Crushing Krisis

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Well, after a two hour wrestling match with “Tear in You Hand,” i’ve come to the conclusion that not all ideas which begin in my head wind up sounding right once outside of it. Just like the piano in “Crashing” (which sounds quite lovely on it’s own, but clashes like hell with the guitar), an all-me version of “Tear in Your Hand” seems like it would sound cool, but it really really doesn’t. The song is at once too low and too high for me, and even though the microphone generally makes up for what i lack in range, i just can’t carry the song with any kind of enthusiastic tempo. So, it’ll stay on the tape for posterity, but i think i’m done with that little experiment. So… um… did i have something else to record?

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2917790/

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I had totally intended for this Demo to be an EP (extended play). In the olden days, they were sorta like ultra-singles that had five or six songs on them. EP’s are a rarer thing these days, mostly showing up as ultra-long singles or as inbetweener albums for indy bands (though i have a definite recollection of a Spice Girls EP coming out a year or two ago).

Anyhow, my demo was meant to be six to eight songs, so i figured that even at eight it would be short enough to be an EP, and so it’d be an EP. Of course, now it’s up to eleven songs, and i’m still working on a few on the side. Sure, i could still call it an EP, but it’s a full length album if i stick with the songs i’ve got. But, i don’t want it to be a full length album – the whole point of this was to focus on a small group of songs and make them really good. What i forsee happening is me recording what will amount to an hour of material, mixing it down in several variations onto several CDs, and then bringing it home to assemble the disc there. Of course, this all has to happen in a week or two, which means i have to figure out how the hell i can get more available memory onto freaking Pro-tools so i can mix more than one song per cd… blah. eight more minutes of formatting…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2916619/

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(if you were wondering, i’m back in the studio to experiment a little before i clean up tomorrow, and i’ve got to wait 20 more minutes for my stupid ADAT tapes to get done formatting. I swear… if i ever do this again, i’m gonna buy a fucking gross of pre-formatted ADAT tapes. And there’s gonna have to be a fridge in here, because i’m always starving. Argh. 15 more minutes…)

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2916549/

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Today’s big studio project was amping up “Lost Out,” which sounded pretty whimpy just with me and the guitar. I added bass, and two tracks that were all guitar harmonics and two measure solos. Between the two, i can totally ditch the guitar track and the song still carries itself. I think that’s neat.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2910776/

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The coolest part of finishing a Demo each spring? Getting to write new liner notes once a year! As i walked home from the studio tonight i was already mentally listing all of the people i’d be thanking, and i just jotted down a rough draft. So, maybe i’m getting a little ahead of myself, but it’s like writing an acceptance speech for the Oscars when you’re the underdog: you probably won’t win, but it feels good just knowing you’ve taken the time to single out all the people that mattered to your work.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2910631/