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Well we're waiting again. Sort of.

Taking care of the djembe took longer than expected and so we missed the tides, so to speak, for mastering. Instead, AJ's still mixing 'does the heart good' and I am due to...er...um....'fix' one other song.

But that's it. Fairly sure.

Now as we consider the mastering I might be doing a few more tweaks but that's it. Surely.



We're close tho'. Yay.

Bah. I overworked the dough. 'Fire water' has a spot that's not quite right. So...taking advantage of the delay in getting the djembe done I thought I'd fix it. Mr Wizard and I spent hours on it.

We made it worse. 

One of our FB mates quoted the Eagles saying if they had Protools, they'd still be making Hotel California.

The perfect is the enemy of the good, to borrow a phrase.

ARGH!

We're pretty much close to final mix now. Sort of. Last chances for doing something finish by the time AJ gets done with it does the heart good.

I have genuinely put the stuff aside for a few days. I need fresh ears. 

...and Mr Wizard's on the phone asking when do we start the next batch. No rist for the wecked I guess.

Or something like that. Time for a spot of milk I think.

So it's tools down from me and final listening party time. That means the guys have a last opportunity to tweak before we head for mastering. Also: 'famous last words'. This is like Bake off for audiophiles. Did I add enough stuff in the right amount? Will it be Souffle or Soufloppe?

Good time to thank some of the folks who sponsored this madness, Sue K and Sue G. Your contributions meant we did even more wackadoo stuff than normal. Like 105% additional nuts this time. Thank you.

Also thank you to the folks pre-ordering the limited edition CD's. They'll surely be limited edition cos we wont make many of them (LOL). CD Players are so passe, nest-c'est-Pas?

Big thanks to Don H and Marcus H and superbig thanks to Mr Coggins for all the engineering and mixing on the first parts of the album.

and....yeah I'll write the official thanks on the cd. heck imma need more space (again).

So close. Theo wants to add Djembe. We've paused to get that sorted, 

I'm ok with taking some additional listening time. AJ's mixes and Ben's mixes are so good and I...um...well...err....Ok my mixes are ok. Pretty ok. I think. Maybe. On the other hand, I am a very reasonably priced mixer.

I'm working on the credits, the art etc etc. There's stuff to do.

We set the deadline for mixing as the 9th of September, we're not there yet. We're close. After that is mastering. Thus, I imagine allowing this week to get all the ducks in a row means mastering the following week, although it can start as some of the songs are pretty much complete.

I'd like to think it gives me enough time for the last songs to make the cut, and yet I know that's fanciful. Sooner this is done, the sooner it's done.

Stormcellar 'Signposts' limited edition CD's now available on pre-order. https://py.pl/8jpKHjnG6rd