Time flies

Oh man, I just realized I haven't blogged in a month! I know everyone is rabid for an update, so here goes...

Tracking is complete, edits are complete, and as of last night, keyboards are complete. I played some of them myself, but most came from a long time friend of Matt's, Cody. He did a great job, and really elevated the songs to a point where I can hardly stand to be away from listening to them for too long.

I don't know how this project is going to be received. I feel like it's a quality endeavor, with little regard to much else other than self indulgence. The pure pleasure of putting these songs together is enough. I have little faith anyone other than friends will really be feeling it. Either way, the satisfaction of making it a reality is a great feeling, and anything more is simply gravy. Bear Baiting is a shining beacon in an otherwise tumultuous time, personally speaking.

We'll be re-amping with Derek soon, and we're in the home stretch! It appears that an end of August completion is in the realm of possibility, at which time, my musings will pick up considerably. Thanks.

-d

Big Bottom

Well, I am 95% sure that the bass tracking phase is complete. I'm editing this week and will achieve a new plateau. I've been tinkering with some keyboard sub-melodies, and Matt even came up with...dare I say it...a VOCAL melody! Quite an eventful week, to say the least...

Productivity has slowed significantly in recent weeks. I plan to get back on track after the long weekend. Tracking and edits are done on a little over half the tunes, but work schedules and personal lives are getting in the way as of late. Regardless, this thing should be wrapped up this summer, but a release date is still TBD.

In other news, I'm so excited to have a piece of my personal history back. Thanks to the modern day internet juggernaut, Facebook, I got in touch with an old friend who I was in a band with for about a year in 1995-1996. She had copies of our demo and a video from a gig that I had long forgotten. This was essentially my first real "band", but my archives were lost awhile back. I had flyers, cassettes, and VHS tapes, all taken from a storage unit in North Hollywood years ago. I'm so happy to have the demo and video back, it was the only thing I had done musically that I had no record of.

That's it for now, more to come...
-d

What's cookin' good lookin'?

The EP is coming along great. I admit, I have not been as diligent as I should about tracking, but nothing has been diligent since this project's inception. I've finished my tracks for "The Contrarian" and "Phrenetic" and so far so good....

Until next time...
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-d

Awwww yeeeeaaa..

Drums are DONE. Midi is complete on all songs, and I'm so happy with them. They're simple, and they rock. I have not yet tracked them as audio because I want to keep the sessions light, in a cpu usage kind of way. I think dropping them in later is better anyway because I can see how they fit best. Kind of a mix-on-the-go, if you will. Anyway, bass tracking will begin with one of us this week. I'll probably start getting sounds tomorrow for the Music Man.

I'm taking down all the songs next week with the exception of "Untitled"....which is no longer untitled....

-d

Keep on Truckin'

Drums are almost complete, and the songs all finally have names. I feel like a proud poppa. Can't decide if the E.P. will be self-titled. I'm leaning toward yes. Feels good to have a goal and work toward it. I haven't felt this positive about something for a while. Probably since tracking bass for the last Helen 55 record.

...end transmission...

-d

Drums are coming along nicely. I'm a little over half done with programming the entire E.P. and have been happy with the results thus far. Tracking will start soon enough...