Joel Plaskett's new emergency? Recording and producing his new album in 10 weeks.
Inspired in part by the record industry of the 1950s – a decade when the single ruled and when songs went from the studio to the radio very quickly – the Dartmouth-based singer-songwriter and his band, The Emergency, are taking a run at recording and producing a brand new song each week from now until early March, resulting in his new album: Scrappy Happiness.
You'll be able to listen to each new track here and on Radio 2 each MONDAY. On Tuesdays, you can buy the track on iTunes. And on Wednesdays, you can hear the week's new song plus an interview with Plaskett on the Craig Norris Hour.
We'll also have some great bonus content coming your way over the next two months, as we examine the songwriting and recording process with multimedia features, video updates from Plaskett HQ, and occasional live chats with Plaskett so you can ask him yourself how the project is going.
WEEK ONE
• Joel Plaskett explains the project here.
• Listen to the first track, "You're Mine", and watch the making-of video here.
• We scoured Twitter to find out what you thought of the debut track. Here, via Storify.
WEEK TWO
• Watch Joel's "making of" video for the second song here.
• Listen to the second track, "Harbour Boys".
• And here - your thoughts on the second track.
WEEK THREE
• Watch the making of video for the third song and stream "Old Friends" here.
• We hosted a live chat with Joel on Wednesday, Jan 25. You can replay it here, and find out what Joel's favourite mineral is, and what advice he would give to someone who has a messy roommate.
WEEK FOUR
• Check out track four, "Slow Dance", here.
WEEK FIVE
• Check out track five, "North Star", here and you can watch the behind-the-scenes video here.
WEEK SIX
• Check out the sixth song in the Scrappy Happiness project, "Somewhere Else", here. The post also features a 'homemade' video for the song, created by Plaskett using old 8mm footage.
So, Plaskettmaniacs, keep your browsers pointed here, and check back each Monday for a new song. If you're on Twitter, follow the conversation using the hashtag #scrappyhappiness (or in the comments below) and tell us what you think of the new songs.
