This month dragged a bit. I am used to time seeming to go faster as I get older, but this really seemed to drag. Perhaps it was the weather, but I don’t want to go into that again as it just becomes an Englishman’s weather blog. I will start by […]
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I finally get to release this project into the world. It was probably one of the smoothest in terms of conception and completion, and I am really proud of it. I won’t repeat the story behind the making of it, as that is all here. I will say that I’m […]
I can’t stand mastering music. It’s always been this way. I felt the mixing went quite quickly in Marrakech but the mastering then took a while, and I’m still not convinced I got it right. I know – there are A.I. plugins that can do it all now. They’re also […]
I managed to finish recording all the different parts to The Hobbyist at the start of the year and then took the songs to Marrakech and made rough mixes of the tracks. I’m happy with the outcome. I think I have also sorted the track order. There’ll be 18 songs […]
Dumb title, but just updating the progress on The Hobbyist. I have now added either some stylophone, glockenspiel, hand drum or thumb piano to each song. In some cases it really lifted the piece. On other occasions I think I will be muting it and pretending that it never happened. […]
Amidst the terrible Christmas that we are having at home, I have managed to maintain some sketchy momentum on The Hobbyist project. Today I managed to finish the ‘blowers’. Essentially each song has got some kind of woodwind instrument accompanying it in some form. I cannot predict what percentage will […]
It’s difficult to know when to draw a line and stop fiddling with vocals. I had my lyrics prepared this time and have recorded all the parts that I think I need. I know that there are some that I will be unhappy with later, or others that may need […]
I’ve mentioned in earlier posts about the need for momentum with my latest project, for I fear that enforced breaks from the music will leave me underwhelmed and unenthusiastic on returning to it. I seem to develop a ridiculous sense of criticality, even when things are in a draft phase. […]
One month since the last post about this project and there has been some momentum. I have managed to get bass parts and most guitar parts recorded. I’m trying to work out a plan for what to tackle next to prevent getting stuck in a rut. My worst fear is […]