tag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:/blogs/project-updatesProject Updates2022-03-27T10:52:10-04:00Frank Wyatt Musicfalsetag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/69331832022-03-27T10:52:10-04:002023-10-16T10:52:16-04:00A little website work<p>As I have been making all my content public the links to some videos are changing so there are some temporary gaps on the site as I get things organized. Moving the videos from Vimeo to YouTube is somewhat time consuming so please bear with me as I make it easier to access these archives. On a health front I continue to battle and have had some setbacks. The sun still rises, the earth still spins through the cosmos...be joyful.</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/68635982022-01-09T12:57:03-05:002022-01-09T12:59:18-05:00Subscribers Update<p>Greetings everyone, particularly subscribers to the site. As I am not producing any new content on a regular basis, I felt it unfair to keep accepting the subscriber fees. To that end I have cancelled all paid subscriptions and made those free accounts with the same streaming and discount privileges. I am working on the Atlantis Symphony and expect to be done in another year or so. I decided to use the symphonic format for the piece(s) as getting together to work on anything as a group is nearly impossible for me given my health issues. Thank you all for your kind support, and my very best wishes to everyone.</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/66337292021-05-18T16:02:20-04:002021-05-19T15:43:45-04:00That year went fast!<p>I just noticed that a year has passed since updating the website. Time has no traction here. I have been fighting the cancer diligently....whatever that means. It has moved into my bones now and a few have broken leaving my left arm pretty much useless so not jamming on the keyboards very much! I am on yet another treatment now and it seems to be doing some good work on me. My spirits are still high and I still have a creative itch to scratch, so I have been putting my energy into building modular synth modules and getting that instrument up to speed. While two hands are better, I can still turn knobs with just one! Have a listen to my earliest experiments in this electronic world of chaos on the new page, <a contents="Modular Synthesis" data-link-label="Modular Synthesis" data-link-type="page" href="/modular-synthesis" target="_blank">Modular Synthesis</a>. You will notice I am no longer on the Facebook or Twitter platforms. I won't support these killers of free speech and it saddens me to see so many people going along with the censorship and agenda manipulation. This will not end well. I have been talking regularly with Andrew Colyer and we have some plans for a project, so check back next year! Just kidding....it should not be that long for another update. All my best to you,</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/63020622020-05-01T21:57:36-04:002020-05-02T12:52:52-04:00May in the studio<p>I hope everyone is doing well during the strange times we find ourselves in. The Zeitgeist Project has been very well received and again I want to thank everyone who helped with and supported that effort. I have been working on the <a contents="Atlantis project" data-link-label="Atlantis" data-link-type="page" href="/atlantis">Atlantis project</a> here at the studio...but I have little to share yet. Also it has been my great pleasure to be working on some backing tracks for <a contents="Steve Mullaney" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/Yowl7Z_SKn8">Steve Mullaney</a> and some fantastic Nashville musicians, which he will be releasing sometime yet to be determined. My buddy <a contents="Jeff Stike" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jeffstike.com/home">Jeff Stike</a> has also asked me to do a few background tracks for his projects, so I am managing to stay quite busy. I am still on the clinical trial at UMMC...being a good patient and fighting a very good fight! My warmest regards to all of you. Stay safe and listen to music!</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/62521342020-03-17T09:21:45-04:002020-03-17T09:21:45-04:00Cal's Prog Show<p>I had a great time interviewing with Cal and Jeannie from Cal's Prog Show. To view the latest reviews and other press visit this <a contents="Zeitgeist Reviews" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://frankwyattmusic.com/zeitgeist-press-reviews">Zeitgeist Reviews</a> page. Everyone please be safe and well as we struggle through the Covid-19 battle. Help one another. Be strong.</p>
<p>Frank </p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/61941362020-01-28T17:37:30-05:002020-01-28T17:37:30-05:00A Perelandra Conversation<p>An interesting interview with the New Ears Prog Show talking about the Perelandra Symphony. Great fun with Peter Princiotto and myself. Click this <a contents="link" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://newearsprogshow.libsyn.com/">link</a> to listen to the symphony and the interview. </p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/59962952019-12-07T11:59:25-05:002019-12-07T11:59:25-05:00A month of Zeitgeist<p>Okay, it's been over a month I know, but not much! I am truly overwhelmed with the wonderful response the project is receiving. It is a testament to the fantastic musicians who worked so hard to create the music. I will never be able to properly thank them, and all the supporters and new fans that are discovering the Zeitgeist project. We are now starting to see some reviews come in, and I have been doing some radio interviews. There is a new page on the website, <a contents="Zeitgeist Pres/Reviews" data-link-label="Zeitgeist Press/Reviews" data-link-type="page" href="/zeitgeist-press-reviews" target="_blank">Zeitgeist Pres/Reviews</a> if anyone wants to follow our progress in the media. Sales have been starting to roll in as well, and I have noticed that it is very expensive to ship to locations outside the US, so I am looking for retailers who might want to sell the cd in other countries. Any suggestions will be welcomed in this regard as I attempt to expand availability. Finally, the physical cd has been made "unavailable" on FrankWyattMusic.com until the tenth of December, 2019 as the web store is sorting some kind of bug in their shipping software. Digital downloads are still working fine, and I apologize for anyone wanting to order this weekend...this one is out of my hands! </p>
<p>Thanks again for everything!</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/59681142019-11-21T11:05:00-05:002019-11-21T11:06:22-05:00Zeitgeist Shipping<p>The CDs arrived safely yesterday afternoon, and today we are busy getting them into the mailers, then off to the post office! All the Kickstarter backers will be done today, and the website pre-orders by tomorrow. This is a moment long awaited as I can fulfill the promise I made to the supporters of <a contents="Zeitgeist" data-link-label="The Zeitgeist Music" data-link-type="page" href="/the-zeitgeist-music">Zeitgeist</a>. Thank you again for your considerable patience, and enjoy the music!</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/59516262019-11-06T14:24:01-05:002019-11-06T14:24:02-05:00Perfecting the brand...<p>In an effort to further consolidate the multiple locations and names I have used I have renamed the <a contents="FB page Frank Wyatt Music" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/FrankWyattMusic/">FB page Frank Wyatt Music</a> instead of Crafty Hands Studio. The studio is a part of the greater musical endeavor after all, so it makes more sense to me. </p>
<p>In other news, the official press release for Zeitgeist has been issued! Let's hope the word gets out and the Zeitgeist is listened to everywhere. </p>
<p><a contents="Press" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://glassonyonpr.com/2019/11/06/frank-wyatt-friends-project-album-zeitgeist/?fbclid=IwAR3LuGWwr082njNUXYSIuGH35zpR9fLfutPrkPlpprPz75CGGU4T8mQ397M">Press</a></p>
<p>Enjoy! Thank you for everything,<br>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/59457392019-10-31T19:53:11-04:002019-10-31T19:56:40-04:00The Zeitgeist Project Released<p>Well I know many of you thought this might never happen, and believe me when I say there were times when I also felt that way, but after more than four years the project is complete. What started out as a Pedal Giant Animals album has become Frank Wyatt & Friends, a collection of performances with my musical peers spanning decades. Please know how excited I am to deliver this to you, and that I cannot express with words how grateful I am for all the support and patience from the supporters. The physical CD will be delivered in a few weeks when I get them from DiscMakers. I have made the CD available as a "pre-order" that will include the downloadable version. I hope you enjoy the music! Let me know what you think, and again, thank you all so very much.</p>
<p><a contents="Zeitgeist" data-link-label="The Zeitgeist Music" data-link-type="page" href="/the-zeitgeist-music">Zeitgeist</a></p>
<p>Now starting the next project...no completion date yet...</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/58837622019-09-06T22:10:23-04:002019-09-07T12:59:51-04:00Zeitgeist tracking is complete!<p>Mike Beck just finished recording the last percussion tracks on the last song today at rippleFX Studio. I should have the files delivered to After7 Studio for the mix sometime next week, and we will be finished with the music. It has been a long and winding path to this point! Michael Phipps is almost done with the cover art as well, and we have started designing the CD package...so, it looks like the Zeitgeist Project will be completed very soon. Hearing Mike's percussion parts took me back to Happy The Man days in the band's warehouse basement , Harrisonburg, VA. Wow...nearly half a century has passed...I want a time machine!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/287996/6959e6e34f1ccba246b9ec96c3abc40aea21713c/original/beck.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/58498482019-08-06T22:44:48-04:002019-08-07T10:21:51-04:00New Backstage support subscriptions available now! $5.00 month<p>The nice folks at Bandzoogle, where this site is hosted, have made subscriptions possible now. Those of you who are subscribed from the "old days" to the Backstage pages, may want to change over to the new subscription here, and I would love to see some new supporters! The supporter's content pages allow subscribers to go "backstage" and see some of the recording studio sessions, many hours of videos, stream full tracks of the music from this site free, and a collection of archived live Happy The Man and Oblivion Sun concerts for streaming or download. Subscribe to gain access to rewards such as: </p>
<p>Early access to new songs and albums <br>Access to exclusive/unreleased songs <br>Access to full catalog (streams & downloads) <br>Nice discounts on all downloads and physical products <br>Song sheet PDFs <br>Videos of studio sessions</p>
<p>Click<a contents=" here to support" data-link-label="Supporters Content" data-link-type="page" href="/supporters-content"> here to support</a> Frank Wyatt Music, and thank you so much for your interest.</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/58187202019-07-09T14:21:04-04:002019-07-09T14:34:58-04:00Some new "old" music, and an end in sight<p>The mixes for the Perelandra Symphony are completed now and only Fred's Song remains for the completion of Zeitgeist. I can't express the gratitude I have for all the patience you have shown while waiting for this project to be completed! I am writing the lyrics now, so I expect Stan will be singing them in a couple weeks...but I still don't want to make any promises about the release date. It's just too easy for things to go awry. I just found another project I started about two decades ago and decided I would put it on the site. I had started roughing out a solo project called<a contents=" The Physics of the Heart" data-link-label="The Physics of the Heart" data-link-type="page" href="/the-physics-of-the-heart"> The Physics of the Heart</a> about twenty years ago. I did sketches of the first four tracks in Logic, using some midi instruments and my saxophones. In a search for a bass part I lost recently, I stumbled upon these four forgotten pieces and decided to add them here in my "archive". They are a bit rough, but do capture the essence of the project, which I was creating from impressions of my daughters as they became young women, children no more. I hope you enjoy these tracks, and again, thank you all so much for the support.</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/57415382019-05-03T11:19:37-04:002019-05-03T11:21:23-04:00Backstage update May 2019<p>Two new titles have been completed and are available for streaming for the Zeitgeist backstage members. "Leaving" and "Twelve Jumps" bring the completed track count to six. The Perelandra symphony has also been completely recorded and the hundreds of midi tracks are transferred to audio files now, and the three ending movements are in the mix process. That leaves just one track, "Fred's Song", to be completed to finish up the Zeitgeist project CD. In health news, I am now at the University of Maryland Medical Center in yet another clinical trial. I am keeping my spirits high and my fingers crossed for a win in this long fight. Stay tuned! Peace be with you all,</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/57106232019-04-07T11:53:06-04:002019-04-07T11:53:06-04:00"Twelve Jumps" and "The Green Lady" mixed<p>Two more tunes are completed (just a few tweaks left at After 7 Studios) Peter Princiotto is coming back to Crafty Hands to assist in finishing up the arranging on the last movements of Perelandra mid April. I am at the University of Maryland Medical Center in a new clinical trial and have been acclimating to the meds for a month or so and it has kept me away from the keyboards. I will post the two new mixes to backstage as soon as I can get up to After 7 for a visit. Peace be with you all.</p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/54921662018-10-30T10:12:19-04:002018-10-30T10:39:28-04:00"The Approach" and "To Venus" are mixed. <p>Two more tracks for the Zeitgeist project are "in the can" as Bill Brasso, Frank and Bob Richardson tweaked the final mixes Monday at After 7 Studios near Harrisburg, PA. The Approach musicians are Andrew Colyer, Joe Bergamini, Pete Princiotto and David Hughes playing with Frank. To Venus is the first movement of the symphonic composition Perelandra, and is entirely built from sample libraries performed by Frank. The project creeps ever onward toward completion! These tracks, along with the others completed, are available for streaming to the Backstage members: <a contents="Backstage" data-link-label="The Zeitgeist Backstage" data-link-type="page" href="/the-zeitgeist-backstage" target="_blank">Backstage</a> For information on subscribing please visit the <a contents="subscription page" data-link-label="Subscribe for Backstage Access" data-link-type="page" href="/subscribe-for-backstage-access" target="_blank">subscription page</a></p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/54322482018-09-17T16:21:38-04:002019-10-04T21:07:25-04:00Second track mixed, two more ready<p>Well there is some good progress being made on the project now. The Eleventh Hour has been mixed and is available for Backstage members to stream, and two more tracks have been sent to Robert at After Seven Studios to start mixing. Andrew Colyer just came in to the studio and his tracks on The Approach finalized that song. We had a blast hanging out this weekend with Bill Brasso and David Hughes joining the sessions. If you are a Backstage Member please send an email with your thoughts on the new track. We love your feedback.</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/53356772018-07-07T18:17:33-04:002018-07-07T18:38:27-04:00July~web work continues<p>I have replaced the very full studio computer's SSD operating system drive at last and it can again buffer the huge sample libraries being used in the <em>Perelandra</em> piece. The <em>Zeitgeist</em> is now moving again. Also there are some new pages added to the website. I am still working on the Crafty Hands Studio implementation, but quite a few videos have been moved here now. Check out the<span style="color:#c0392b;"> </span><em><a contents="Kit and Coco live in 1981" data-link-label="Crafty Hands Studio Video Sharing" data-link-type="page" href="/crafty-hands-studio-video-sharing" target="_self"><span style="color:#c0392b;">Kit and Coco live in 1981</span></a></em> video! It is great! Also the few Happy The Man videos I can locate are now on the site. The "Backstage" material is slowly being migrated over as well. Subscribers will be given a password when that area is completed. </p>
<p> I found an old CD project I did called <a contents="A Certain Whisper" data-link-label="Solo Projects" data-link-type="page" href="/solo-projects" target="_self"><span style="color:#c0392b;"><em>A Certain Whisper</em></span></a> which has some interesting themes on it. The original ideas for <em>Turning My Head</em> and<em> Il Quinto Mare</em> are found in a couple of the tracks. It is a very ambient collection of tonal experiments, not much like the prog rock I usually perform. I put it on the site anyway in the interest of documenting these early solo efforts. Peace and happiness to all of you. </p>
<p>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/53013512018-06-17T19:56:55-04:002018-06-17T19:56:55-04:00More website work<p>The Oblivion Sun section of the website is now done. There are a few copies of each of the albums left, and digital versions have been placed on the <a contents="Oblivion Sun" data-link-label="About Oblivion Sun" data-link-type="page" href="/about-oblivion-sun" target="_self">Oblivion Sun</a> album pages. Listening to these CDs as I worked on archiving them here really took me back to when we were recording those projects. The absolute best times are when you are in a room with like minded musicians creating. I hope everyone enjoys the tracks as much as I do. Happy Father's Day!</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/52984352018-06-15T18:58:46-04:002018-06-15T18:58:46-04:00Original Pedal Giant Animals CD now available<p>I have uploaded digital files for the First Pedal Giant Animals CD to the site, and there are fifty physical copies left for sale. I doubt this will ever be reprinted so if you want a copy of the CD it would be a good time to grab one. These are the songs Stan and I wrote over the years that were not compatible with, or there wasn't enough time to record, with Happy The Man or Oblivion Sun. You can preview the tracks here as well. <a contents="Pedal Giant Animals" data-link-label="Pedal Giant Animals" data-link-type="page" href="/pedal-giant-animals" target="_self"><span style="color:#f39c12;">Pedal Giant Animals</span></a></p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/52974712018-06-15T11:20:57-04:002018-06-15T20:40:08-04:00Second track is completed<p>The second Zeitgeist project track, Eleventh Hour, is now mixed. Bob has finished his Rosfest duties for the year and is back on the project full speed ahead. Next up are Twelve Jumps (waiting for a guitar solo), and The Approach. Andrew Colyer is working on his final revisions to the synth parts for The Approach which will complete the tracking for that composition. I am having another hard drive issue on the studio computer. The SSD has filled up and I am going to have to migrate it to a larger system drive. The tech just keeps on challenging my gear! On the health front my battle continues. I am at Johns Hopkins now in another experimental trial. My attitude is great and I believe I will win eventually! Thanks to everyone for supporting the project for so long. I will be trying to move all my websites into this one location over the next month or so. The subscribers at Crafty Hands Studio Backstage are the only way things are staying afloat online and I am looking at ways to perhaps add a Patreon support option on this new site to help out. Also in a bit of related news, <a contents="The Muse Awakens" data-link-label="Happy The Man" data-link-type="page" href="/happy-the-man" target="_self">The Muse Awakens</a> has now been released under our own (Happy The Man) ownership and I have forty copies of the new version for sale. I will put them in the store here and see how it works out. Cost is $15.00 plus shipping.</p>
<p>Thanks again everyone!<br>Frank</p>Frank Wyatt Musictag:frankwyattmusic.com,2005:Post/50838882018-02-16T17:41:21-05:002018-06-15T17:43:10-04:00Zeitgeist Update <p>As my health status demands more and more time and seems to be chipping away at my physical being, I have fallen seriously behind on the project. Thankfully Bill Brasso has come to my rescue by bringing in some much needed help with the finishing mixes. Robert Scott Richardson of After 7 Studios is taking […]</p>Frank Wyatt Music