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So close. Long story, the heck with it, final bounces, let's go.
Ah. Need Ben's 2nd mix of Strange Pleasures.
Ah.
Waiting on the song.
Ye gods this feels like it is taking forever.

Also: new songs.Gotta make space.

I aaaaaint waaaiting on a laaaady
I'm just waitin on an....engineeer...

So theoretically we are now awaiting a review from AJ on the mixes, then any tweaks, an export and then mastering.

Using the cool new filters I tried some Fake Mastering to prove to myself that the correct place to lift the bottom end was at that stage, rather than during the mix. I tried messing with Devils Preacher and noped out and thought hmmm....i wonder if the bottom end could be lifted in mastering and you know what? Even with my limited fiddling, whammo. Worked.

I tried an imaging tool to spread the signal wider and then used a Big Bottom end mastering preset and wow.

What part to leave to the specialist, knowing the relationship between the 'mix' and then the 'master', is the object of contemplation in the temple of Mixing. At the very least, I am stepping back from 'improving' the mixes further.

Meanwhile, I have been youtubing all our songs omg its easy and I never have to make another music video.

People using YT as a jukebox just wanna hear the song not look at videos, so the job of the music video has changed.

We're not selling some band image, a lot of our stuff has been artsy fartsy or experimental or LOOK! Buttons! From Anime to live action, narrative to experimental. And now?

Easy. Ah yeah. kick back, cup of tea and let the AI do the work. Hell yeah. Soon enough it will be doing the songwriting as well (they are already doing that) so we might only need to press a button and whammo. This bodes well for me getting a nap.

Heh. Make sense of that google. It's in. Yay.

The 'last' mix. Riiighht. 

So....'it does the heart' good is now 'done' and apparently 'quotation marks' are a factor in 'this post'.

Dare I dream that this is...the...sort of...finish? ish? Finishishish?

Last chance to comment on the mixes before mastering. Final listening party? (I still think Devils Preacher needs more bass now hmm) ok so maybe..

.

one.

last...

mix...

(sing to the tune of I don't know why he swallowed the flyyyyy...)


So I worked on the songs
to finish the album
and sent one across
so AJ could mix
there were a few problems
mostly of my own making
so I took them back and gave them a fix.

And now he'll mix.

Theo hated the bongos
but left it quite late
to tell me they sucked
there were changes to make
so I looked at the date
and I looked at the time
it would be close 
to hit the deadline
so I went to the web
to look for djembe
while theo called ben
but it would be on tuesday...

So we missed the deadline.

Meanwhile the djembe
I looked for online
came back to me
and it was not quite right
so I sent some emails
and I sent a few more
and got new tracks back
and they were still kind of poor

so now we've missed the next deadline.

Theo gets done
what he wanted to do
and it's pretty good
to tell you the truth
if I had of been patient
the less it would cost
instead of this mess of some djembe I got

So I sent it over to AJ anyway

AJ is kind
and he thinks we're for real
so he listens to this djembe
and thinks what is the the deal
the timing's kaput
it's messy as heck
don't get me started on handpans
this thing is a wreck.

But still he mixed.

So I get the track back
and he's worked off his butt
to make it less awful
but the djembe still sucks
and it's my fault for sending
these things that we bought
instead of waiting for theo
the way that I ought.

So I had to send AJ a message saying that stuff sucked and to ditch it.


Now here is the irony
the final hurrah
the deadline's in pieces
the mixer's distraught
there's thumping
and bumping and
hand pans and shakes
in every segment of the song
no matter how little sense it makes
It sounds like the zulu
have commenced their assault
and the best part is knowing..
this shit is my fault.

So now we wait.

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.