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| Blog ID: 1863 - Fixing "Wannabe" - 2008-07-24 | |
| I've been having some issues with the way "Wannabe" was sounding. The reverb was muddy, especially in the drums, and the doubling on the lead vocal was making it sound like it was sung in a tiny little box. So, I did some tweaking. I backed off the reverb a little bit, and also backed off the second vocal. I think it feels a lot cleaner and a lot more professional now. I re-uploaded it to the site, so everyone will be downloading the new version now. Honestly, most people probably won't notice the difference. But it feels a lot better to me. |
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| Blog ID: 1856 - Not a Moment "Too Soon" - 2008-07-22 | |
| "Too Soon Old" is finally out! I put it on the page just moments ago. I'm pretty stoked about this one. The mix really feels solid. I'm also excited about a lot of the other tunes I've been working on. The next priority is getting "Shine the Light" done so that Arhytmatik and I can maybe perform it together at the LDS music festival mid-August! |
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| Blog ID: 1838 - More Work - 2008-07-15 | |
| Got some good stuff done tonight. I cut the lead vocals for "Too Late Smart". I still have to comp them up. I tried to add some higher harmonies, but they'll have to be recut when my voice isn't quite so tired. There's some cool things I can do with this tune! Also, the other day, I did some chopping up on "Shine the Light". It's much tighter and much cleaner, now, with not so much dragging out. |
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| Blog ID: 1826 - Working on the Songs - 2008-07-10 | |
| I've been working the last couple of nights on the drum parts for "Too Late Smart". Those are done, now, and all that's really left at this point is to cut all the final vocal takes, comp it, and mix it. I've also been working on "Shine the Light". There's a chance I'll get to perform that one with Arhythmatik at the youth night of the LDSM fest, coming up mid-august. I'm pretty stoked about that. But I have a lot to do on that one before it's done. Gonna be a lot of cutting, moving, and pasting to get that song's structure down. On the way in to work today, I was listening to all the songs I've currently got in progress. Some are pretty close, some have a long way to go. It was pretty exciting hearing them all again, since I haven't been listening to them much of late. |
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| Blog ID: 1792 - A Gig Last Night - 2008-06-27 | |
| Wow, what a fun time! The gig was for a girls camp way, way up in the mountains above Fairview, UT. As I was driving up to the campsite, my mind kept bouncing back and forth between the Beatle's "Long and Winding Road" and Tolkien's "The Road Goes Ever On". I kept thinking, "The camp has to be just around this bend..." Or, "Maybe those buildings over there are it!". Nope. Jus' keep drivin'. Anyway, we arrived, and I set up. They had this cool little amphitheater set up, and they'd brought up a generator. It was really a cool spot, right in a grove of quakies. There were maybe a little under 175 girls up there, plus the leaders. We all hung together for dinner before the event. I thought to myself that it was kinda funny how girls look and act when they don't have to impress any boys! The show went pretty well. The girls got right into it, shouting and dancing. A couple of times my "stage" area was mostly taken up by dancers! I said, "Let's hear it for the mosh pit!" I told them that I was going to take them all on tour with me. Someday. When I get a tour... Then, packing it all up and winding the long roads home, in the dark. Fortunately, I didn't get lost, and I made it home safe, but tired and smiling. Oh, and special thanks to Jodi for her support, to Sis Washburn for the initial contact, and to Sam Payne for the use of his PA, and for the CD! |
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