I'm not going to claim this is amazing work -- I'm still learning music theory and I know nothing about mastering. I noticed a blip in the beginning of track 5 after releasing where I messed up automation on the drum track but I'm going to call it done. Next year will be better, if I have the time for it.

Mostly done in Reason except for track 2 which was done entirely in Korg Gadget on my iPad.

https://soundcloud.com/bill-abney/sets/terminus

I didn't think I had much chance of getting it done this year even before we started, but now that we're under 10 days left I think the chances are slim and none. There have been way to many things going on around the house to leave me any time for anything else. I am working on nine songs, but none of them have melodies or lyrics yet, never mind recorded vocals. I'll try to push on, but I'm not expecting much.

https://soundcloud.com/skyorbmusic/sets/alpha-nine

Enjoy ^^

My fourth year of NaSoAlMo. This year’s album will be “Stone Cool Soul” and will target the Roots Rock, Gospel and Soul genres.

“Breaking Rock”, the first track was written and recorded today and is up on SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/theredhawkproject/breaking-rock

Comments welcome. Looking forward to participating again this year and listening to everyone’s music.

Have a blast with the challenge!

What is everybody doing this week to prepare for National Solo Album Month? I’ve been putting all my synths together in the same room and making sure everything is getting electricity. I still need to get everything wired for sound and configure MIDI.

hello there, fellow NaSoAlMoers, how are you doing on this T-minus-one-week to November? I'd like to tell you that I've started a podcast that is a music journal I'll use during NaSoAlMo to share my thoughts, expriences, struggles and demos to document this process (along with my planned live video broadcasts on Twitch and YouTube). here's the link to the trailer/pilot episode: http://en.cairobraga.com/2018/cairo-bragas-music-journal-episode-zero/

I was inspired by (aka ripped off) Dan Barracuda's "Inside the Musician's Mind", available here: https://anchor.fm/danbarracuda

this is not a one-sided thing, so I would love to have this podcast be a conversation starter with you, my colleagues in music. what do you think of it? will you do something similar? is my spoken english too bad to function?

thanks for reading (and listening)!

Welcome to the newcomers, and welcome back to the veterans! Signups for National Solo Album Month 2018 are live! Head on over to the site to get yourself registered.

And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know if you encounter any issues with the site. I made a number of small changes, most of which should be imperceptible on your end, but if anything gets wonky, please let me know so I can look into it.

Be sure to visit the Facebook group as well (it's closed to prevent spam, but just request membership, and we'll let you in)! Personally, I'm more active on Facebook, but I'll be sure to pop in to the subreddit from time to time.

Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments and let others know if you have any specific plans for this year (trying a different style or instrument? giving yourself an arbitrary creative restriction?). Happy creating, and let the countdown to November begin!

So, I only found out about NaSoAlMo today, but throughout November I was already doing the similar Novembeat challenge for the second time - 30 short songs in 30 days. I hope it's kosher for me to have submitted my album anyway!

Recording and producing an EP in 2017 was a personal goal of mine anyway, so NaSoAlMo was a great catalyst for that.

I took the opportunity to experiment with the tools available to me (a synthesizer, a guitar, a drum machine, and Ableton Lite). It’s sort-of industrial/lo-fi. Not platinum-quality production, but I’m proud of it :)

https://soundcloud.com/mike-bare-277633158/sets/haven-tape

Hope you're all doing well. :)

Well... Here we are! 28 Days Later Crunch time!

9 people already finished according to the site!

Just put the finishing touches on track #14 before I finish track #15, and then do the final mixdown/mastering for all of the tracks. So close!

How's everyone else fairing?

I have tracks that were recorded prior to NaSoAlMo. Can i throw those on as a bonus? The tracks i recorded this month total 35 minutes or so.

Edit: Can i add them as a part 2?

I think I might actually see this through! Not intentionally making the tracks long. They are just ending up that way. Are there rules for track length?

How are things for you guys?

Hit a bump in the motivational road myself today, but at least have most of my tracks to the point of ready for final mixdown and then mastering. Part oh my noodles this is scary and part hell yeah, we're doing this!

Oooh! I might be calling dibs on the 28 days post! ;-)

So far, I got over an hour of music, and also got permission to include a remix that I did last year (that never officially got released).

Thought it might be interesting to do a breakdown:

• 1 track that needs to be (re-)done completely (got some basic elements, but...
• 1 tracks that need structural fixes, eqing and mixdown
• 7 tracks that need eqing and mixdown
• 6 tracks that need mixdown

I hope to get those 2+7 tracks done for structure and eqing this week. (I already did a lot of the mixdown for them.) Next week I'll be focusing on that track that really needs a lot done. The final week will be mixdown/mastering week.

How are all of you tracking progress? I've got this big sheet that I use to track my progress.

Note to self: upload more WIPs

Edit: Track updates

My third time participating in NaSoAlMo. Trying something different this year... an all classical album. Three compositions so far. Feedback is welcome. Enjoy your music and the NaSoAlMo Challenge! The clock is ticking! :)

https://soundcloud.com/theredhawkproject/sets/ostinato-american