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If you've been following me for awhile, then you may know that I've been a musician for longer than I've been a photographer. Music was my first love, and I actually earned my degree in recording engineering from Berklee College of Music.
In the past few years, I've been incorporating more of my music into my photography, mostly by adding original music to some of my YouTube videos, making my own music videos, and lately, making Instagram Reels with original mini scores.
However, during most of the previous few years, I've found myself procrastinating with my music to an extent that finally reached unacceptable levels with me.
So, with the upending events of the past year, I decided that my life is too short to not make and share as much music as I can. I began playing and writing more songs and even started my own music blog, as a way to share my compositions, as well as my own thoughts and insight about music and guitar.
My first post was all about my own history with music, my experiences with making music and the close relationship it has with my photography.
I've also released two full-length albums in the past year. The first, called Seven Years, is a collection of rock guitar instrumentals I wrote and recorded during the early 2000's, and the other, titled Up Higher, released last spring, features 8 original instrumental and vocal songs with me singing. It's mostly guitar based rock, (5 vocal and 3 instrumental
tracks) with a few keyboards thrown in, and an acoustic fingerstyle ragtime piece as well.
You can follow me and stream Up Higher on all the major music series, like Apple Music and Spotify, or purchase the album here.
I plan to record and release even more music as we go forward, so if you're interested in hearing and supporting my efforts, you can follow me on the indie music site Bandcamp, or on your favorite streaming site. If you'd like to
read some of my own personal, and often geeky musical insight, then definitely check out my music blog here.
Don't worry. I have no plans to abandon my photography career to become a rock star. That ship sailed a long time ago. I'll still devote most of my professional efforts to photography, but since music is so important to me, I'll just be spending more time to it in the future and working it
into more of my projects. I'm intrigued by the technology that allows people to share their creativity in a multitude of ways these days. This is good for all of us.
Maybe this will even inspire you to start thinking about what else you have to share with the world, or at the very least, expand your own creative outlets. It's never too late... for anything. And feel free to leave me a comment, especially if you're a fellow musician!
Either way, if you ARE interested in keeping up on my music, please click here to be added to music-related newsletter list. If you don't
want more music emails from me, then do nothing, and I won't send you any more.
Thanks for reading and stay creative.
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Sincerely,
Dan Bailey
dan@danbaileyphoto.com
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