feb 2024: closer
hey,
another month, another letter. lots of learning this month! I finished Adrianne Lenker’s songwriting course which I was doing through january. she is such an inspiration and it was surreal to take a class by her. it was followed by a home recording class with Philip Weinrobe, another person I hugely look up to - and it has been invaluable. I feel like my whole world has been turned around, honestly. seeing everything with a whole new perspective, not just music. it’s invigorated me more than ever to just make more stuff, and to be even more intentional and structured with my time. one thing that stuck with me that Phil said was, ‘the next song is where we improve.’ and I love that. I’m a perfectionist and often find myself getting caught up on little details, returning to a song over and over to fix and change things, until it’s finally ‘perfect’. but the thing is, it won’t ever be perfect, and if anything, the imperfections are what makes it special. it’s important to care, but once you’ve made something and it feels good, move on! if there’s stuff you want to change or new things you want to add/try out, that’s cool - do them on the next thing. that way you’ll be continuously moving and making new things, rather than spending your whole life caught up on one thing, trying to reach perfection. this forward motion has really stuck with me, and made me excited to just keep making things this year. maybe there’s something in that for you too, so I wanted to share it.
with all that said, the thing that is top of mind for me, obviously, is getting what I have made into the world. sharing it with you. I spent a lot of this month editing, and the visuals and song mixes are coming together beautifully. I’ve been working hard with my team to find the best way to share it all with you, and we’re planning to start bringing you into this new era next month. as part of that, I’ve been wanting to find ways to get closer to you. so, here are some new things I’ll be doing:
postcards
I want to send you some physical letters… postcards, with cool photos and messages / surprises… a tangible way for us to connect… if you’re interested, enter your address HERE and I’ll send you something <3
discord meetings
I want the discord to be a place where we can hang out more regularly, so I’ve set up a stage called “meeting room” in there where we can have monthly meetings (or maybe even more regular). I’ll have my camera on, kinda like a live stream or zoom meeting - but just for us. we can catch up and I’ll show you new things I’m working on, answer questions, and whatever else!
the first meeting will be this Saturday, March 2nd, 9am (Sydney time). that’s friday afternoon/evening for those of you in the US/UK/EU. (2pm Los Angeles, 5pm New York, 11pm London). I hope you can make it! if you’re not in the discord, you can join here.
other things that happened this month pictured above… road tripped back home from Melbourne, went to the Era’s tour (I wasn’t a huge swiftie but my friend had a spare ticket and… I get the hype! it was phenomenal), made a vision board for the year, watched the walking dead, wrote some songs, and went for a lot of walks.
that’s all for this month, take care. I’ll see you on discord this weekend!
much love,
chris