's all coming together
It's been 19 days since the RPM Challenge was met and overcome. I took a little time away from the music to rejuvenate (and get my first...
Kevin Keller
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Day 28: We did it!
This morning I put the finishing touches on Day 26, and gave it the title "Bridges". With that, the album is now complete. For your...
Kevin Keller
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Day 26: Bridges -build -burn
Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies" have been amazing creative tools over the years. I first began using them while composing "In absentia"...
Kevin Keller
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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Day 25: One last pit stop
Coming back to yesterday's track, it just didn't strike me as being on par with the rest of the music on the album. I think this is...
Kevin Keller
Feb 25, 20211 min read
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Day 24: Determination
One of you recently shared a list of feelings and action words that you hoped to hear on this album (thank you for that). From that list,...
Kevin Keller
Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Day 23: Where the river ends
Today's session brings us to the end of the "river/water" track that I've been working on since last week. As per usual, the piece ended...
Kevin Keller
Feb 23, 20212 min read
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Day 22: Final week begins
It's Monday again, and I sense a theme: after taking a couple days off, I feel simultaneously refreshed and totally unsure. I suppose...
Kevin Keller
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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Day 20: What's in a name?
Shakespeare said it best when he wrote "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." I suppose the same goes for...
Kevin Keller
Feb 20, 20212 min read
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Day 19: Now taking requests
Just for fun, I pulled an Oblique Strategy card this morning: "Retrace your steps", it read. I took this as permission to go back over...
Kevin Keller
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Day 18: Progress, not perfection
Continuing to follow the river on this track. Today's session was a mixed bag, but I think that I'm gradually getting somewhere with this...
Kevin Keller
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Day 17: Slow as you go
Yesterday's music got me real excited to get started this morning. I felt sure that it would be another great day of productive work....
Kevin Keller
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Day 16: Into the river
I awoke this morning to some very encouraging and inspiring advice from several listeners, and felt very fortunate to have such...
Kevin Keller
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Day 15: Directions, please
I was unable to fulfill my promise of "2 minutes of new music" today. Just couldn't find the right sound, or a way in that felt...
Kevin Keller
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Day 14: Second Weekend Update
Well, here we are. Halfway through the month, and halfway done with the new music. I feel good about where things sit today, and about...
Kevin Keller
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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Day 12: Half an album
Twelve days in, and we now have 24 minutes of music, which is slightly more than halfway to the "end". Next week, we begin "Side Two" (I...
Kevin Keller
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Day 11: Exciting patterns
Today was strange, unexpected, and ultimately very fun and productive. With the suggestion to focus on acoustic piano and create...
Kevin Keller
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Day 10: Where to next?
I tried so hard today. Really. Even with such overwhelming support (8-1) to keep going with yesterday’s music, I just couldn’t find a way...
Kevin Keller
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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Day 9: Time for a vote
Many of my listeners are also musicians themselves. When I sent out the invitations to take part in this challenge, someone offered to...
Kevin Keller
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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Day 8: A dramatic vista
Getting back into the music that I started on Day 5, the first order of business was finding the right sonic environment. This took the...
Kevin Keller
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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