Welcome back… Well this is a revelation of sorts for me in working to improve all the way around with each project. In particular with this one.. it’s the sonic quality that I’m working on right now and it’s going to take a minute. As I mentioned a couple of episodes back, Paul Ramsey of Austin’s Perfect Pitch Studio set me on a path for clearer, punchier individual tracks and I’ve accomplished the punchier part… that’s pretty solid. Now on to the clearer part. There’s a lot of tuning that has to happen in the EQ/Equalization or adjusting frequencies for each individual instrument to an optimum point so the sound is as live acoustically as I can get it. Ten songs and on the average of 20-30+ tracks per song and you have a lot of adjusting going on. I’m going to get it to a level of marked improvement from the first album. At this point in the process I’m going through the EQ of every instrument in every song and essentially cutting our any frequencies on all instruments that are not considered resonant.. not a part of the organic sound. It will be take a minute. Time frame you say??? I’m guessing at least 5-6 weeks and I feel that’s pushing it. I’ll certainly fill everyone in as it goes.
While that clock is running, I’d like to make mention of some of the inspirations behind the songs. I’ll go through couple here and there and attempt to stretch it to the point where I’m near finishing up the mix and master. Here’s the order:
>1. move me
>2. what have we done now
>3. Tomy
>4. my kind of day
>5. from this point forward
>6. you and me
>7. groove instinct
>8. the beauty
>9. sahara frolic
>10. tree tops
- move me – This one I call the “Left Lane” song. From the instrumentation to the rhythms, it is deep in the “World Hybrid” lane. Here are the instrument samples for this song: Indonesian Gamelan which is a set of melodic bells played with wood hammers in Indonesia.. Java and Bali.. mainly in Bali. The Japanese Katana drum.. I haven’t found any real information for this drum. I will keep looking and come back to it. Anyway, I’m distorting the sound a bit through effects and it won’t come across with it’s natural sound. The rest of the sound scape is synthesizers.. one chorded and the other is a Moog bass. I’m working with sonic textures on all of these songs.. this one in particular is more textured than the rest. The rhythmic motion here will move you. I just wanted a bit of different here.
- what have we done now – This one will build in intensity both rhythmically and melodically moving to the ending with a one note sting. What the song signifies is the many things that have been thrown in the mix of everyday live from lack of union, lack of support for one another, lack of care for our home… Mother Earth and the lack compassion overall.. from one human to another as well as our lack of connection and respect for nature. We are a living, breathing organism as a part of this planet yet, we continue to disconnect and shirk our responsibilities for one another and the planet… Mother Earth will heal herself. She’s done it time and time again over millions of years. Ridding herself of being invaded for a few thousand years by a harmful bacteria called the Human Race is nothing in the scheme of things. Stinger.. BOOM!!! It’s over.
Okay..so that’s the run down… somewhat, a look into the birth of a couple of these songs. More later. When you finally get to listen to the album, you can run these mental images yourself and see if they catch. If not, develop and run you own images. I do that with songs that move me. Sometimes in songs with lyrics, the music takes me to a totally different place that has nothing to do with the lyrics.. That’s art for you though.. there are many interpretations for the same piece and… they all fit the individual.
That will be it for now.. take good care all and I will be back next Friday.
Oh yeah.. the photo is me using my phone and placing the lens on one side of the bamboo chime and… cheese.. it’s a photo.
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