Jack Pribek

I’ve been working on a batch of songs all year. In truth, there are couple that have been in the ether for a while longer. One goes back a lot longer than that.

It will end up being a collection of 20 tunes. I’m not sure how exactly I’m going to release them yet. I’m leaning toward putting out the whole collection at once on Bandcamp and staggered releases for streaming. That makes sense to me, I suppose.

I listen to a lot of newly released music.

As a consumer, I find that I really enjoy Spotify and having so much access to new stuff is one big reason.

I feel that there is a shift away from collaboration in music. Maybe that’s just me thinking that way; I don’t know.

I do know however, that the technology allows for endless options as far as composing, arranging and editing music. So, an individual can produce a purely individual artistic vision and release it to the public. Most of it goes unnoticed…of coarse.

I think that popular culture is dominated by games, advertising and film; all almost (to me) unfathomably collaborative pursuits. None of that stuff hits home with me these days and I think, partly because it’s produced by committee at every step.

Is art by committee even possible? Or, is it just product that’s done that way?