Kevin Keller
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...
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Kevin Keller
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 28, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 26, 2021
- 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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Kevin Keller
- Feb 25, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 24, 2021
- 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,...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 23, 2021
- 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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Kevin Keller
- Feb 22, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 20, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 19, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 18, 2021
- 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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Kevin Keller
- Feb 17, 2021
- 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....
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 16, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 15, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 14, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 12, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 11, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 10, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 9, 2021
- 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...
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Kevin Keller
- Feb 8, 2021
- 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...
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