I'm in Austin this week so I don't have my recording equipment with me. But I wrote something and it's on my SoundCloud profile. Here is the link:

Www.soundcloud.com/danielbuchanan

The title is Idea 33.

Here's the thing: I realized from time to time when I'm composing all I feel like is coming out is cliches. So sometimes I feel like those clichés are there for a reason, so I might as well honor them.

It's hard to do that because I'd really rather write something original. But I guess clichés exist for a reason, and they are an integral part of who I am as a musician now. It's hard to love all the aspects of who you are - we just simply want to be who we are now, not who we were in the past. So this week's piece is part of me.

This something pseudo-improvised, based on the idea of "space," which is one of the five elements.

Since I was little, I have been drawn to the hymn tune, "What A Friend We Have In Jesus." This is my new spin on it.

I've just recently figured out that I can record directly onto my iPhone and post to SoundCloud using the SoundCloud app.  Of course, this doesn't get a very good sound quality compared to my other gear, but it's nice to be able to just write something and get it uploaded quickly!  So here's what I wrote today:

Here's Idea 29 - just a chord progression, but it feels very epic to me.  It doesn't stand alone, it's just an "idea." 

A little more work this week with electronic media: