he did, but he joked that it wasn’t always in that order—sometimes it’s the music first and then the lyrics. “It’s fun taking absolutely nothing and turning it into something,” he said. However, critiquing his work is one of the most difficult aspects of the process, he said. “After you hear it so many times,” he said, “I’m not sure what I’m listening to. I do have other people listen to the tracks too, just to see what they think. They judge it from a different perspective.” Through his work in IT support at Paychex and by being self-taught on computers, the expertise he gained has served him well in this age of the Internet and YouTube. It’s a long way from when recordings were done reel-to-reel, Glaser pointed out. “The Internet is the best thing that happened to music in a long time,” he said.
Conduit for music sales It provides websites in which he can sell his CDs, such as Amazon, Reverbnation and cdbaby, and his own website, www.callofthewildstu-
dios.com. There is recording software available with short pieces of instrumentation that he can put together to create the music at his Call of the Wild Studios. Moreover, he can meet other musicians through the Internet, share tracks they’ve done, and collaborate with one another. “It opens up the world,” he said. The future seems wide open with possibilities too. He said he has decided to retire from Paychex to devote more time to being in the outdoors and to writing and recording new music. He is putting materials together for another CD, which he might title “Hodge Podge Lodge,” since it will be a collection of several types of musical styles, from mellow to a little more contemporary guitar rock. He also continues to play in a duo with long-time friend Steve Spring at various spots around the Rochester area, including The Lima Country Club, where the two perform every other Friday from May to September. For more information on Glaser, visit www.callofthewildstudios.com.
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