October 1, 2011. Here's my very first piece of music for my "Oktober Projekt." Each day this month I will write, record and post an original piece of music. Many days it will be very short jingles. Often it will just be me and my acoustic guitar, while other days it may be a more developed piece like this one. There may even be a few full-fledged songs. Some days the piece of music will be serious like this one, others it will certainly be absurd and silly. Please follow the project every day and offer feedback on my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/smaragd.music or right here on SoundCloud.

Many of my daily musical entries will have lyrics. Why don't you suggest a subject to me, whether serious or silly? Maybe I'll make one of my songs about it! :-)

Oktober Project 1

This is The Oktober Projekt. Every day for the entire month of October 2011 I will write, record and post one original piece of music here. Some will be very short jingles (think They Might Be Giants' "Fingertips" or the jingles from The Who Sell Out) while others will be full-fledged songs. Many will be just me and my acoustic guitar, but some will be fully-arranged multi-track recordings. Some will have vocals, and some will be instrumental. Some will be serious, and some will be absurdly silly. The styles will vary widely. The point is to push my creativity by creating and posting a new piece of original music every day this month. Please follow the Oktober Project. I would really appreciate feedback, so please leave comments!

You can find my regular account at http://soundcloud.com/smaragd

Oktober Project 1

Smaragd Projekt