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.
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