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    Day 28: We did it!
    Kevin Keller
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    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 liste...
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    Day 26: Bridges -build -burn
    Kevin Keller
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    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" ...
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    Day 25: One last pit stop
    Kevin Keller
    • 4 days ago
    • 1 min

    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 becau...
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    Day 24: Determination
    Kevin Keller
    • 5 days ago
    • 1 min

    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,...
    46 views4 comments
    Day 23: Where the river ends
    Kevin Keller
    • 6 days ago
    • 2 min

    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 ...
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    Day 22: Final week begins
    Kevin Keller
    • 7 days ago
    • 1 min

    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 tha...
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    Day 20: What's in a name?
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 21
    • 2 min

    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 mu...
    44 views2 comments
    Day 19: Now taking requests
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 19
    • 1 min

    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 ev...
    55 views4 comments
    Day 18: Progress, not perfection
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 18
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Day 17: Slow as you go
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 17
    • 1 min

    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. Tur...
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    Day 16: Into the river
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    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 supportiv...
    60 views2 comments
    Day 15: Directions, please
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    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 compellin...
    54 views4 comments
    Day 14: Second Weekend Update
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 15
    • 1 min

    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 th...
    43 views2 comments
    Day 12: Half an album
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 12
    • 1 min

    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 ...
    54 views4 comments
    Day 11: Exciting patterns
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 11
    • 1 min

    Day 11: Exciting patterns

    Today was strange, unexpected, and ultimately very fun and productive. With the suggestion to focus on acoustic piano and create somethin...
    62 views4 comments
    Day 10: Where to next?
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 10
    • 1 min

    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...
    59 views4 comments
    Day 9: Time for a vote
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 9
    • 1 min

    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 se...
    78 views6 comments
    Day 8: A dramatic vista
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 8
    • 1 min

    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 w...
    80 views3 comments
    Day 7: First Weekend Update
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 7
    • 2 min

    Day 7: First Weekend Update

    I'm taking the day off to relax and recuperate, and am feeling much better. Earlier today, I listened to everything that I've created thi...
    45 views1 comment
    Day 6: A little diversion
    Kevin Keller
    • Feb 7
    • 1 min

    Day 6: A little diversion

    Today was rough. After sleeping late, I proceeded to pull a hip muscle (badly) which left me in pain for the whole day (including right n...
    70 views3 comments
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