Like George W. Bush in Iraq, I jumped the gun a little calling the job done. Two months ago, I triumphantly posted that Lies & Speculation was complete. I had tracked all the instruments, and was ready to start mixing.
When I was setting up for the mix, I didn't like the vocal tracks. The benefit of a home-based recording studio is that I can be flexible with my workload. So I quickly changed hats from Mix-Master to Iconic Lead Singer. After setting up the microphones, adjusting everything in the room, I pulled on the headphones and hit RECORD.
This is when I discovered that the cat had chewed through the cable. At this point, I decided to back off for a few weeks. I would spend another $400 replacing the destroyed headphones, and at the same time spend more time rehearsing the songs.
For two weekends in February, I re-recorded the vocal tracks to all ten songs. (I also went to Antigua for a week, but that's a different story. )
Then, this weekend, I restarted the mix. And this time, it's GREAT!
I just did a quick runthrough, setting up a basic structure so I can listen to the tracks on my MP3 player. And with each song that comes on, I think "oooh, this is my favourite!" And then the next one starts and I think "ooooh, that's a sexy slide-guitar line - this is my favourite!" and so forth… Maybe it's like children? You can have a few, and love them all equally. When one shines, you're proud. Then the next one shines and your heart melts.
Recording complete.
Next up: Mix
Monday, February 28, 2011
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