I've been doing some thinking lately about what's important to me.  After thinking about my music and what I want my life to look like, I've made a decision to change direction in my music career.  I've had a great time working on original music for CD projects, but I've decided to make scoring music for media my primary focus.  I enjoy the freedom that composing whatever I want gives me, and putting it on a CD, but my higher passion- not to mention career opportunities- lie with writing music for films, TV, video games, and other media.  Even more to the point, eliminating CD projects will free me up to me a better "family man", which really is my number one priority.

So I'm canceling my Shelter CD project.  So far, I've completed one track for the CD, "A Mighty Fortress".  I have two other tracks in progress, both of which will remain incomplete.  One of the two, "Be Still My Soul", I'll post soon to ReverbNation (which will also show up on jamesolszewski.com), as it's "complete enough".

Going forward, I'll pursue scoring projects, and I'll continue to post clips of what I'm working on.  If you enjoy my music, I'll continue to post new pieces as I can.  I'll also update my blog on what projects I'm working on.

Someday circumstances may allow me to put out CDs again, but I'm not going to worry about whether that will happen or not.  Until then, keep an eye (or an ear) open for new tracks and news on jamesolszewski.com!