A Musical Diary

Hi world....

Back on New Years Day - 1987 - a bunch of us were at work and we all went thru' what we were going to do for the new year.... resolutions to keep etc etc.

So anyways, as I'm a plonker & I love my music, I came up with the plan to make 1 recording onto a tape cassette for each day of the year..... 365 different tracks to represent my thoughts on the day.

So that first night I went home & put the theme to '2001' on a tape, followed by Talking Heads 'The Road To Nowhere' on the second day... it was just a big joke at the time. But the days turned into weeks & with each new day came a new track.....

... So some boundaries had to be set. Being lovers of 'The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy' - it was decided that the there had to be 42 tapes (Meaning Of Life - sort of stuff)... I best point out, I was being egged on by the guys I worked with, I had a lot help on the silly
things !!

Things like the tapes, when spread out on a table, would have this 'big' picture, in like a mosaic. Each tape had a small picture on it & when put together, this form a big picture that B - who I met later that year - had drawn for me. Add to that, each tape had a label on the spine, which was a line from the middle track - the one that came at the end of tape 21 (I think)...so if the tapes were placed on their side, you could read the lyric of that song.

Anyhow, this was 1987 & for the whole year I did this & now have a really weird set of tapes - with some even weirder music on them !! BUT it worked & I can pick up those tapes today & nearly remember what they relate to - a musical diary !! It became known as 'Project 87'.

Now, being that worked so well, I did it all over again for my 35th birthday - starting the day after my 34th birthday - I recorded another bunch of tapes (35 in total) over the next 12 months........ Yesterday & today, I've worked my ways thru' the 1st 4 of these tapes - it's been great fun & even tho' I don't think I ever wrote any track listings down anywhere - I've remembered each last track...... From Whitesnake to The Alan Parsons Project & on & on.

It might not sound a great bunch of fun, but this past week - after my most recent stay in hospital, my music has really given me a BIG boost back to the here & now + the family have been great, knowing I'm feeling under the weather - and like listening to music - their support has been 100% & I love them for it !! .....& yes I did more of these tapes.... but, I'll get to them another day !!

Take care