100 tunes

We got a headstart on the lockdown. A week before the UK government finally stopped dilly-dallying (at the expense of tens of thousands of lives), Clearleft became a remote-only company. At the beginning of this stay-at-home time, I started recording a tune a day. I wasn���t sure how long I���d keep it up, but I���ve managed to keep it going the whole time.

Yesterday I recorded my 100th tune.

It���s funny how small efforts can build up into a satisfying corpus. It���s not like I���m attempting anything ambitious, like Matthias, who is doing 100 days of writing. Recording one tune isn���t too much hassle. There are days when it���s frustrating and I have to do multiple takes, but overall it���s not too taxing. But now, when I look at the cumulative result, I���m very happy that I didn���t skip any days.

One hundred is a nice round number, so this could be a good time to stop. I could quit while I���m ahead. But I think I���ll keep going. Again, despite what the official line might be from the UK government (who have lost all trust), I reckon I���ll be staying at home for a while yet. As long as I���m here, I may as well keep playing. I have plenty more tunes to play.

At some point, the daily streak will end. But even then, I think I���ll continue to record tunes like this, even if it becomes more sporadic.

If you like these tunes, as well as being here on my own site, they���re all in a YouTube set. So …like���n���subscribe, or something?