The Process - Michael

It's been over two years since Ben and I first had the idea for LBM. I call it LBM to avoid having the idea stolen, while being very aware of the fact that it seems pretentious to think that an idea you have is worth stealing. This one is.

It began with a concept and three songs, and over two years later, has amounted to an incomplete musical adaptation comprising 20 songs, with only 3 of them professionally recorded at this point.

Such is the expense, time, and the creative struggle of creating a comprehensive work. Granted, there was a 9 month period of time where Ben and I became a bit disenchanted, and didn't touch LBM the entire time.

Since then, Ben and I started a tiny company called Status Music Design on the suggestion of our lawyer. (Oh, we got a lawyer too.) The business plan is probably the same as your ideal business plan: do what you want when you want and get paid doing it. As our musical is an adaptation of a major motion picture, we've unsuccessfully tried twice to contact the production company for adaptation rights. Once by ourselves, once through our lawyer. A third time is in the works. This time, we're sending a three song demo--something that perfectly embodies the tone and the experience of LBM.

The demo is about 75% complete. And after over two years of efforts, I'm sometimes daunted by the task of taking this project to completion. This blog serves to chronicle all aspects of the process--the struggle to create, the method of writing and recording, the gear used to develop our sounds, and the tribulations of the business aspect of creativity. Also, I hope that by blogging, Ben and I will motivate ourselves to continue, and maybe help/inspire others who may be trying the same thing. (Hopefully not the exact same thing ;-)

Michael