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Continuing with the music reviews theme I seem to have started this week…today we come to Andrew Osenga’s “Letters to the Editor” project. From concept to release, this project is unique.

Andy decided to record a 6-song EP to release. It’s been a while since “The Morning” released (has it been a year already?), and the new Caedmon’s Call CD won’t be coming out for a while. So Andy decides to make new music. That’s cool.

Even cooler than that is that he decided to write the songs based on ideas sent in from the people who frequent his web site.

Even cooler than that is that he set some rules for himself on what he could do when recording:

• Only 1 guitar (an acoustic) per song, but he could use unlimited tracks of that guitar.
• The only other instrument would be his voice, and he could use as many tracks of his voice as he wanted.
• No picks

Even cooler than that is that he broke the rules when he had to choose between keeping within the rules or making the music better.

Still cooler than that is that he had people on his web site (not me…don’t worry) sing, as he called them, “webground vocals” on one of the tracks.

Then (and this is pretty cool, too) he made a little pdf booklet for the album.

Coolest of all, he made the music free. You don’t have to give out email addresses or anything. You just click a link and download a zip file. (And if you like it, you can hit the tip jar to help Andy be able to continue making music.)

If you’ve been waiting (for whatever poor excuse you have) to check out Osenga’s music, here’s your chance.