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Much as I suspected, someone's been messing with the schedule. Oh. It's me. oopz.

So for this project we've been doing what is called 'top down mixing' and I opted to log in this week and get ready to start making final tweaks.

Theo's booked in for some percussion, I am still failing away at these two songs, it's all sort of coming together.

Let's login and turn the machine on. Oh? You need to update before you will let me hear the mix with the existing filters? Ok, not happy but...

OH. Updating the filters blew away the presets?

Not happy Jan.



Oh? I can export the presets? Great!

Oh. I have to do it before updating.

Which I would have known.

If I had read the documentation.

BAHAHAHA who are we kidding. Documentation?

Basilisk has been all about embracing the tech, bring it on. Updates? New filters? heck yeah let's do this thing.

Upshot is...I reset the mastering filters...and...

Now I am re-eq-ing everything, which is frankly what I deserved for such temerity. The new filters are even more basilisky than the last lot, this seems totally appropriate and I have kinda lost control over the end process a little. It's gone firehose. This is great. ALL HAIL THE BASILISK.

I can't finish until Theo has done his bits, so we're now +2 weeks from scheduled completion of tracking. Of course, when you consider that the schedule is more a 'guideline' due to...(gestures broadly)...it'll be done when it's done. What useful pushing I can do I have done, now it has to do its own thing. Oh yeah except for me 'improving' it with more tears of the basilisk.

ALL HAIL!

Pyrmont Bridge Hotel this Saturday, 5-8

I had the final studio session booked and noped out. Gotta know when to fold'em.

Stuck on two songs and replacement heroes came screaming past. So...it gets on the album.

Meanwhile, the other stuff is in the oven but not baked. Will it make it? I only need 5 minutes, but I need the *right* five minutes...We're close. Ish. Maybe. Unless...Stay well out there :) The year races past!

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


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