Music | MJ Schindler

Update on the Musical Project 365

I wrote in a previous post about my new creative adventure: a musical project 365 in which I MUST – WITHOUT FAIL – post one recording of a song or song idea each day. It doesn’t matter how much time I do or don’t have, or how good or bad the posting is. I just have to do it. Unfortunately, I’ve been failing miserably at this project. I have the time to do it, but I have been postponing posting my recordings, wanting to make each song “better” than I am able to make it. One reason I started this project was because I wanted to free myself from the chains of perfectionism, yet that perfectionsm is still holding me back from brainstorming, free-writing, and free-playing. To try to get back into the groove, I’m...

Posted by MJ on Dec 15, 2011 in Music, Projects | 0 comments

“Santa isn’t Coming” is the best Christmas song EVER

My friend Max wrote and recorded this Christmas song. I’ve been playing and replaying it over and over again, urging him to hurry up and release the final version so I can share it with people. I think it is AWESOME. Santa Isn’t Coming – Single by Max Greene

Posted by MJ on Dec 2, 2011 in Music | 0 comments

Project 365: Posting 1 Song Per Day, No Matter What

I recently embarked on a new endeavor. For the next 355 days (I’m already 10 days in), I am going to post at least 1 musical recording per day. My goal is to record a new song each day and post the song within 24 hours of starting, no matter how bad or unfinished the final project sounds. Even with the best of intentions, I’ve been making and breaking the rules as I go along. Some of the songs I’ve posted so far have been old recordings from a year or longer ago. I’ve been digging them up, editing them just a bit, and posting them. I’m working on this Project 365 for several reasons. I am tired of saying that I want to be a musician while failing to ever do anything about it because I don’t have the right equipment,...