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I'm back! Holiday fun times, hay fever, reflecting on goals / new goals for May + heads up on some more downtime!

3/5/2018

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Hello everyone! It's good to be back at JabunAudio and I hope you had a great few weeks since the last blog post (and didn't miss me too much). My last two weeks have been super busy and filled with adventures in my hometown including much overindulgence in delicious food, checking out and catching up with all the usual haunts and people, randomly meeting and being invited into the house of a veteran guitar luthier (and playing a LOVELY £2k archtop jazz guitar he built), and seeing the local midnight premier for Avengers: Infinity War (No spoilers in the comments below please)!
          The only downside to the holiday was picking up some horrendous hay fever which I'm still suffering from (not quite as badly, but it's definitely not welcome) and puts a major spanner in what were my plans for May (more on that in a moment). Having only been back in the area for 2 days (mainly running non-audio related errands and sniffling a lot), there's really not much to report in terms of news for JabunAudio for this week, but I thought I'd take this blog post to reflect on last months goals, set some new ones for May, and inform you of some more scheduled downtime over the next few months. Without further wait, let's get started!

So first of all, let's check out those goals from April and see how I did:

1) Finish recording bass for the new BTTB album 

2) Update the JabunAudio website 
3) Do my yearly tax return
4) Set up a Patreon for my music 

Now bear in mind that I was actually away for over a third of April so as stated at the beginning of last month, I thought this may be a bit ambitious. Looking back though, I think I got most of it sorted. Bass recording for the new BTTB album is all done, as is my tax return. I also got most of JabunAudio web updates sorted including the custom domain, some edits to various pages and getting some testimonials sorted too. The only thing left for the website (apart from waiting on a few more testimonials) is sorting out the custom email sub-domain which was delayed due to an error and waiting on refunds at the end of last month, but I think we can pretty much count that goal as done and set a follow-up one this month instead. The Patreon page is well on the way to completion too, but I ran out of time at the end of the month to finish and launch it. That'll be a goal carrying on to this month. 

So here's where the hay fever has really put me in an difficult position. I had planned to record all the vocals for the new BTTB album in May, but that's just not possible (well possible to sound as good as I can) at the moment. I also need to make an intro video for the Patreon page, but I'd like to sound and look my best for it too. Since it's cleared a little bit (without medication) since I returned to the studio, I'm hoping this spell will be short lived and I can get back to using my voice properly next week, but there's no guarantee so we'll see how things play out. With that disclaimer aside, here are the goals I'd like to achieve over the next month:


1) Launch a JabunAudio monthly newsletter (this includes various sub goals I need to sort out)
2) Launch the Patreon page
3) Release a 2018 Mastering Demo Reel
4) Get more involved in the online audio community (Facebook groups & Newgrounds, etc...)
5) Finish recording (Vocals) for the new BTTB album. (Vocals is the hope but if things aren't looking great at the beginning of next week I'll look into working on lead guitar / solos or something else instead) 

​A bigger list than usual this month and with the hay fever and other things, this will certainly be a challenge. Better to aim high though and let's see how I do and reflect accordingly in a month's time! Any goals you're setting for yourself this month? Feel free to leave it in the comments so we can keep each other accountable. Best of luck!

Finally this week, just a little notification of some more upcoming downtime. It's a busy few months in terms of family festivities and I will be away again from May 25th to May 30th as well as June 7th to Jun 12th for various big birthdays and weddings. Should be fun, though I apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused.

That's all for this week and hopefully there'll be some more exciting stuff to share next week. With my running nose and sneezing, I'll be focusing on admin work again for the next few days but we'll see how I feel for recording next week. I hope you have a great week whatever you're up to and thanks as always for supporting JabunAudio and my various projects. See you in the next post, and take care!


10 Comments
Steve
3/5/2018 12:13:38

Great blog Nick. Good luck with your goals. I look forward to an update in due course.

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Jabun
3/5/2018 12:43:31

Many thanks :)

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Cyber link
4/5/2018 15:28:22

Hey, Newgrounds, good mention! :D Feels like it was just recently you mentioned last months goals hmm, time flies this time of the year. Good luck with the old and new!

Concert season started over here, so I'ma make my goal for the month to get to as many of those as I can. :) Before summer comes and with it: other plans. One down... more to go! All the best.

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Jabun
4/5/2018 16:13:44

Always a good mention, though no one seems to be replying to my forum posts at the moment... Maybe I'll write some reviews next week :) Facebook on the other hand seems to be going well. Lot's of people asking me about horns XD Got the new demo reel sorted today too so those goals are slowly being ticked off and woot, the hay fever is clearing up too, so I'm hoping to start some vocal work next week. All seems to be going up at the moment. Many thanks :D

Sounds like a great goal you have there! Let me know who you end up seeing. I think you ran a list by me a while back but I can't quite remember, but last year's haul sounded epic! Have fun and all the best to you too!

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Cyber link
8/5/2018 15:56:05

Ah promo posts over there? I'm rarely in the Audio forum... should check it out more often. Yeah, unfortunately FB does seem to still lead the came when it comes to social activity. XD

So far it's been Petter, Swedish rapper, sample: https://youtu.be/bZYis4LXdYQ

...missed Macklemore this weekend due to flu, arr, but there's indeed plenty more awaiting! :No need to memorize the roster: I'll keep you posted. ;) You too.

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Jabun
8/5/2018 18:00:55

It was actually asking about what topics people might want to learn about in the newsletter, rather than direct promo. I'm not often on the forum generally tbh... FB certainly has been more responsive over the last week.

Petter sounds cool :) Ah man, shame about Macklemore... Hope you're back to full health by now, and indeed looking forward to hearing more!

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Cyber link
8/5/2018 18:20:34

Aha. I guess the BBS isn't really as social on the personal level like that, maybe... indeed.

Well I'm on my last official sick day today, I hope. Back to work tomorrow. I'm flying up to see my brother and family this weekend so that's the real deadline. I'm eating so much healthy stuff to supercharge recover I wonder if maybe it's going to backfire, all these supplements might not mix. XD Thanks, btw!

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Jabun
9/5/2018 09:56:31

Ah! That's good to hear :) Hopefully you're back to work now, and enjoy the weekend away (sounds fun!). All the best for a speedy recovery :)

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Cyber link
9/5/2018 14:13:52

That I am! Back and all better, though the hay-fever like sniffling and stuffiness side-effects might last a while yet. XD All appreciated!

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Jabun
9/5/2018 15:06:19

Horray! That's great to hear and no worries at all :)

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