Getting the commitment to motivation

So, the other week I'd set myself the challenge to record an album in 5 days.

I'd looked back on the year and realised that I'd done nothing musicial whatsoever. I still have an album waiting in the wings to be released and it was almost 12 months since I'd made music.
So I setup a group on Facebook called "I'm Making an Album in 5 Days" and started the project.

Suprisingly enough, it was one of my most well received albums, people commenting more and downloading more than any of my others. I think half of the reason was because I had commit myself to a deadline. I'd announced a deadline and would look rather foolish if I didnt realease anything.

I think that kickstart was the motivation I needed to get myself making music again. Then everything came flooding back, the fun, the excitement, the stress! I think that a lot of modern musicians lack the motivation to commit to making an album, they release things as "demos" or the "latest version" rather than committing and saying "this is my album, warts and all".

It's a strange satisfaction when you release something, all of the things that bugged you beforehand and changes that you decided not to make all fade away and you become immensely proud of what you have just done.

With a new decade arriving it's the time when people make new years resolutions and have an immense amount of motivation. I urge every musician to push themselves to take that step and do what they have always wanted to do: record an album.