Cadence Change

**𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗕 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴?** 😅🎶 Fair question. **𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀** 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱. And honestly, I’m deeply grateful. Peter’s Barque has grown faster than I expected, and part of that has meant writing, recording, editing, and releasing at a pace that has been exciting… but probably not sustainable forever. 𝗦𝗼 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 **𝗮 𝟭+ 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀**. That does **not** mean I’m slowing to a crawl. **52 songs a year is still a huge undertaking.** That is still a lot of writing, a lot of production, a lot of catechesis, and a lot of trying to make things that are actually worth your time. But I do want to protect a few things. First, **I do not want to burn out.** I love doing this. It is the fulfillment of a long-term passion, and I want to keep loving it. Second, **I want to keep the quality high.** I would rather make songs that are sharper, stronger, and more re-listenable than just flood the feed because I technically can. And third — probably most importantly — several people have told me that when I release songs too quickly, they barely get time to sit with one before the next one shows up. They want to actually dive in, enjoy it, share it, think about it, maybe argue with it a little, and let it stick. I think that’s right. Some of these songs need a little room to breathe. They need **a week to stretch their legs.** Also, a lot of you have started asking for things like **DVDs** and **merch**, and I’m genuinely excited to develop that stuff too — but that takes time as well, and I’d rather do it well than slap it together. 𝗦𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲, **𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.** So that’s the plan moving forward: **Mondays are the main drop day.** But it’s still **1+**. That means some weeks may still get a bonus song or two, especially when feast days, big debates, good ideas, or my schedule make it make sense. So no, Peter’s Barque is not going quiet. It’s just moving from a sprint pace to something a little more deliberate, so the songs can land better, last longer, and hopefully serve you better. Thank you for listening, sharing, commenting, arguing, encouraging, and helping this thing grow faster than I ever expected. **100 songs in 120-ish days is insane.** Now let’s see what **52+ a year** can do. -Justin West Peter's Barque **U.I.O.G.D.** **Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus** "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘉𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥" #short Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise