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Howdy Folks.

I had the bright idea of doing a video for one of these mixes that hasn't yet been mastered, because, well, because there are different rules for the vids.

Soo...I decided to try some visualisation software.

It didn't like my trusty, reliable 32 bit operating system (sigh). 

So I had to install Win 7 (hey I'm not nerdcore here, it's not like I'm running Ubuntu Hybrid Android)

Then I battled the Update-a-thon 24 hours worth of downloading and patching to bring the 'new' operating system up to 'New' and 'working'.

Finally, I settled in with the new program, the patches, the codecs, the fixes, the shaders, up to date drivers, re up to date after the last patch exposed a new updated that INFINITE LOOP ARGH, built my model and hit GO!

Presto.

Max CPU.

Anyone for  a cup of tea?

My box has been locked up solid for 18 hours rendering frames and calculating fractals. 

FARK.

This better be one spanky looking videoclip.

Out.

Howdy Folks.

Down in the 'cellar the leetle magickal elves that do our work for us are busy hammering away, sometimes even inadvertantly hitting each other with hammers. Nope, that was a freudian slip.

6 mixes to pick from, or do we use them all? use some, not others? Hmm

1. Everywhere feels like home - standard mix; Guitar, Cello, Double Bass, Percussion.

2. Mix 2 - Vocal Mix - standard mix + add teeny little 2 line vocal from me

3. Mix 3 - Harp Mix - standard mix + harmonica

4. Mix 4 - Horsefiddle & Guitar Mix solo

5. Mix 5 - Strings Mix - Std Mix + Horsefiddle

6. Mix 6 - Ecstatic Yeti Mix - Std mix + horsefiddle and Bhuku singing in traditional styles + whacked out delayed vocals from me.

Whilst we ponder these questions, i've been looking at Music Visualisations again and spotted this.

Spent a few hours in the studio today finishing the final variation of everywhere feels like home, the Happy Yeti Mix.

I was restrained by Mr Wizard and Theo from turning the delay effect up to Warp Factor 9. Nonetheless, we have a truly trippy mix, with the intertwined Cello & Horse fiddle, Khyrgraa and Sygyt singing by Bukhu and some other fun stuff.

Plus a CRAPLOAD of delay and reverb.

Happy Yeti.

I am firmly in denial that we're making an album. it's just a very naughty bunch of tracks creeping towards that magic threshold of... what the heck. Does the album even exist anymore? At what point do we throw up our hands, look to the skies and demand answers! ANSWERS dammit!

And why the sky?

These and many more questions are quite likely to remain unanswered by this blog.

Meanwhile, deep in the Stormcellar, I am listening to a potential track order for this non album, this un-nameable entity that might not even be released in an order, other than what your filebrowser is set to.

So far I've tried putting them in geographic order, interspersed with the versions of Everywhere Feels Like Home and that's kind of appealing.

The idea of dividing the project up into Singles  - nice clean tracks, use them as you will, and my own personal Dark-Side-Of-The-Moon-What-Else-Did-You-Get-For-Xmas version is also greatly appealing.

I've been struck by some of the commentary of late about the music world, that the most interesting music to be had is 'off the radar' and artists are taking greater chances.

Really? That sounds kinda fun. I mean, we've already mutated, what's a few more limbs? 

This afternoon will see the mixing of the Yeti Mix for Everywhere Feels Like Home. I've been waiting to get into the studio for a month to do this so I am buzzed. yay team.

This is a caricature I did for the Museo de Humor in Fene-Spain Exhibit 2014