[both songs are unmastered incomplete mixes from my demo sessions]
[so, enjoy them for what they are]
[more soon]
Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
[both songs are unmastered incomplete mixes from my demo sessions]
[so, enjoy them for what they are]
[more soon]
by krisis
Studio tonight sucked because i hardly got anything done, and ProTools ran out of memory so i couldn’t bring home a demo demo cd as i intended to. However, the songs i got down the past two nights hold up to relisten (although i have to say that some of the excess in UMS and NSG is starting to actually feel like excess), so it looks like all that’s left out of my original plans are decent recordings of “Other Plans” and “Crashing.” However, i had two separate people ask about the studio mix of “Hold On Me” today, so i might record it just for uploading purposes. Any other requests? I only have the studio until Sunday, and that’s going to be a clean-up day, so if there was another song you were hoping to hear in sparkling digital format now would be the time to ask.
by krisis
Oh, yeah, and i start my co-op job tomorrow morning. I’ve picked out my outfit for the day, but otherwise i’m utterly in the dark about what my day will be like, and i’m sure i’ll have lots of interesting things to say about it after i get back from the Studio. I think it’s sleepy-time…
by krisis
On the agenda for tomorrow: make a second attempt at mixing “Under My Skin,” add guitar and bass to “Deadweight,” record “Bridge” & “Other Plans,” & somehow fix “Relief.” Dunno about that last part … “Relief” might just wind up being mixed based on the demo i did of it in October rather than anything played on my new guitar; my old guitar was simply a well of bass noise with very little sissy treble mixed in, and “Relief” plays as very trebly on any other guitar i’ve performed it on. *sigh* Well, if you were hoping for any covers, now would be the time to ask; as of now i might make an attempt at “Tear in Your Hand,” but that’s it!
by krisis
I’m one of those people that always whines about needless clutter on albums; does that piano really make sense there? Did they really need another backing vocalist? But, at the same time i wince when i hear extra goodies piled on for what seems to be just the sake of piling them on, i do appreciate when some spare instrumentation is used to really bring out the flavor of a track. I feel myself stuck somewhere inbetween … i can justify everything on “Under My Skin” as being warranted, but some of the fooling we did with “Never Say Goodbye” just feel like clutter on a good arrangement. What did i always envision for that song? Backing vocals, sure, but randomly strewn throughout the verses, or just on the chorus? And, is a piano totally unacceptable? At this point, of the two i’d say the piano fits better with the track … all i did tonight was decide what to keep from the vocals and piano – i’ll ultimately decide if either one gets used tomorrow.