ok, so i've got july done - everything uploaded, everything downloaded and the journal nicely formatted, and in fact ready to print..

now, i need to figure out what i'm doing with the pdf file....

i've been thinking about this for a while regarding the isos, as well. when i get to permanently closing the aleph-discs, i'm actually going to want to put the iso up for sale somewhere. so, i need a kind of generalized bandcamp, willing to sell pdfs and isos along with flacs and cds.

i'm going to stop to eat, because i didn't eat yesterday. but when i get back, i'm going to need to figure that out...

one day, the master document will be completed and will need to be both offered in some kind of massive disc of everything, as well as standalone, but for now i'm going to be splitting it up into periods for the aleph discs and liner notes for each individual release. does a monthly or tri-yearly breakdown make sense in context?

for connecting periods like the summer of 2013, it might seem obvious, because it isn't really attached to any particular recording. the story in the july, 2013 pdf of hitchiking to windsor while my father is dying in ottawa will be relevant for pretty much all of the aleph discs, but may not end up in any specific liner note. but, once i get into the fall of 2013, the entries are going to be cut up in ways that are more specific to the recordings...except not really...

the music journal was initially meant to be pure documentation, but is now more of a broad narrative that is even crosslinked to vlogs of both studio time and adventures around the region. it really is it's own thing, and can stand alone outside of the music. but, i'm not sure i really want that...

i guess the choice i'll have is whether i want these documents to exist solely in the aleph disc, or whether i want them to be standalone - but i already know that i want them to be standalone.

ok.

they need to be cheap, and intended mostly for ease of reading; i don't intend to take the journal down, so this will always be available here for free. it's just that reading a blog like this is backwards. if i could reverse the ordering, i would - and i will, eventually, for the alephs. so it's here for free, but if you want to actually read the story, you want to read it in order, right? presenting them in monthly instalments will make them more digestible, and also keep the thing flowing.

ok.

so, i need to find the right kind of site to sell pdf files for a small fee, which is really just a donation box, right? one of the things i like about bandcamp is that it lets you increase the price; the sale price is actually a minimum suggestion, and there is no max. so, that's really what i want, here - the file will be $0.99 or something, and downloadable to your kinder or just your laptop, but it's really just an opportunity to throw money at me, if you want to.

alright. so, that's settled - the larger documents will be in the aleph discs, and the liner notes will be cut up accordingly, but a simple monthly digest will be available, as well. i'll just need to figure that out after i eat...