Twelve Months
A living album and songwriting exercise featuring randomly drawn restrictions and deadlines.
What happens when a group of musicians are randomly assigned songwriting restrictions on a monthly basis with a requirement to write, record, film and produce a performance video for them before the assigned month is over? Curious Quail and friends have that answer. All songs contain lyrics in closed captions, and the songwriting restrictions can be found in the YouTube descriptions. 
This project began in January of 2018 and wrapped in January of 2019; audio versions are available on Bandcamp*, iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and more!
(*Bandcamp purchase includes bonus instrumental versions of the 11 songs that have vocals.)

All songs written and produced by Mike Shirley-Donnelly** and performed by Curious Quail;
Videos directed and edited by Mike Shirley-Donnelly

**February co-written with Alan Chen
March co-written with Alan Chen and Joey Guthrie
September co-written with Joey Guthrie
December arranged by Joey Guthrie

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