Apparently, the most commonly reoccurring theme in my more recent mixes is 'backlog.' That being understood, it is my pleasure to introduce to you, 'Processional Development,' a concept conceived in January 2011 that has finally come to fruition in April 2012.

Each time a year passes, there is a certain hopefulness that wells up inside of us, a belief that something you hate about yourself is going to magically change in the unblemished new year that has finally arrived. And so, you make a promise, a commitment, in most cases, just to yourself, and set out to achieve something that ordinarily involves you being less 'you.' A few months go by and you either talk yourself into giving in or realize that you have already broken your resolution, and you see plainly that no matter your intention, you are still you, and although people can change, it's not going to happen just by saying it to yourself. This fact often leads to feelings of failure and an even deeper-seated discontent, the post-new year blues, and this mix was originally imagined as a coping mechanism for people suffering from just that.

You see, to be resolved is a good thing, but making a resolution is a potentially dangerous endeavor. The truth of the matter is that every day, we are making decisions and acting on them. The dream of a blank page is just a myth. We always have to start where we are-the here and now, which must always take our history into account. We can't erase the past, and we can't secure our future. We can only live our lives in the present tense (maybe present-progressive, for the grammatically-inclined),and work with what we have on a day-to-day basis. The narrative in this mix attempts to go through the ups and downs of a recovering resolution-maker who, by the end, has learned to give up the guilt in exchange for a real change, an ongoing commitment to continue developing as part of a process-one choice at a time.

Derrick Morgan: Forward MarchHollagramz: 4.44 / The Cardigans: Starter (Von Simonine Alemanda Mashup)Shea Seger: Last TimeThe Verve: This TimeSoul Hooligan: Time Goes ByAir: Once Upon a Timejj: New WorkHard Mix: Memoriesof Montreal: The Past is a Grotesque Animal (with The Lost Trees)Everything But the Girl: FlipsideThom Yorke: The Eraser / Peter, Bjorn and John: All Those Expectations (Weak Remix)Bjork: UndoLuscious Jackson: Don't Look BackAmel Larrieux: Get UpFlorence + the Machine: Shake It OutThe Helio Sequence: LatelySun Airway: Put the Days AwayLaura Viers: Make Something Good
I am aware that this song's lyrics are probably supposed to be taken tongue-in-cheek, but I used them in their literal sense for my narrative to end on a happy note, in order to get my point across.

Lastly, a huge THANK YOU goes out to DJ Simon Patardo for his patience in mixing and manipulating the Hollagramz/Cardigans section to my absurdly anal specifications, Dea Hidayasa (DJ Vondu) for the Laura Viers piano loop fade-in, Jenus Tarigan for the tedious text-warping and Kate Matthews for her willing ears, honest feedback, and avante-garde outline style.