reasons and excuses

i feel like the majority of the posts i have posted havent been acuall things. they all seem to be excuses or plans. but let me tell you what im doing. and some reasons why.

the reason its taking so long is because this is the first time ive made a "record" and everything is a learning experience. some examples:
when i started tracking i didnt even know what i was doing. honestly. looking back on some of these with the knowledge ive gained so far im just like seriously wtffoook. if you just would spent two more seconds doing levels i wouldnt have to go back and retrack it. so thats an issue, because im not releasing this until its completely done. and what i mean by that is that every sound you hear coming out of your headphones when you listen to it is there for a reason. not a meaningful one. just really because of how it sounds. and makes me feel when i hear it. but anyway, unlike the demos ive put out in the past where i would just record live st8 from the sampler and put vocals on it, now i can acually control each individual sound and place itd wherever id like in the mix.
most of the songs have more than 100 tracks. great.
i dont know what im doing ( in terms of mixing ) i feel like i have a pretty good handle on tracking, and getting a really nice level, but mixing is just about a billion times more complex than tracking. there are soooo many things to worry about. and so many compressors and eqs that need to be set that it just takes soooo much time. and since i have no clue what im doing and im sitting here starring a pile of tracks not knowing what to do or where to start and the thought of the task is so daughting in a way because of its fucking vastness that i just end up doing something else.

but. im getting better. and learning about it. so itll be done. i wanna get some practice in on some other projects before i jump into the recorddd one. and i kinda wanna let them sit for a little bit and then go back and see if theres anything that needs to be added or taken away.

and then i have to come up with a track order and do all the transisitions. ive never done transistiongs seperate than the song so it will be interesting.

it will happen. i havnt put this much time into something to not finish it... well fuck.. final fantasy 7.. fuck.

but some other happenings are that me and my friend lface and hopefully collin have started a band. we dont have a name yet, but weve got two ideas for songs and band practice tommorrow.

archetypes recorded their whole set after a summer of playing quite a bit on the 424. i just need to mix those and throw vocals. i should really just do that tom...i need a mic tho..

im writing a set of songs about stella irene bouregarde

backing stuff up is scary..

oh yeah.

works in progress. give myriad things some love.
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revelation

ive been learning more about mixing the past few days. i feel like im getting a good grasp on the subject. i acually know what a compressor does now! and i learned where to start.
but i realized im afraid.
i feel like all of the elements are there, for the most part.
but i dont want to fook it up.

starting is still kind of a ways away tho i think..
i spent two hours yesterday just organizing 1 song. and there are 13.

and i still need to finish tracking and writing the ep. cos i want to mix that first before i mix the record.

the name of the e.p. is "lifestream"

laters

look at the landscape

do you remember
like i remember

you said you were leaving
and i kissed the songs of the day
behind
and bit my lips cos theres only one

i remember the one

i think im into deep
ill just wade in the water
feel it meld as i slip
into the realm of the lifestream

update

remember that record i kept talking about?
its not done yet.
but it almost is.

so im working on an ep to release before it.
its comin along.

lookin to play some shows in como this year so well seeee how that goes...