2) creation, 3) community, 4) housekeeping

• (last few days) reconnection with Naquin, short talk but the recurring lament for intersecting times.  substantial work-up of bandcamp page, http://timcoalman.bandcamp.com/, and thrill to discover uploading of .wav files is supported at higher than cd rates of 16 bit and 44.1 kHz - so hours to save ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book 1 soundtrack pieces at rates that equal the quality they are tracked and mixed in.  
• updating of www.timcoalman.com so "soundtrack" link connects to bandcamp page.
• tracked one of Ian's dreams - first telling, instead of having him repeat.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last few weeks) on-going organization and de-weeding of sound files.  several pieces nearing completion for ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book soundtrack and sorting clips of the boys into years as well as sample rates.  various notebook entries.  decision also made to combine book 1 and 2 of ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... into one volume, approximately 400 pages; the 200 pages per book attributable to early coveting of multi-book series instead of one or few phonebook installments - Pirsig would be disappointed.

2) creation, 3) community, 4) housekeeping

• (last few weeks) substantial progress on organization of all music, including last few pieces for ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book soundtrack.  hundreds of tracks reevaluated for potential, at least half deleted, others reworked and filed away in categories for future use.  notebook entries.  found dictation software I'd used in studio (dragon) now available as free app. for iphone.  tracking a few sounds and discovering several sound design websites (my favorite -  http://socialsounddesign.com/) that are as relevant to the way I form musical pieces as the community on tape op message board http://messageboard.tapeop.com/.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last few weeks) tracking sound artifacts and dreams.  working on book soundtrack to ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... and evaluating/sorting all sound files for workflow - categories now include 1) sound artifacts, 2) timcoalman sound (book soundtrack), 3) pre-commissioned, 4) conversations, 5) Teeple (archival of his work done together or shared with me), and 6) family (primarily the boys' dreams and stories).

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last two weeks) journal entries and collecting photos from phones and computers to back them up on primary computer.  pulling audio files from zoom h4 and small digital recorder.  working on music for ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book soundtrack and also organizing material under "pre-commissioned" folder.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last few days) several notebook entries on dreams and artifact pieces.  collected photos from various devices and computers and put on my computer.  organized and sorted dozens of audio files.  backing up small digital recorder to computer (why do I keep using this equipment when the zoom H4 would be better for immediate uploading instead of tracking from headphone jack to mixer?).  backing up all files to external hard drive.  realization that soundtrack is not done for ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book 1 - having miscalculated final running time.

2) creation

• (last two days) wrote dream in notebook.  tracked Ian's dream on small digital recorder.

2) creation, 4) identification

• (last few days) work on soundtrack to ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... - finishing a piece and sudden realization the album is complete.  now archived for a time when i can generate money to have it mastered and duplicated.
• notebook entries and tracking series of voicemail messages left by jones as he drank, slit throat, drove towards my home (arriving at parents home), taunting my unwillingness to come met him.  a fine progression of dispatches from a rolling degradation - his driver fulled by recent arrest of wife on prostitution, raging for the toddler daughter.  pleased with decision not to set out for connection.

2) creation

• (last few days) pawned old yamaha mixer and bought mackie 802-vlz3 http://www.mackie.com/products/802vlz3 after researching for teeple.  installed into studio.  a few notebook entries.

2) creation

• (last few days) finished editing comedy overdub video for kids.  pleased to be rid of the obligation.

2) creation

• took photos of damaged mirror backing.   

2) creation

• tracked dream into small digital recorder.

1) identification, 2) creation

• (last few weeks) dreams and ian tracked on small digital recorder, notebook entries, and setting up studio in new house.  researching new mixer for teeple and now coveting for myself as it would support a more streamlined work flow and a better understanding of signal flow - my current mixer still a confusing piece of gear years into usage. 
• reading book - the information: a history, a theory, a flood by James Gleick.  also enamored with reading articles, dispatches, and news items on iphone apps for npr and general anytime access to the week and wired through internet.
• finishing student voice overdub project after months of delay.  pleased with video editing software on mac.

2) creation

• (last week) notebook entries, skits and bits done under comedy pseudonym.  several hours on ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book 3 after no progress/work for many weeks - reworking beginning rows, quotes, et cetera.  tracked broken fan at parents' house - a sound of swells and cycles of vibrations that I always adore.

2) creation

• (last few weeks) a few notebook entries.  editing video and audio for student overdub session - realization I will never do such work again - my own artifacts ignored as the limited spans of time available are for projects begun with ambitions but which subsist on just-fucking-finish-it energy level.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last month) fifty or so pages of writing for school to finish portfolio artifacts.  editing and creating year-end dvd for my students and variety of notebook entries.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (today) backing up audio files from zoom h4.  considering combining book 1 and book 2 of ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... to make a more sizable work but the decision goes against the creation of each as separate pieces at the time.  preparing materials to record student play tomorrow.

2) creation, 3) community

• (last few days) tracked dreams from Ian and I on small digital recorder, also Beckett wanting to share his dreams to join in the moment - mumbles about his head being cut off, echoing an element of Ian's dream he just heard.  writing piece for music liner notes - re: lack of use of sound libraries, samples, or pre-existing files.  also designing performance desk of three screens on pivot arms and three sound players for shows.  gave copy of ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... book 2 to friend at school.

2) creation

• (last week) tracked students doing voice-overdub project using zoom h4, creating sounds and new story for cartoon movie.  dream written in notebook.  tracked another dream and Ian in the car with small digital recorder.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

• (last two days) going through sound files to organize material for future use.  recording my dreams and Ian's on small digital recorder.  entry into notebook.