I should have seen this coming . . .
Record a solo album in “NaNoWriMo for musicians”:
Cory Doctorow:
The fifth NaNoWriMo — the national novel writing month that challenges individuals to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days — has just kicked off, and good luck to the NaNovelists!
But what of the musically creative? They need not suffer in silence any longer: Lacunae has just floated “NaSoAlMo” — the national solo album month, for “brave souls who are up for it will write and record an entire solo album in the course of its 30 days.”
Q. So, for the purposes of NaSoAlMo, what exactly is a solo album?
A. An album of music you have written, played and recorded entirely by yourself*. The shortest inarguably awesome album I can think of offhand that a lot of people have heard is the first Ramones album, which is 29:09 long, so your solo album must be at least that long. Beyond that, its form and content are up to you.
*Since Ramones includes a cover of “Let’s Dance,” your NaSoAlMo album may, if you wish, include one cover of somebody else’s song.
(Thanks, Lalitree!)
Jeez, you’d think they could have picked a different month, though. What if you wanna do both?