Mixing Holdups

Mixing Overture is turning out to be a bigger deal than I'd expected. Mixing 'Reflecting' took a weekend. Other albums I've worked on (granted we hired engineers and producers) took a long day or two at most.
Doing 'Overture' myself, things are different. Perhaps it's the more acoustic-guitar-based aspect? Perhaps it's the songs themselves, or the arrangement?

I've remixed four of the eleven tracks to a point I'm happy with. The other seven are about 90% done. I won't release it for public ears until I'm sure it's right. I guess that's the beauty of being indie - the only pressure is from my own need to do this.

No Fun and Porno are still up for your listening pleasure, but even they are on the Seven Left list (for minor EQ adjustments, mostly)!

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On a tangent, I went to see U2 at the Rogers Centre last week. With Peter Gabriel, U2 was the only band left on my Must See list. And they were surprisingly mediocre.
They played a pretty good set list. They could never cover everybody's wants - there was no Bullet The Blue Sky, nothing from Zooropa, etc etc etc. But they played the usual favourites, and a few cool obscurities. The sound degenerated through the long set to the point where it was a blurry mush. Bono really is a fantastic frontman, the banter was rich. But I just found the show to be... lackluster. I'll be glad to get back to my live dvds of them.

Porno/ No Fun

I spent the long weekend tweaking the final mixes for Overture, and planned to master it at the same time.
Mastering is essentially adding an equalizer, compressor, and setting the volume so that each song sounds similar as a whole.

I got through Porno and No Fun quickly, excited to post a couple of tracks as soon as possible. Working for about 12 hours, I was happy to complete it. I sat back, lit a cigar, opened a beer, and played my music. It sounded awful - my ears had become fatigued, and I had to toss out the whole project. Hopefully I can complete the final 9 in the next 7-10 days.

But for now, have a peek at Porno and No Fun. The streaming is free, and once the whole album is done it'll be up for sale, similar to Reflecting The Broken Mirror.
Feel free to critique - the good and the bad!

And To Follow...

It's another summery long weekend, and you know what that means: MORE TIME IN THE STUDIO!!!

A couple more tweaks to the mix, finish adjusting the levels on Shadow, and it's off to Mastering. Then Overture: The Unheard Hits will see the light!
Hear the light? That doesn't make sense either...

Oh well. I'm off to earn some money to pay for the recordings.