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Had a session booked with Ben to put down the last Vox and do some fixes. I pushed for a conclusion date, worked towards it aaaand...I pushed the date back 'cos I am not ready. BAH!

Simple problem is I am not happy with the approach I have taken on two songs. Mixing? great. into it. Content? ARGH!!

Not the first time something has emerged a little wonky. Comes with the territory. Gotta be prepared to suck if ya wanna rock and the art is to know the difference. So? Last few attempts I made...sucked. SUUUUCKED.

Nobody's fault but miiiine. Sing it Willie!

Putting aside some reasonable 'I can do better' we're sooo clooose.

Status:
1 A little too much - some guitar from Briar Patch (Paul S) and mixing
2. Better days - done - tried fixing elements Mr Wizard (Fire Truck LOL) pointed to, wound up making it worse, stopped.
3. Head in the clouds - good to go. Happy with this one.
4. Get next to you - some more organ noises, solo from Briar.
5  Something to go by - done. Minor tweak at the end.
6. Wealth By Stealth - Problem child one. Heaps of lyric options (ok great), not a brilliant placement for the vocals but the mix is good, vocal melody and approach? Pfft. Try Again. Gordon Ramsay is not even in this line of work and he's yelling 'IT'S RAW'
7. Song 7 - Love the mix. Spent time on this. Sounds great. Sure would love some lyrics with it. Problem Child 2. I realised my initial approach was...well Mr Wizard raised an eyebrow ok so try again. Meh. So try again. MEH Part 2. ARGH. I love this mix. It needs better than what I have come up with so far - cos I realised I don't necessarily want to sing some stuff over and over, cos a little like 'you're so vain' sometimes singing about stuff is giving it energy and...well...I reckon I can do better.
8. WWNBF - Everyone wants to tweak bits of it, Theo wants to add percussion. It's pretty much good to go save any embellishments, so if they get them done great, if not I'm already ok with it.
9. TOTB - I was hoping to extend this one out a bit but I am satisfied to leave it as it is for now. It's just plain weird.
10. Running Screaming - yeah even weirder. Weird is good. Will this make it to the album? I expect so.
11. Giants Fall - so close. We have one problem with it not sure if I can fix. Does that mean...will it make it? Yes we've done a lot of work but if i...dang it we're close.

While I yet have songs to finish, we can't stop the flowering of other stuff, Replacement Heroes came out very quickly, we're even demoing it tonight.

I wonder whether RH will make it to this album while the other challenging ones keep growing until theyre ready...hmm. Two gigs this weekend, yay, will pay some bills.

Soothesayer

Cruel women

beautiful men

the price for keeping a lid on things

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

Accept the pain to have the truth
A sacrifice of you for you

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

Soothe-sayer

Somewhere in the high strangeness

The great rearrangers

Working in stages

Something seen in the distance
Scared to bear witness
acknowledge existence

Inside the sanctioned murder box

you rest too long then you might rust

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

Superstar, the next big thing,
no prize to be the last one in

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

Soothe-sayer

Somewhere in the high strangeness

The great rearrangers

Working in stages

Something seen in the distance
Scared to bear witness
acknowledge existence

We're here in the high strangeness
searching for dangers
working for angels

Release total disclosure
what they havent told you
the known and unknowing

Looking for the explanation
all signposts
no destinations

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

No schedule, save the one I keep
Awake when all the world's asleep

(To want somebody, need somebody, want somebody, need somebody)

Soothesayer


(c) 2023 Barry/Read/Stormcellar 

The push is on to finish this unit. The deadlines are guidelines and the guidelines are highly variable.

Big ups to the online mixing community who have been out there on the interwebs, offering good counsel.

There's this new thing called Top Down Mixing which is....lots of technical nerdery ...followed by oh? Then OH!

There's a limit to our art - a practical one, and thank heavens for that. We are not making Chinese Democracy here and iffen ya want it remixed, send me bux. www.paypal.me/stormcellarband.

I've been glad to let the limits of the world be as they are. I think we have the next single for the next album after this so...i gotta crack on with it.

16 years of production. Every year. That's something to smile about. We're lucky to be able to do it.
We're not quite there yet for Basilisk but we're close and it's been a hoot!

Onwards Ho! The basilisk they cried!
Beneath the burning sun
such juggernaut bore down
the weight of the world

Soothesayer made it. I can't believe it. that Zombie freaking song. 

We have our quota. Mixes and fixes. Clocks running.