I Started another new blog Wednesday. Tim Bossart and I are stretching our musical legs into a more acoustic country feel. The blog is going to be our home on the web where we can post some music and share our experience.
Visit us at http://acousticats.wordpress.com
Final studio session was last night for the “Tangled in Strings” CD. I recorded “Falling on hard times” and “Fireflies” I am so tired. Didn’t get done till after 1:00 AM . These last 2 songs were done with a capo and I had never recorded with a capo so it was a different scenario then what I had grown used to, with it’s own unique problems. Tuning was an issue.. I am sure that not having had a chance to break in my new strings played into that problem too. Also I was fighting a tense vocal. I was falling short on the high notes. But after a cup of hot tea I was able to pull out of that funk. Had to abandon the metronome click early on because these songs change tempo and the metronome was fighting the groove and killing the mood. A metronome is nice to have when you are comping vocals and using delay and reverb effects. having a consistant clock makes splicing and dicing easier because you can snap to a grid. Also effects that have a time element sound better when that element is in time with the music. not that it can’t be worked around…It just takes more time, and tests the skills of the engineer. So in all it was a more difficult session then the others but I think we were able to eek out a couple more great recordings. Next step is to have the project mastered and start burning CDs
Wow what a stressful day.
You daydream about it all the time, Quit your day job and do what you love. leave behind your cubicle dwelling life for a new more exciting one. Travel the world, play for crowds of 10s of thousands. I could buy a bar. Play rock and roll every weekend. Open a recording studio. Start up a DJ slash karaoke business. All nice day dreams. But when faced with the likely possibility that you could loose your day job through “Down sizing” (That day job that allows you to daydream) ….. Makes for a stressful day.
That day was yesterday.. Today, I still have a job. Maybe it’s time to get started making those dreams reality before another day like yesterday passes.